Parliamentary questions

1097. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of instances in which a private home support provider was found non-compliant with Garda vetting, qualification verification or training standards in each year since 2020. [37013/26]

1098. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any private home support provider has had a contract suspended, restricted or terminated due to safeguarding, governance or quality concerns since 2020; and if she will provide details. [37014/26]

1099. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally records complaints, missed visits, safeguarding incidents or medication-related incidents involving privately contracted home support providers. [37015/26]

1100. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether unannounced inspections are carried out in respect of private home support providers operating under HSE contracts. [37016/26]

1101. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE publishes compliance or performance ratings for private home support providers funded by the State. [37017/26]

1102. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) and ensure that the access to medicines for those with rare diseases will never be an issue for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37032/26]

1103. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent external audit has been carried out since 2020 on counselling activity data submitted by HSE regions through the Corporate Information Facility; if so, to provide the date, body responsible, scope, findings and recommendations of each audit; and if no such audit has taken place, to confirm the reason [37044/26]

1104. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has received any formal assurance certificate, audit opinion, validation report or compliance statement confirming that counselling activity data reported nationally by the HSE is accurate, complete and comparable across all Health Regions [37045/26]

1105. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a central national dataset exists showing the number of unique individuals accessing Counselling in Primary Care and National Counselling Service supports annually, separate from the number of referrals, appointments or sessions; and if not, whether she will require such data to be collected. [37046/26]

1106. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether counselling activity data currently reported to her Department distinguishes between new clients, returning clients, re-referrals, total appointments offered, total appointments attended, cancellations, DNAs and total sessions delivered; and if she will provide the most recent available breakdown by Health Region. [37047/26]

1107. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the risk that session-based counselling activity figures may overstate service reach where the same individual attends multiple sessions within a reporting period; and, if so, to provide the findings. [37048/26]

1108. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal reconciliation report is produced comparing counselling activity data across Health Regions to identify anomalies, outliers, inconsistent definitions or unusual month-on-month movements; and if so, whether such reports will be published. [37049/26]

1109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE Mental Health Services Key Performance Indicator Metadata document includes standard national definitions for referral, re-referral, assessment, attendance, discharge, completed case, DNA, cancellation and unique client; and if she will provide those definitions. [37050/26]

1110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Therapeutic Interventions Service Improvement Programme Board has been given a formal mandate to examine counselling data governance, regional comparability, unmet demand, patient outcomes and workforce capacity; and, if so, to provide its terms of reference. [37051/26]

1111. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the planned mapping of HSE and HSE-funded counselling services will include section 39 providers, National Office for Suicide Prevention-funded services, Tusla-funded counselling services, local low-cost counselling charities and community voluntary providers; and when this mapping exercise will be completed. [37052/26]

1112. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she will commit to publishing a national counselling services dashboard showing, by Health Region, referrals, re-referrals, unique clients, waiting times, sessions delivered, average sessions per client, outcomes and unmet demand. [37053/26]

1113. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 19 March 2026, to provide an update on the commercial negotiations with the pharmaceutical company to provide givinostat by the HSE. [37054/26]

1114. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns regarding access to the specialist functional seizure service in St. James's Hospital; if she will clarify whether the ward is intended to operate as a national referral service or only for patients within the hospital catchment area; the steps being taken to improve access for patients experiencing severe and fr…

1115. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware of concerns regarding products commonly referred to as "CALI pens", marketed as CBD vapes, including reports that some may contain synthetic cannabinoids; whether the HSE or emergency departments have identified adverse health incidents linked to their use; the oversight or testing arrangements in place for such product…

1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2663 of 14 April 2026, whether the expenditure figures provided relate solely to psychological services abroad or whether they also include associated travel, accommodation, administration, translation, assessment, or ancillary clinical costs. [37074/26]

1117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a centralised database recording referrals abroad for gender-related care under the Treatment Abroad Scheme; and if so, which HSE division is responsible for governance and oversight of that database. [37075/26]

1118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audit, value-for-money review, safeguarding review or clinical governance review has been conducted in respect of gender-related referrals abroad involving minors since 2020. [37076/26]

1119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can provide the jurisdictions and healthcare providers to which paediatric gender-related referrals abroad were directed under the Treatment Abroad Scheme from 2020 to 2026. [37077/26]

1120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external clinical guidelines, international protocols or evidence reviews were relied upon in approving gender-related referrals abroad for minors under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [37078/26]

1121. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE has assessed the long-term projected financial exposure associated with gender-related referrals abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [37079/26]