1880. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staffing within section 38 and section 39 organisations funded by the HSE in 2026 to date, broken down by organisation type and staff category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41847/26]
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1881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE health region exceeded approved workforce or pay ceilings in 2025 or 2026 and subsequently relied on agency staffing arrangements to maintain operational capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41848/26]
1882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally monitors repeat agency usage by individual roles or locations; whether any risk assessments have been carried out regarding long-term dependence on agency staffing in frontline services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41849/26]
1883. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any value-for-money analysis comparing long-term agency staffing expenditure against the cost of direct permanent recruitment for equivalent posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41850/26]
1884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains data on agency staffing expenditure by hospital or facility level within each Health Region; and if she will provide the highest-spending sites in 2025 and 2026 to date. [41851/26]
1885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal audits, reviews, or reports have been completed since 2024 regarding agency staffing expenditure, procurement controls, or compliance with national workforce policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41852/26]
1896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central register of all non-statutory bodies receiving direct or indirect HSE funding; whether the register identifies intermediary funding arrangements; and if she will provide details. [41863/26]
1897. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessment has been undertaken regarding indirect funding flows to non-statutory bodies since 2020; and if she will provide details of the findings. [41864/26]
1898. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE Board or Audit and Risk Committee has discussed the absence of a system-wide audit of funding flows to non-statutory bodies since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41865/26]
1899. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national framework exists to measure consistency of service eligibility decisions across Health Regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41866/26]
1900. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any patient-impact analysis has been conducted regarding regional variation in decision-making within the Health Regions structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41867/26]
1901. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether compliance with agency staffing restrictions forms part of any current HSE risk register, assurance framework, or governance monitoring process; and if she will provide details. [41868/26]
1902. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been conducted into the operational or patient safety impact of agency staffing restrictions introduced in July 2025; and if she will provide details. [41869/26]
1903. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the specific unit, division or named office within her Department responsible for governance oversight of the treatment abroad scheme. [41870/26]
1904. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme is subject to a documented risk-management framework; and if so, whether she will provide the title and date of the current framework. [41871/26]
1905. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates on which the treatment abroad scheme was audited by HSE Internal Audit since 2020; and whether any recommendations were issued following those audits. [41872/26]
1906. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates on which the Comptroller and Auditor General conducted any audit, review or examination relating to the treatment abroad scheme since 2020. [41873/26]
1907. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any expenditure-control thresholds, referral-value triggers or enhanced approval mechanisms apply within the treatment abroad scheme for high-cost treatments. [41874/26]
1908. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department receives regular reporting regarding the number and aggregate value of treatment abroad scheme approvals by specialty or treatment category. [41875/26]
1909. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal value-for-money review of the treatment abroad scheme has been conducted since 2020; and if so, when and by whom. [41876/26]
1910. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme appears on any Department of Health or HSE corporate or operational risk register. [41877/26]
1913. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme maintains a unique case identifier linking each approved application to associated invoices, reimbursement records, payment dates, and treatment completion records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41882/26]
1914. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme is capable of being reconciled on a patient-by-patient basis through a single integrated dataset; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41883/26]
1915. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme operates through a fully integrated digital financial management and verification system or through manual and partially manual reconciliation processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41884/26]
1916. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether payments made under the treatment abroad scheme are subject to post-treatment verification procedures prior to final reimbursement; and if she will provide details of the verification process applied. [41885/26]