Parliamentary questions

2183. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to assist a family (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43196/26]

2184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a national written risk assessment has ever been completed in relation to winter patient transfer arrangements across the acute hospital system; and if so, to provide the date of completion and a copy of the assessment. [43223/26]

2185. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health who holds responsibility for approving patient transfer escalation frameworks used during winter pressures. [43224/26]

2186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any adverse incident review has identified patient transfer during winter pressures as a contributory factor in patient harm since 2020. [43225/26]

2187. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a national register of incidents, complaints, serious reportable events or adverse outcomes linked to inter-hospital transfers. [43226/26]

2188. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether HIQA has ever reviewed the governance of winter patient transfer arrangements. [43227/26]

2189. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audit has been conducted comparing outcomes for patients transferred during periods of peak escalation against those who remained in their originating hospital. [43228/26]

2190. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE independently verifies that foreign healthcare providers treating minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme comply with local child protection legislation, and if so, the process used to conduct such verification. [43240/26]

2191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a list of approved or previously utilised foreign healthcare providers for the treatment of minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [43241/26]

2192. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any foreign healthcare provider proposed for use under the Treatment Abroad Scheme has been rejected, suspended or removed from consideration in the past five years, and the reasons for same. [43242/26]

2193. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE requires documentary evidence from foreign healthcare providers demonstrating compliance with local child protection legislation and Hague Convention obligations before approving treatment for a minor. [43243/26]

2194. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE conducts any audit of the assessments made by referring consultants regarding the suitability of foreign healthcare providers treating minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [43244/26]

2195. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national policy, guidance document, standard operating procedure or governance framework exists governing the selection and oversight of foreign healthcare providers treating minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [43245/26]

2196. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether outcome data, adverse incident data or patient safety information relating to treatments delivered to minors abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme are collected or reviewed by the HSE. [43246/26]

2197. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE Internal Audit review has examined the governance arrangements relating to minors receiving treatment abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme since 2020 and, if so, when each review was conducted. [43247/26]

2198. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department's quarterly oversight meetings with the Treatment Abroad Scheme include consideration of governance, patient safety, safeguarding or clinical outcome matters relating to minors, in addition to activity and expenditure. [43248/26]

2199. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of minors approved for treatment abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme in each year since 2020, by country in which treatment was provided. [43249/26]

2200. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if clarity could be provided in relation to prescribed incontinence wear products being provided under the DPS (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43260/26]

2201. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that glycerol-containing slush ice drinks are being sold without point-of-sale warnings at retail locations across Ireland, contrary to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland advice of 26 May 2026, which recommends that retailers selling unpackaged slush ice drinks containing glycerol display permanent warnings stating tha…

2202. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether she will consider making mandatory the point-of-sale warning requirements currently set out as voluntary guidelines in the Food Safety Authority of Ireland advice of 26 May 2026, which recommends that retailers selling unpackaged glycerol-containing slush ice drinks display permanent warnings that the product is not recommended …

2203. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the enforcement measures that are being put in place to ensure compliance with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland advice of 26 May 2026 regarding the sale of glycerol-containing slush ice drinks to children aged ten and under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43263/26]

2204. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether she will consider introducing a statutory prohibition on the sale of glycerol-containing slush ice drinks to children aged ten and under, given the Food Safety Authority of Ireland advice of 26 May 2026, that such drinks can cause glycerol intoxication syndrome including severe symptoms such as hypoglycaemia and loss of consciou…

2205. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains historical records of funded posts, filled posts and vacant posts at each acute hospital; and if they will provide the data available for Cork University Hospital for the years 2022 to 2025. [43267/26]

2206. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what workforce information systems are used by the HSE to monitor funded and unfilled posts across the acute hospital sector. [43268/26]

2207. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether there is a national requirement for hospitals to retain monthly vacancy data for audit, workforce planning and budget oversight purposes. [43269/26]