2880. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the temporary closure of the 25-bed Daisy Unit at Heather House Community Nursing Unit has resulted in a net reduction in operational bed capacity at the facility in each month since March 2025; and if she will provide the total number of operational beds available at the unit in each such month. [24698/26]
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2881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current project timetable for the fire safety works required to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit; the date on which the works commenced; the current stage of completion; any interim milestones set; and the reason the works are now projected to continue until on or before the end of September 2026. [24699/26]
2882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total cost estimated and incurred to date in respect of the fire safety works to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit; and whether additional funding has been approved to complete the works. [24700/26]
2883. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the approved workforce model for Heather House Community Nursing Unit, including the dementia-specific unit, is expected to be finalised; and whether she will provide the total approved whole-time equivalent staffing complement required for the facility as a whole and for the dementia-specific unit in particular. [24701/26]
2884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether funding has been approved for the full staffing complement required to operate the 19-bed dementia-specific unit at Heather House Community Nursing Unit safely on reopening; and if not, when such funding approval will be made. [24702/26]
2885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external fire safety, regulatory, or risk assessment was carried out in relation to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit, prior to its closure in late February 2025; and if so, the date and outcome of that assessment. [24703/26]
2886. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the criteria used to determine the geographic allocation of SCAN posts; whether allocation is based on population, deprivation index, suicide incidence or service demand; and whether a formal allocation model exists. [24716/26]
2887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the counties or CHO areas currently without a SCAN service; and the interim arrangements in place for patients in those areas. [24717/26]
2888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average caseload per SCAN post; the number of referrals received annually; and any maximum caseload thresholds applied. [24718/26]
2889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the outcome measures used to assess SCAN services, including emergency department diversion rates, repeat presentations, and time to assessment. [24719/26]
2890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the projected quarter-by-quarter timeline for recruitment and deployment of the 12 additional SCAN posts funded under Budget 2026. [24720/26]
2891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established a centrally approved governance framework applicable to all non-statutory bodies receiving direct Exchequer funding; and if not, the reason no such standardised framework has been put in place. [24722/26]
2892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the minimum governance, reporting, and accountability standards required by her Department for non-statutory bodies in receipt of public funding; and whether these standards are formally documented and applied consistently across all such bodies [24723/26]
2893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reporting requirements imposed by her Department on non-statutory bodies receiving funding, including the required frequency of financial, operational, and risk reporting; and whether a standard reporting schedule is mandated across all funded bodies. [24724/26]
2894. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a central risk assessment or escalation framework in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding; and, if so, the procedures in place where governance, safeguarding, or financial risks are identified. [24725/26]
2895. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-statutory bodies that have received direct Exchequer funding from her Department in each year since 2020; and the total amount of funding allocated to such bodies over that period [24726/26]
2896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure consistency of oversight across different line units within her Department in their engagement with non-statutory bodies receiving funding. [24727/26]
2897. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any internal audit, review, or evaluation of the governance and oversight arrangements applied to non-statutory bodies receiving funding since 2020; and, if so, to provide details of the findings. [24728/26]
2899. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of agency staffing expenditure within the public health service by Regional Health Authority, staff category, and service area for 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026. [24736/26]
2900. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the monthly agency staffing expenditure within the public health service for each month of 2025 and to date in 2026. [24737/26]
2901. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to monitor compliance with restrictions introduced on the use of agency staff; and the number of instances where such controls were breached since their introduction. [24738/26]
2902. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the enforcement or corrective actions taken where non-compliance with agency staffing controls has been identified. [24739/26]
2903. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the comparative cost to the Exchequer of agency staff versus directly employed staff within the public health service, expressed on a per-WTE basis across key staff categories. [24740/26]
2904. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated savings achieved to date arising from the conversion of agency staff to direct employment contracts within the public health service. [24741/26]
2905. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the vacancy rates across the public health service by staff category and region; and the extent to which these vacancies are contributing to reliance on agency staffing. [24742/26]