Parliamentary questions

997. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal written policy, clinical governance framework, or risk assessment governs referrals of minors abroad for gender-related healthcare; and if she will provide details. [36602/26]

998. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken any independent review of outcomes, safeguarding issues, regret rates, detransition rates, or long-term psychological outcomes associated with referrals of minors abroad for gender-related healthcare.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36603/26]

999. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any assessment of the implications of the final Cass Review for Irish clinical practice regarding minors referred abroad for gender-related healthcare. [36604/26]

1000. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any pause, restriction, or revised clinical threshold was considered following publication of the Cass Review in relation to referrals of minors abroad for gender-related healthcare. [36605/26]

1001. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has issued updated clinical guidance to GPs, consultant paediatricians, psychiatrists, or CAMHS teams concerning referrals of minors for gender-related healthcare abroad following changes introduced by the NHS in September 2024. [36606/26]

1002. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish minors currently awaiting referral, assessment, or treatment through overseas gender-related healthcare pathways supported by the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [36607/26]

1003. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any Irish clinicians currently participate in multidisciplinary assessment processes connected to overseas gender-related healthcare referrals for minors. [36608/26]

1004. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the updated Irish gender healthcare model of care will include a national audit framework, outcomes monitoring system, detransition support pathway, and safeguarding review mechanism for minors. [36609/26]

1005. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE general dental surgeons based at Balbriggan Primary Care Centre as of 8 May 2026; If she will provide the same figures as of 1 June 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36610/26]

1006. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric physiotherapist posts filled at Skerries Health Centre as of 8 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36611/26]

1007. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social worker posts filled at Rush Health Centre as of 8 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36612/26]

1008. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a second OT into the St. James's Hospital long-Covid clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36620/26]

1009. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans for at least one OT in each long-Covid clinic nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36621/26]

1010. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or her Department intends to introduce a formal national obesity-attributable disease modelling framework for Ireland; the proposed timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36641/26]

1011. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national cost-of-illness study is currently underway regarding obesity-related disease expenditure across the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36642/26]

1012. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally measures the proportion of hospital admissions attributable to obesity-related conditions; and if not, whether there are plans to introduce such measurement systems. [36643/26]

1013. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual expenditure associated with obesity-related prescribing, including diabetes, cardiovascular and weight-management medications, in each year since 2020. [36644/26]

1014. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any assessment has been carried out regarding the projected impact of obesity-related disease on future acute hospital capacity demand and workforce requirements to 2035. [36645/26]

1015. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether obesity-related disease expenditure is separately identifiable within the HSE budgeting process; and if not, whether this has been identified as a strategic planning weakness. [36646/26]

1016. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the long-term economic impact of childhood obesity trends on future healthcare expenditure and labour-force participation. [36647/26]

1017. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a serious complaint concerning the treatment of a nine-year-old non-verbal autistic child within CAMHS-ID; if an investigation has been initiated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36674/26]

1018. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason a formal complaint (details supplied) submitted in November 2025 regarding CAMHS-ID has not received a response to date; the standard response timelines for such complaints; and the steps being taken to address delays in this case. [36675/26]

1019. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the oversight mechanisms that are in place within CAMHS-ID to ensure that clinical decisions, particularly those involving the withdrawal of psychiatric medication in vulnerable children, are evidence-based, documented, and subject to review; and if she will outline any recent audits conducted in this area. [36676/26]

1020. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the creation of the new Limerick Hospital Development Board, which she said would be put in place following her announcement in March of a new hospital in Limerick for the mid-west region. [36720/26]

1021. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total monetary value of rejected or unpaid pharmacy claims under the General Medical Services Scheme attributable to administrative or submission errors in each year from 2020 to 2026, in tabular form. [36741/26]