1415. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal safeguarding review process applies where minors are referred outside the State for healthcare interventions under HSE-funded schemes. [39774/26]
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1418. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has examined whether existing HSE governance systems are sufficient to monitor long-term psychological, safeguarding or clinical outcomes for minors referred abroad for healthcare interventions. [39777/26]
1498. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the correspondence (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the current review of the programme in question; if she will outline any plans to expand patient access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40300/26]
1173. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the external review that was supposed to be completed in August 2025 will be given to a family (details supplied). [34925/26]
860. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health given that the review of the operation of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024 was to be initiated by 17 April 2026; the terms of reference/parameters for the review and will they be published; who will conduct the review; the way in which the views of stakeholders will be incorporated; the timeline for initiation and comp…
993. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether compliance with evidence-based clinical standards in gender-related care for minors is currently subject to any formal monitoring, inspection or performance review mechanism; and if so, to detail same. [32532/26]
1005. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE has carried out any audit, review or evaluation of the July 2025 agency conversion framework; if so, to provide the findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32544/26]
1012. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether decisions under the treatment abroad scheme are subject to any centralised review, appeal mechanism, or consistency check across cases. [32565/26]
1167. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent external evaluation of the outputs or impact of the Institute of Public Health has been conducted since 2020. [32902/26]
2690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of governance, compliance, or performance reviews carried out by or on behalf of her Department in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and whether a structured audit schedule exists. [23859/26]
3400. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure to date of the Nayagam review, by cost category including on legal fees and ancillary costs across the preparation, investigation, drafting, and completion of the work programme to date. [27278/26]
508. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if children being reviewed by the External Expert Panel Review will also have their full clinical pathways reviewed; if there is one single body responsible for reviewing the full clinical pathway of these patients; the way in which different processes will interact (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23470/26]
382. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when was the most recent independent audit or review of the National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS), including its operation within Children’s Health Ireland and across adult hospitals in the HSE. [22804/26]
387. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the clinical governance, risk management, and contingency protocols in place within Children’s Health Ireland and the HSE to ensure imaging systems are fully operational prior to surgical procedures. [22809/26]
406. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health whether she has engaged directly with the CHI Chief Information Officer in relation to issues concerning NIMIS; and if so, to provide details of such engagements and any actions arising. [22829/26]
447. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national clinical audit, serious incident review, or patient safety governance review has been commissioned or undertaken since 2019 in relation to reporting, management or oversight of cases in which signs of life are observed following termination of pregnancy; if so, the dates of those reviews and whether their findings were provided to the Departme…
1756. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the assessment which has been undertaken regarding the potential impact of the change in qualification validation arrangements on national consistency of standards, international recognition of clinical measurement physiology qualifications, and existing accreditation relationships with external bodies. [18750/26]
1780. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if there is a proposed follow up of the FADA study to assess health and socioeconomic impacts; the way the HSE is co-ordinating care provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18935/26]
2001. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she is reviewing the requirement on families to maintain indefinite responsibility for the care of a dependent adult with impaired decision-making capacity; the affects of restrictions in their participation of formal decisions affecting that person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19913/26]
2052. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive conducts audits or reviews of MDT recommendations submitted in support of applications for gender affirmation surgery under the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, the frequency and scope of such oversight. [20080/26]
2056. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE collects outcome data, complication rates, or patient follow-up information for gender affirmation surgeries funded abroad under the treatment abroad scheme. [20090/26]
2063. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive records clinical outcomes, complications, or follow-up care requirements for patients who receive gender affirmation surgery abroad funded under the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, the oversight mechanisms in place to monitor patient outcomes and long-term healthcare impacts. [20124/26]
2064. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has conducted or commissioned any review, audit, or policy assessment of the use of the treatment abroad scheme to fund gender affirmation surgeries outside the State since 2020; and if not, whether she intends to commission such a review. [20125/26]
485. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans which have been established to fund the implementation of the National Review of Cardiac Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15692/26]
490. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 427 and 428 of 13 November 2025, if she will advise on the outcome of the review conducted by her officials in relation to the proposed sale of the property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15714/26]