983. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the Department’s oversight of public expenditure on gender-related treatment abroad for children and young people since 2020, including pre-assessment costs, multidisciplinary-team costs, travel-related costs and surgical costs; the arrangements in place to monitor value for money; and whether any expenditure controls or budget ceilings apply. [69540/25]
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984. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national policy or clinical-governance framework which guides the assessment of children and young people for gender-related interventions, including referrals abroad; and to confirm if the Department plans to undertake a review of national governance standards in light of recent international findings in this area. [69541/25]
985. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department will establish a single national reporting structure for all paediatric gender-related referrals, approvals, outcomes and costs, in order to ensure transparent oversight and policy accountability; and the expected timeline for such a structure. [69542/25]
1030. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a full list of all public-health risk assessments completed by her Department, the National Health Protection Office or the Health Service Executive since 1 January 2020 concerning communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State, including tuberculosis, measles, polio and hepatitis; and to specify the title of each assessment, the date…
1031. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the findings and conclusions of each public-health risk assessment completed since 1 January 2020 concerning communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State, including tuberculosis, measles, polio and hepatitis; and to state the public-health actions or interventions that followed each assessment. [69960/25]
1032. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide copies of all public-health guidance, internal advisories or instructions issued by her Department, or the HSE since 1 January 2020 that arose from public-health risk assessments concerning communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State; and to list the date and issuing authority for each document. [69961/25]
1033. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE maintains a central record or database of public-health risk assessments related to communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State; and if so, to outline the structure of this record, the information fields captured, and the frequency with which it is updated. [69962/25]
1034. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if any public-health risk assessments since 1 January 2020 identified elevated risks associated with specific cohorts of persons arriving into the State, including returning residents, travellers, tourists, students or persons seeking international protection; and to provide a summary of those findings.
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1035. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of occasions since 1 January 2020 on which a public-health risk assessment at an air or maritime point of entry resulted in the issuing of public-health advice, the initiation of contact-tracing measures or any other public-health intervention; and to provide the year-by-year breakdown. [69964/25]
1037. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current criteria used by her Department and by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre when determining whether to recommend the introduction or re-introduction of health-screening protocols for persons entering the State, including the thresholds used in national and international epidemiological surveillance and the role of WHO and ECDC Public Health Emer…
1038. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to list all occasions since January 2020 on which the Chief Medical Officer or the Health Protection Surveillance Centre recommended the introduction, expansion, suspension, or withdrawal of screening protocols for infectious diseases affecting persons entering or residing in the State, and to outline the actions taken by the Department in response in each case. …
1039. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance framework applying to the development of infectious-disease screening advice by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, including the approval process, escalation procedures, inter-departmental coordination, and documentation of decision-making. [69968/25]
1040. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a formal capacity assessment has been carried out by the HSE to determine the resources required to provide infectious-disease screening for all persons entering the State in circumstances where public health advice recommends such screening, and to publish the findings. [69969/25]
1041. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current staffing complement at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre and the National Health Protection Office with responsibility for surveillance, risk assessment, and screening protocol development, disaggregated by grade, specialty, and whole-time equivalent. [69970/25]
1042. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the gaps identified by her Department in the HSE’s surge capacity to conduct infectious-disease screening during periods of elevated risk; and the steps being taken to address staffing, laboratory throughput, IT systems, and public-health infrastructure. [69971/25]
1043. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a costed contingency plan exists within the Department or HSE for the rapid expansion of border-related infectious-disease screening in the event of future WHO or ECDC alerts, and to provide the projected financial and staffing requirements underpinning such planning. [69972/25]
1044. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail how screening responsibilities are allocated across public-sector and private-sector actors, including universities, employers, and occupational-health providers, and whether any quality-assurance or regulatory oversight exists for screening conducted outside the HSE. [69973/25]
1045. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has reviewed the lessons learned from previous major screening initiatives, including those associated with mpox, measles resurgence in Europe in 2024, Covid-19, and travel-associated viral haemorrhagic fever protocols, and to publish any internal evaluations or recommendations arising. [69974/25]
1046. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she intends to establish statutory or regulatory guidelines to clarify minimum standards for infectious-disease screening for persons entering the State, including data reporting requirements, consent protocols, laboratory turnaround times, and inter-agency information-sharing. [69975/25]
455. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE have issued any internal guidance, instructions or circulars to deciding officers and medical officers on the treatment of older applicants whose modest pension increases place them marginally above the medical card income threshold, specifically in relation to high medical needs and essential living costs such as heating, utiliti…
456. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultants delivering chronic pain services in each hospital group; the number of vacant posts in these services in Q4 2025; and the actions her Department is taking to expand consultant capacity in line with population need. [68700/25]
457. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for first-time chronic pain appointments in each hospital group; the number of people aged over 65 on each waiting list; and the measures being introduced to reduce these waiting times. [68701/25]
458. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to chronic pain services in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the planned allocation for 2026; and whether additional funding will be ring-fenced to support older adults identified as having untreated chronic pain. [68702/25]
459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when her Department last assessed unmet need for chronic pain treatment in adults aged over 65, in light of TILDA Wave 6 findings that two-thirds of older adults with moderate to severe chronic pain receive no medication; and the actions taken following this assessment. [68703/25]
460. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department plans to introduce a dedicated older persons pain strategy aligned with Sláintecare’s integrated-care objectives; and if so, the planned scope, timelines and implementation milestones. [68704/25]