523. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any audit or assurance check confirming that privately contracted home support providers actually report complaints, missed visits, safeguarding incidents and medication-related incidents to the HSE, given the Executive's stated expectation that such incidents "would be reported"; and to provide the findings of any such audit. [50625/…
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524. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the post within the HSE that holds responsibility for assuring that privately contracted home support providers report safeguarding and medication-related incidents; and whether the inability to extract such data from HSE systems is recorded on any risk register or audit plan. [50626/26]
525. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health given the HSE's confirmation that there is no central logging system for contract breaches by staffing agencies on national framework agreements or supplier panels; the number of suppliers removed from those panels for non-compliance in each of the past three years; and the reason for each removal. [50627/26]
526. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the information the on-site audits of agency supplier panel members record; where the findings of those audits are held; whether those findings are aggregated centrally; and if they are not aggregated, to explain how the HSE monitors repeat or pattern non-compliance across suppliers. [50628/26]
527. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a central logging system for staffing agency contract breaches is recorded on any HSE risk register, internal audit plan or corporate risk register; and the total expenditure on agency staffing through national supplier panels in each of the past three years. [50629/26]
530. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied with the veracity of the credentials and qualifications of all her seven appointees to the Board of Dublin Dental Hospital, as announced on 26 May 2026 via her Department’s website; and whether she will guide her Department to publish the biographical summaries of the other three appointments whose details are not yet presented online (det…
531. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE first began considering a centralised mechanism to record healthcare professionals subject to criminal investigation; whether a decision has now been made; and if not, the date by which a decision will be made. [50674/26]
532. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1080 of 12 May 2026, whether her Department or the HSE has sought the outstanding data from HSE regions in respect of cases involving criminal investigation of healthcare staff since 2015; and the date on which that data was requested. [50675/26]
533. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date by which a complete national figure for healthcare staff subject to criminal investigation since 2015 will be available. [50676/26]
534. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any single national system enables the HSE to identify, across all HSE-funded sites, whether a healthcare worker is directly employed, agency or locum and the workers currently on administrative leave or removed from placement, or subject to a criminal investigation or an unresolved patient-safety concern. [50677/26]
535. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to HR Memo 015/2026, whether the Absence Code A0702 dataset used to record HSE employees on administrative leave records the reason for that leave, including whether the leave arises from a criminal investigation. [50678/26]
536. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees currently recorded on administrative leave under Absence Code A0702; and the number of these cases that arise from an ongoing criminal investigation. [50679/26]
537. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health given that HR Memo 015/2026 confirms administrative leave cases are monitored quarterly by the Chief People Officer and reported quarterly to the Chief Executive Officer, the reason a separate centralised reporting mechanism is required to record healthcare staff subject to criminal investigation rather than disaggregating the existing quarterly reporting. [50680/…
538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she will direct the HSE to disaggregate its existing quarterly administrative leave reporting to identify all cases arising from a criminal investigation; and the timeframe for same. [50681/26]
281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has sought or received cumulative manganese exposure data from water suppliers, broken down by age group or vulnerability category; the basis on which the reported guideline value (details supplied) is considered adequate for infants, children, older persons and medically vulnerable groups; whether the absence of a vulnerable-group-specific protoco…
282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether an audit, review or evaluation mechanism exists to assess the public health advice issued by the HSE following the conclusion of a drinking water contamination incident; if such a mechanism exists, the frequency of review; the body or office responsible for conducting it; and if no such mechanism exists, to confirm this and to state the reason no post-inci…
283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed manganese exposure risk in drinking water by reference to Irish-specific exposure pathways, including private well usage and known geological manganese hotspots, as distinct from the general parametric values set under the European Union Drinking Water Regulations 2023; if such an assessment has taken place, to provide details; and if …
286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of samples of nicotine-inhaling products submitted by the National Environmental Health Service to the State Laboratory for testing of nicotine content and liquid volume in 2024, in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those samples that failed to meet legal limits in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49977/26]
287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the number of European safety alerts issued by the National Environmental Health Service in respect of nicotine-inhaling products fell to zero in quarter one 2026, compared with 15 in 2025, notwithstanding that inspection numbers in quarter one 2026 remained high; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49978/26]
288. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections, compliance notices and prohibition orders issued by the National Environmental Health Service in respect of nicotine-inhaling product retailers, broken down by county, for 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49979/26]
289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of retailers of nicotine-inhaling products inspected by the National Environmental Health Service more than once in the same calendar year in 2024, in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those retailers referred for summary proceedings as repeat offenders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49980/26]
290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the expected court dates for the three prosecution cases currently before the District Court against retailers of nicotine-inhaling products referenced in a reply to the Deputy dated 16 June 2026; the legislative basis applied in determining penalties in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49981/26]
758. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a summary of the findings, recommendations and corrective actions arising from the two system analysis reviews identified by the National Ambulance Service as involving ambulance allocation or dispatch delays since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48855/26]
759. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2330 of 9 June 2026, the date by which the Health Service Executive will revert to this Deputy with the additional information requested regarding the two National Ambulance Service System Analysis Reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48856/26]
760. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national dataset recording elapsed time between receipt of a 999 call and allocation of an ambulance resource is recorded on any HSE or National Ambulance Service risk register or audit plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48857/26]