538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the process by which her Department assesses the adequacy of the HSE's financial reporting, audit controls and compliance systems for voluntary hospitals and HSE-funded providers; and if she will provide details of any deficiencies or risks identified by her Department in the past three years. [66992/25]
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539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-statutory bodies that currently receive funding from her Department, the value of payments to each of these bodies in each of the past three years, and any compliance issues, audit flags or irregularities recorded during this period. [66993/25]
540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which her Department last reviewed the clinical governance structures in place for children and young people referred for gender-related assessment or treatment, and the findings of that review. [67000/25]
541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the changes to clinical pathways, referral criteria, risk assessment processes and external oversight arrangements that have been implemented following the publication of the Cass Review. [67001/25]
542. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the full number of children and young people referred by the HSE for gender-related assessment or treatment abroad in each of the past five years, the public cost incurred for each year, and the number of cases currently awaiting referral or approval. [67002/25]
543. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out or commissioned any audit of compliance with international evidence standards, including safeguarding and mental-health assessment protocols, for gender-related care provided or funded by the State in the past five years. [67003/25]
544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals who have sought support for detransition or reversal of gender-related interventions in the past five years, and the governance framework in place to ensure access to appropriate clinical, psychological and safeguarding supports. [67004/25]
545. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of circumcisions carried out in public hospitals in each of the past five years, broken down by cases performed for medical reasons and cases performed for non-medical or cultural reasons. [67005/25]
546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the clinical or administrative authorisation process that permits circumcisions for non-medical reasons to be carried out in public hospitals, and the criteria applied when such procedures are approved. [67006/25]
547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots allocated in each of the past five years to circumcisions undertaken for non-medical reasons, and whether her Department has assessed the impact of these procedures on access to surgery for clinically urgent cases. [67007/25]
548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any guidance, circulars or directives have been issued to the HSE regarding the provision of non-medically indicated circumcision in public hospitals, and if she will publish those documents. [67008/25]
549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the number of voluntary hospitals that have raised concerns with the HSE or her Department regarding IFMS integration, the nature of those concerns, and the actions taken to address them. [67009/25]
550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of governance, audit or compliance reports relating to voluntary hospitals that her Department has requested, received or reviewed in the past three years, and the outcome of that review. [67010/25]
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of IFMS programme risks currently recorded as high or critical within the HSE's internal risk register, and whether her Department has independently assessed these risks as part of its oversight responsibilities. [67011/25]
552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of legacy financial-management systems still in operation within voluntary hospitals, the projected timeline for full IFMS adoption, and the expected cost implications should delays continue. [67012/25]
553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the audits, inspections or compliance checks carried out by her Department in the past three years relating to non-statutory bodies that receive public health funding directly from her Department, including the date of each review, the body reviewed, the methodology used, and the findings. [67013/25]
554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the procedures, documentation and verification steps undertaken by her Department before certifying payments to non-statutory bodies that receive public health funding directly from her Department, including any risk-rating or escalation criteria applied prior to payment approval. [67014/25]
555. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has recorded any instances of non-compliance, late reporting, governance deficiencies or financial irregularities among non-statutory bodies funded directly by her Department in each of the past three years, and if so, if she will detail the issues identified and the actions taken in response. [67015/25]
556. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the monitoring framework, internal guidelines or Departmental protocols governing the oversight of non-statutory bodies that receive direct funding from the Department of Health, including the standards to which funded bodies are held and how compliance with these standards is assessed. [67016/25]
557. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to clarify the oversight responsibilities retained by her Department in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct Departmental funding, including the extent to which oversight is delegated to the HSE, and the mechanisms in place within the Department to assess whether delegated oversight is adequate. [67017/25]
558. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the financial reporting requirements imposed on non-statutory bodies that receive public funding directly from her Department, including required frequency of reporting, documentation obligations, and any penalties or sanctions that apply where reporting is incomplete or delayed. [67018/25]
559. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 976 and 977 of 12 November 2025, if she is satisfied that her Department and the HSE do not collect centrally the number and cost of standard lipid profile tests ordered from primary care, in view of the acknowledgement that this information is not held in a national dataset; the way in which she assesses value-for-money in p…
560. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to establish a national dataset for primary care laboratory testing, including standard lipid profile tests, with data recorded by CHO area, care setting and quarter, as recommended in the HSE Strategic Plan for Laboratory Services 2026-2035; the timeline for implementation of such a system; the governance arrangements that will apply; a…
561. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific actions taken to date by her Department to implement the HSE Strategic Plan for Laboratory Services 2026-2035, with particular reference to the recommendation for consistent and transparent systems for the collection of data and workload metrics; the funding and staffing allocated in 2025 and 2026 for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on …
562. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 976 and 977 of 12 November 2025, the estimated annual percentage growth in standard lipid profile test volumes across the health service since 2021, in view of the statement that test volumes from all areas, including primary care, have increased by between 10 and 15 percent per year; the way in which this trend has informed …