889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific tools, reports or mechanisms that currently allow for a direct comparison of performance between the six health regions, given that the health system performance assessment framework operates at aggregate national level only; and if she will provide a list of all such tools currently in use. [47809/26]
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890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism which exists to compare the performance of the six regional executive officers against one another, given that responsibility for regional performance rests with the REOs individually; and if no such comparative mechanism exists, the way in which regional underperformance is identified relative to other regions rather than solely against each region’…
891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for making trauma-informed practice training mandatory for staff working with care-experienced young adults transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services; which staff cohorts will be prioritised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47811/26]
892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national reporting structure for trauma-informed practice training uptake has been recorded on any HSE risk register or audit plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47812/26]
893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage, by community healthcare organisation, of staff currently engaging in CAMHS-to-adult mental health transition cases who have received no trauma-informed practice training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47813/26]
894. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to establish a distinct, trackable budget line for obesity-related healthcare expenditure; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47827/26]
895. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has commissioned, or plans to commission, an updated national costing of overweight and obesity in Ireland, given that the most recent dedicated study dates from 2012 and current figures rely on academic estimates rather than HSE financial data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47828/26]
896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to reconcile the discrepancy between the 2012 Safefood estimate of €1.13 billion in direct and indirect obesity-related costs in the Republic of Ireland and the 2025 Irish Endocrine Society estimate of €1.1 billion in direct healthcare costs alone; the implications for the true current scale of obesity-related expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the m…
897. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, withdrew funding within weeks of a planned orthopaedic operation date for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47832/26]
898. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that a life-changing prostate cancer medication, RLT, known as Pluvicto, will be made available to medically suitable patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47846/26]
899. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health to update Dáil Éireann on the 10 June 2026 statement of the Beneluxa countries on a unified approach to access to and affordability of medicines; her Department’s engagement in 2026 with Beneluxa countries on this initiative; the possible advancements in pharmaceutical procurement across the Beneluxa countries in 2026 and 2027; and if she will make a statement on …
900. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health when her Department and the HSE will commence work on developing a successor ten-year national cancer strategy given the imminent completion of the term of the 2017-26 national cancer strategy; her plans for developing the new policy, including the timeline for appointment of a chairperson to lead the creation of the strategy; the timeframe for a consultative proc…
901. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve accessibility of neurology services and accessibility to beneficial therapies for migraine patients in Ireland; her views on a study (details supplied) on the impact of migraine in Ireland; her views on the plausibility, safety and impact for patients of transferring the management of chronic migraine patients in Ireland from secondary care to…
902. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of the National Diabetes Strategy; and if she will m…
903. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to address staffing resource shortages in diabetes services in HSE Dublin and south east; whether extra funding will be made available for the new posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47863/26]
904. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether GPs can refer directly for gynaecological pelvic MRI under the GP access to community diagnostics scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47879/26]
905. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the reason gynaecological pelvic MRI is not available through GP referral where other MRI indications, including orthopaedic pelvic indications, are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47880/26]
906. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE plans to review GP access to gynaecological pelvic MRI as part of the national endometriosis framework and wider women’s health policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47881/26]
907. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether gynaecological pelvic MRI will be added to GP access pathways under appropriate clinical criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47882/26]
908. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if direct GP access to gynaecological pelvic MRI is not proposed, whether the HSE will create a direct GP referral pathway to specialist gynaecological imaging for suspected endometriosis or complex pelvic disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47883/26]
909. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has reviewed the cost and patient impact of funding endometriosis-related care abroad compared with investing in improved diagnostic and treatment pathways in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47884/26]
910. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the engagement she has had, or that her Department has had, with people who report persistent adverse symptoms following Covid-19 vaccination; whether she or her officials have met individuals, families, clinicians or representative groups on this issue; the dates of any such meetings; the main issues raised; the actions arising; and if her Department plans on fur…
911. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that, while Covid-19 vaccination has played an important role in public health, a small number of people may experience serious or persistent adverse reactions following vaccination, as has been recognised historically in relation to other vaccines, including the experience of narcolepsy following H1N1 swine flu vaccination; the policy position…
912. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the clinical pathway available for people who report persistent adverse symptoms following Covid-19 vaccination, including where symptoms are complex, multi-system or disabling; whether general practitioners have been given clear guidance on referral, assessment and management; whether any specialist assessment pathway exists nationally; and if she will make a sta…
913. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of reports of suspected adverse reactions following Covid-19 vaccination received by the Health Products Regulatory Authority to date; the number classified as serious; the number involving persistent, disabling or medically significant symptoms where such information is available; the way in which such reports are followed up; and the arrangements in p…