641. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of women who had been accepted and booked onto the DOMINO service at Cork University Maternity Hospital with expected due dates between October and December 2026; the date and manner in which each was informed of the suspension; the gestation at which they were informed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70279/26]
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656. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that families in Cork have been informed that the Specialist Neurodevelopmental Pathway (SNAP) Ballincollig service is being discontinued and that children currently attending or awaiting assessment through SNAP are being referred back to their local CAMHS service, including North Lee; if this is the case, the reason for the decision; the date on w…
676. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the inpatient and day case waiting list for ENT procedures at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork, broken down by length of time waiting; whether any reduction in anaesthetic staffing or funding has reduced theatre capacity for ENT lists at the hospital in 2026; the number of ENT theatre sessions cancelled or …
691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors currently employed in HSE South West whose recruitment records show incomplete pre-employment checks, including garda vetting and overseas police clearance; the action being taken in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70591/26]
692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if restrictions on the filling of vacant clinical posts are currently in place in HSE South West; the date such restrictions were introduced; the grades affected; whether maternity services are exempt; when the restrictions will be lifted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70590/26]
693. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse and health and social care professional posts, by whole time equivalent, that could be filled in HSE South West by approving outstanding requests from existing work sharing staff to increase their hours, compared with the cost and time of recruiting to those posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70589/26]
694. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approved but unfilled nursing and midwifery posts at Cork University Maternity Hospital as of 30 September 2026, by grade; the number of those posts for which approval to fill has been sought but not granted since January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70587/26]
695. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to protect and expand midwife led continuity of care services, including the Domino scheme and home birth service at Cork University Maternity Hospital, in line with the National Maternity Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70595/26]
696. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the oversight role, if any, retained by National HR in respect of pre-employment screening carried out by regional recruitment teams under the HSE HR Operating Model; whether National HR has the power to direct a region to take corrective action where screening failures are identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70586/26]
698. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current status of the Domino midwife led service at Cork University Maternity Hospital; whether the service has been suspended, curtailed or altered since June 2026; the number of women who availed of the service in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of women currently booked under the scheme with expected delivery dates in 2027…
699. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average length of stay following a spontaneous vaginal birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital for women under the Domino scheme compared with women under standard consultant led care, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the estimated cost of an inpatient postnatal bed night at CUMH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70593/26]
700. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68927/26, the sanctions or disciplinary measures, that apply to HSE staff or managers where a doctor is permitted to commence employment before mandatory pre-employment checks are completed; the number of such sanctions applied in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
701. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68927/26, the dates of each periodic review of recruitment records carried out to monitor compliance with pre-employment screening requirements in each HSE health region since January 2023; the body or unit that carried out each review; the findings of each review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70584/26]
702. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68927/26, the number of doctors who commenced employment in each HSE health region before garda vetting, overseas police clearance, occupational health clearance or English-language competency checks were completed, in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the …
703. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 66152/26, whether the HSE or the health regions record requests from public health nurses and health and social care professionals in work sharing arrangements to increase their hours or return to full time; the number of such requests received and refused in each health region in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if …
704. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether an increase in hours for a staff member in a work sharing arrangement counts against a health region's approved whole time equivalent ceiling under the pay and numbers strategy; whether health regions have been instructed to refuse or defer such increases to remain within that ceiling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70583/26]
709. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68927/26, the name and grade of the officer in each HSE health region with responsibility for ensuring that pre-employment checks, including Garda vetting, overseas police clearance, occupational health clearance and English-language competency, are completed before a doctor commences employment, in tabular form; and if a stat…
710. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which Cork University Hospital sought approval to fill the vacant clinical nurse specialist post supporting skin cancer surveillance; the reason national approval has not issued in the seven months since the post became vacant; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70656/26]
711. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the arrangements now in place at Cork University Hospital for patients at elevated risk of melanoma who have no previous skin cancer diagnosis but were previously under surveillance in the discontinued service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70654/26]
712. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients under active surveillance in the pigmented lesion service at Cork University Hospital at the time of its cessation; the number subsequently transferred to other clinicians; the number discharged to GP care; the number who received written notice of the change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70653/26]
713. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65824/26, if the HSE operates a written protocol or policy on succession or continuity planning for established clinical services on the retirement of a Consultant; if so, if she will publish same; if not, if she will direct that one be developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70651/26]
714. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 62012/26,which stated that an external review of CHI contained 13 recommendations and that 45 actions were identified in the CHI Implementation Plan, the number of those 45 actions completed; the number in progress; the number not yet commenced, respectively, as of the latest date for which data is available; and if she will m…
715. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if a successor to the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan 2023 to 2026 is being prepared; if it will address surveillance of high-risk individuals; the expected publication date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70659/26]
716. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Clinical Nurse Specialist and Advanced Nurse Practitioner posts in the HSE South West region identified as priority vacancies and currently awaiting national HSE approval to recruit, by hospital and specialty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70657/26]
717. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the external review of CHI referenced in the HSE reply to PQ Ref 62012/26 has been shared with the Board of CHI, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, or HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70669/26]