978. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 70297/26, the agency whole-time equivalents converted to direct employment in each health region, by staff category, from the commencement of the July 2025 framework to 31 December 2025; the headcount converted to date; the grades converted within the management and administration category; the estimated annual saving from con…
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979. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to detail the precise funding allocation which will be provided for the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD programme for 2027; to provide details on when she said funding will be confirmed and communicated to the programme; and whether she would consider the introduction of multi-annual funding for the programme. [73961/26]
980. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 880, confirming that regional data on allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment against staff is not collated centrally, if she will direct the HSE to establish a central national record of such allegations, covering allegations made by staff, patients and service users; the timeframe for doing so; and if she will make …
981. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether the national cancer control programme has examined the introduction of a dedicated support pathway for patients diagnosed with brain tumours, including information resources, rehabilitation supports, family supports and signposting to relevant patient organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73960/26]
982. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 874 of 29 September 2026, to clarify the table of cases before the national dismissal appeals committee, given that the 2021 case is described as a dismissal upheld yet the employee returned to work following appeal; the outcome of each appeal from 2021 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74351/26]
983. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients whose discharge from Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital was delayed pending home support or carer availability, on the last day of each month from January 2025 to September 2026, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73871/26]
984. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether patients diagnosed with a brain tumour are routinely provided with a named healthcare professional or support contact to assist them with information, referrals and follow-up care; if not, whether consideration will be given to introducing such a service nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73959/26]
985. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has requested that the HSE introduce a means of identifying patient safety incidents involving agency, panel and locum staff as a discrete national dataset, in view of the HSE's confirmation that no such dataset currently exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74330/26]
986. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of delayed transfers of care at Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital as of the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by reason for delay including home support, nursing home or Fair Deal, rehabilitation and other, by hospital, in tabular form; and if sh…
987. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has carried out any analysis, at hospital or regional level, of the relationship between levels of agency staffing and the rate of reported patient safety incidents; if not, the reason this has not been done given the scale of HSE expenditure on agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74329/26]
988. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health whether applications for reimbursement under the cross-border healthcare firective are processed strictly in chronological order according to their date of receipt; if not, the circumstances in which applications may be processed out of sequence; and to explain how applications for other procedures submitted in 2026 have been processed and reimbursed while so…
989. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Graig primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74343/26]
990. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether HSE framework agreements with staffing agencies require the agency to be notified where a worker it supplies is involved in a patient safety incident; the number of agency workers removed from placement following a patient safety incident in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74328/26]
991. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the psychological, psycho-oncology and counselling supports available to individuals diagnosed with brain tumours and their families; the measures being taken to improve access to such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73957/26]
992. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 49266/26, the number of serious incident reviews completed by the HSE in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 in which agency staffing or other workforce arrangements were identified as a contributory factor, in tabular form, by hospital group or health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74327/26]
993. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the information and support currently provided to patients at the point of diagnosis of a brain tumour in acute hospitals; whether national guidance exists in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73956/26]
994. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 49266/26, whether the HSE has assessed the technical feasibility, cost and timeframe of adding a field to the national incident management system to record the employment status of staff involved in a patient safety incident (directly employed, agency, panel or locum); if such a change has been considered or ruled out; the rea…
995. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 664 of 6 October 2026, whether there are any schemes available for Irish patients to access this medical device if the device is available in another EU country. [73955/26]
996. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a standardised national information and support pack for all patients diagnosed with a brain tumour, which contains information on diagnosis, treatment pathways, counselling services, patient advocacy organisations, financial supports, rehabilitation services and family supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73…
997. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 71189/26, if the figure of 31 days total waiting on carer availability at Cork University Hospital refers to the combined wait of the four patients or to each patient; the longest individual wait in days; the total bed days lost to these delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73868/26]
998. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the 80% acceptance target for inter-facility transfer bookings was set for the National Ambulance Service in the HSE National Service Plan 2026; whether the remaining bookings are declined for reasons of capacity or clinical suitability; whether patient safety incidents arising during transfers carried out by private providers are recorded on th…
999. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for reimbursement relating to lipoedema treatment under the cross-border healthcare directive that are currently outstanding, broken down by month of receipt from October 2025 to date; the number currently awaiting administrative processing, clinical review or clinical advice respectively; the number processed and reimbursed during …
1000. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the reason any change to the processing, clinical review or eligibility requirements for lipoedema applications under the cross-border healthcare directive was not communicated to patients in advance, having regard to the written commitment issued by the National Director of HSE National Services and Schemes on 29th August 2025 that advance notice and publis…
1001. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health whether applications for reimbursement for lipoedema treatment under the cross-border healthcare directive have been placed on hold, delayed or otherwise prevented from progressing pending clinical review or clinical advice; if so, the date on which this commenced; the reason for the decision; the number of applications affected; and the anticipated timefram…
1002. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health whether there has been any change since 29 August 2025 to the assessment, processing or reimbursement of applications relating to the treatment of lipoedema under the cross-border healthcare directive; whether standard applications for treatment of the limbs under the Z01B code are now routinely being referred for clinical review; the date on which any such …