1209. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the specific clinical guidelines currently in active use by clinicians in Ireland for the assessment and referral of minors presenting with gender-related distress, pending completion of the national Model of Care. [33182/26]
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1210. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the interim safeguards in place to ensure consistency, evidence-based practice, and protection of minors in the absence of a completed national Model of Care and national audit framework. [33183/26]
1211. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify which office, official, or body currently holds ultimate policy and governance responsibility at national level for gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors; and the statutory or administrative basis on which that responsibility is exercised. [33185/26]
1212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal risk assessment has been conducted by her Department or the HSE 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 the date, scope, and key findings of that assessment. [33186/26]
1214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail what national oversight mechanisms are currently in place within her Department to monitor clinical decision-making, patient outcomes, and safeguarding compliance in respect of minors referred for gender-related healthcare. [33188/26]
1215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any requirement exists at national level for the recording or reporting of clinical outcomes, adverse events, or complications arising from gender-related assessment or referral pathways for minors; and if not, whether such a requirement is under consideration. [33189/26]
1218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has been undertaken by her Department into the adequacy of existing safeguarding arrangements in respect of minors accessing gender-related healthcare pathways; and if so, to provide the date and outcome of that review. [33192/26]
1223. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that current arrangements meet the State’s obligations in respect of clinical governance, patient safety, and safeguarding, given the absence of national data systems and audit mechanisms. [33202/26]
1224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any adverse event monitoring system exists specifically for gender-related clinical pathways for minors; and if so, to provide details. [33203/26]
1226. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the plans being considered to put no wait cards on a statutory footing to address the needs of people with chronic illnesses (details supplied). [33205/26]
1243. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health further to HSE's commitment on 17 October 2025, that the National Clinical Programme for Ophthalmology would consider the requirements and feasibility of implementing an audit; whether this work has commenced; the potential audit approaches being examined; when priority areas for further exploration and implementation will be determined; and the expected timeline…
437. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of additional funding and staff for PrEP services in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31525/26]
438. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on waiting times for PrEP services, and details of waiting times, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31526/26]
439. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person who has been a patient at the long-Covid clinic at Beaumont Hospital for a number of years (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31544/26]
448. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31657/26]
268. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the gaps in neurological services identified in the recent report by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31066/26]
269. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the actions planned to improve equitable and timely access to specialist neurological services across the country; the timeline for the implementation of these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31067/26]
279. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to address the gaps in neurological services identified in the recent report by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31171/26]
280. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the actions planned to improve equitable and timely access to specialist neurological services across the country; and the timeline for the implementation of these measures. [31172/26]
285. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 881 of 24 March 2026, if the terms of reference for the external expert panel have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31222/26]
286. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 884 of 24 March 2026, if the external expert panel will be in a position to verify, using contemporaneous records, if cases were discussed at MDT prior to surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31223/26]
288. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health whether, in the context of Ireland’s implementation of the EU AI Act and the forthcoming European Health Data Space, if her Department has assessed the potential jurisdictional implications of selecting a non-EU headquartered supplier for critical national health data infrastructure, including the possible interaction of foreign legislation with Irish and EU dat…
1013. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the rationale for creating multiple new managerial posts in each region to oversee radiography placements while no additional radiography practice tutors have been appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29667/26]
1038. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the evidential basis underpinning the decision to cease or substantially reduce the use of third-party insourcing arrangements within the public health system by 30 June 2026; the specific reviews, analyses, or policy papers informing this decision; and if she will provide the dates and authors of such documents. [29806/26]
1039. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted a formal impact assessment of the planned cessation or reduction of third-party insourcing on public patient waiting lists; if so, the projected effect on overall waiting list numbers and waiting times; and if she will provide the modelling assumptions used. [29807/26]