2439. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a national standard exists requiring hospitals to inform patients in writing whether they are on an outpatient waiting list or an inpatient/day-case surgical waiting list; and if so, to provide a copy of that standard. [44097/26]
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511. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of vape retail outlets operating in the State in each year since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40861/26]
512. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department maintains a national register or database of vape retail outlets operating within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40862/26]
513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a public health assessment has been undertaken regarding the concentration or proliferation of vape and smoke retail outlets in Irish cities, towns and villages over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40863/26]
514. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if an assessment has been undertaken regarding youth exposure to nicotine-related advertising, branding or retail visibility arising from the increasing number of vape and smoke retail outlets operating in town and city centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40864/26]
515. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections, compliance checks, enforcement actions, fixed penalty notices and prosecutions relating to the sale of vaping or nicotine products to minors in each year since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40865/26]
516. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introducing a national licensing system for vape and smoke retail outlets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40866/26]
517. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a review has been undertaken regarding the environmental and public health impact associated with disposable vaping products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40867/26]
539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff converted to permanent HSE employment under the Agency Control Framework in each Health Region to date in 2026, broken down by grade and service area. [40998/26]
540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated gross and net savings achieved to date from the HSE Agency Control Framework introduced under the National Service Plan 2026. [40999/26]
541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any Health Region has sought revised agency expenditure limits for 2026 due to operational pressures or staffing shortages. [41000/26]
542. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of instances in which agency expenditure limits were exceeded by individual hospitals or services during January and February 2026. [41001/26]
543. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any assessment regarding the operational or patient safety implications of attempts to reduce agency expenditure under the National Service Plan 2026. [41002/26]
544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE expects to remain within the €720 million agency expenditure target for 2026; and if not, the revised projected outturn for the year. [41003/26]
545. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a centralised register or database identifying all non-statutory bodies receiving public funding either directly from the HSE or through intermediary grant, service arrangement, programme administration, regional allocation, or pass-through funding mechanisms; and if they will provide details of such a register. [41004/26]
546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can identify the total annual amount of public funding allocated to non-statutory bodies through indirect or intermediary funding arrangements in each year from 2020 to 2026. [41005/26]
547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all non-statutory bodies receiving HSE funding, whether directly or indirectly, are required to comply with a common governance or financial reporting framework; and if they will provide details of same. [41006/26]
548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any mapping exercise or audit to identify all downstream recipients of public funding originating from the HSE but distributed through intermediary organisations or agencies. [41007/26]
549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can provide the number of non-statutory bodies receiving funding through Section 38, Section 39, grant aid, commissioned service arrangements, programme administration arrangements, or regional allocation mechanisms in each year since 2020. [41008/26]
550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether adult mental health services receive specific training relating to trauma-informed engagement with care-experienced young adults transitioning from CAMHS or Tusla care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41017/26]
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national policy, protocol or guidance exists governing continuity of care for young people transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services where the individual has a history of State care, special care, institutional care or complex trauma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/26]
552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of PURPLE and RED emergency calls in 2024 and 2025 where no ambulance resource was immediately available at the point of call allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41025/26]
553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the duration for which emergency calls remain without an assigned ambulance resource after initial triage; and if so, the average and longest duration recorded in 2024 and 2025. [41026/26]
554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether repeated breaches of ambulance allocation time KPIs trigger any automatic operational review, executive escalation, or risk escalation process within the HSE or National Ambulance Service. [41027/26]
555. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken correlating ambulance allocation delays with adverse patient outcomes, mortality, ICU admission, cardiac arrest survival rates, or other clinical indicators since 2020. [41028/26]