Parliamentary questions

972. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any adverse incidents, clinical risks, or service escalations have been linked to SCAN caseload pressures or service capacity constraints; and if she will provide details for 2024 and 2025. [32480/26]

973. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether national key performance indicators apply to SCAN services in respect of caseload, waiting times, or patient outcomes; and if she will provide details of those indicators and current performance levels. [32481/26]

974. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for surgery at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32482/26]

975. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors should continue operating pending completion of the HSE model of care in Quarter 4 2026, in circumstances where structured national data collection systems are not currently in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32514/26]

976. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any risk assessment in respect of the continuation of gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors in the absence of a finalised national model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32515/26]

977. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has received any formal assurance from the HSE that all gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors are subject to consistent clinical governance, safeguarding, and audit standards across the State pending completion of the national model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32516/26]

978. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE report examining the implications of the final Cass Review for gender healthcare services in Ireland was completed; the reason it has not yet been published; the expected publication date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32517/26]

979. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the forthcoming HSE model of care for gender healthcare services will include a requirement for mandatory national data collection on referrals, assessments, treatments, outcomes, adverse events, and costs in respect of minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32518/26]

980. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department currently receives any regular reports or datasets from the HSE in respect of gender-related referrals, assessments, or treatments involving minors; if so, to detail the nature and frequency of such reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32519/26]

981. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national clinical governance framework specific to gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors has been formally approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32520/26]

982. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audit, inspection, or external review of gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors has been commissioned by her Department since 2020, other than the Cass-related review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32521/26]

983. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether interim national guidelines or directives have been issued by her Department to the HSE governing gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors pending completion of the model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32522/26]

984. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she will commit to publishing all governance, audit, and evidence review documents underpinning the development of the HSE model of care for gender healthcare services for minors upon completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32523/26]

985. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the specific office, unit or named role within the Department or the HSE that holds ultimate national accountability for clinical governance, oversight and policy direction in respect of gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors; and to outline the reporting structure to the Minister. [32524/26]

986. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal national governance framework, beyond the general HSE Code of Governance, has been approved or issued specifically for gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors; if not, the timeline for its introduction. [32525/26]

987. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal risk assessment has been conducted at Departmental or HSE level regarding the operation of gender-related clinical pathways for minors in the absence of a completed national model of care; and if so, to provide details. [32526/26]

988. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what interim data collection arrangements are currently in place to record referrals, assessments, clinical decisions and outcomes for minors accessing gender-related healthcare pathways, pending the development of a national system. [32527/26]

989. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a structured national dataset in respect of gender-related healthcare pathways for minors has been formally recorded as a governance or patient safety risk; and if so, the mitigation measures in place. [32528/26]

990. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether any aggregate figures are currently available to her Department on the number of minors referred, assessed or treated under gender-related pathways in the past five years, even on a partial or regional basis. [32529/26]

991. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external or independent clinical audit of gender-related assessment or referral pathways for minors has been commissioned or considered since 2020; and if not, the rationale for this position. [32530/26]

992. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what specific safeguarding protocols are currently mandated for clinicians when assessing minors presenting with gender-related distress, in the absence of a finalised national model of care. [32531/26]

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]

994. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any timeline has been set for the establishment of a national data system, audit framework and governance structure for gender-related healthcare pathways for minors, and if so, to provide the expected delivery dates. [32533/26]

995. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of agency staffing expenditure within the HSE by staff category, including consultants, non-consultant hospital doctors, nurses, healthcare assistants and administrative staff, on a monthly basis for 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32534/26]

996. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of agency staffing expenditure within the HSE by hospital group and Community Healthcare Organisation area, on a monthly basis for 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32535/26]