2174. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the new Children’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43154/26]
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2175. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staffing in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [43156/26]
2176. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the actual hourly rates paid to agency providers by grade and specialty; and if so, if she will provide a breakdown. [43157/26]
2177. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not maintain a central cost comparator database for agency staffing expenditure. [43158/26]
2178. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the value-for-money implications of the HSE not maintaining a central database comparing agency staffing costs with directly employed staff costs. [43159/26]
2179. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the amount paid annually in agency fees, commissions and VAT associated with agency staffing in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [43160/26]
2180. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has any plans to establish a national agency workforce cost monitoring framework; and if so, the timeline for implementation. [43161/26]
2181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the top 20 agency suppliers by expenditure in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [43162/26]
2182. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43194/26]
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]