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]
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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]
2065. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the options for funding available to assist adults who do not possess a medical card and who are employed fulltime, to meet the high cost of hearing aids; the pathway to access funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20126/26]
2066. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the Skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only available treatment for Friedreich's ataxia disease and represents a clear unmet need under the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030; if she believes the current delay in concluding negotiations contravenes commitments r…
2067. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive records the time required to approve recruitment requests submitted under the processes established by CEO Memo 09892 of 4 October 2023 and CEO Memo 10885 of 26 February 2024; the average time taken from submission to decision in each year since 2023; and whether clearance timeline key performance indicators …
2068. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment approval requests submitted to the National Director of HR under CEO Memo 10885 in 2024 and 2025; the number approved, refused, withdrawn or returned for further information; and the average time taken to issue a decision in each case. [20139/26]
2069. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive has undertaken any review, analysis or briefing assessing the operational impact of recruitment control measures introduced under CEO Memo 09892 of 4 October 2023 and CEO Memo 10885 of 26 February 2024, including impacts on vacancy persistence, recruitment delays and service delivery; and whether she will pub…
2070. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department monitors the number of vacant posts which remain unfilled due to recruitment approval processes introduced under CEO Memo 09892 and CEO Memo 10885; the number of such posts in each health region and national service area; and whether this information is reported to her Department on a routine basis. [20141/26]
2071. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed whether the recruitment control measures introduced under CEO Memo 09892 and CEO Memo 10885 have contributed to delays in filling clinical or frontline posts, including those within hospital services, community health services and the National Ambulance Service; and if she will provide details of any such assessment. [20142/26]
2072. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the Skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only available treatment for this progressive disease and represents a clear unmet need under the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030; if she believes the current delay aligns with the "equitable access" promised in the …
2073. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that the HSE recognises and responds to the time-critical nature of Friedreichs Ataxia during the current price negotiations for Skyclarys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20158/26]
2074. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the commitments outlined in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030, and the 2026 IPHA Framework Agreement which aims for a 180-day decision timeline being applied in the case of ensuring Friedreichs Ataxia patients in Ireland can access Skyclarys; and to prevent further delays in addressing this clear unmet need; and if she will make a statement on the m…
2075. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); if she can provide an update on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20173/26]
2076. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 5 March 2026, the sites in which the 7 WTE staff provided for under 2025 PrEP funding are working; if funding has been provided for additional staff in PrEP services in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20180/26]
2077. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive maintains any national system for monitoring clinical outcomes, complications, or long-term follow-up in respect of children and adolescents from Ireland who receive gender-related medical treatment abroad under the treatment abroad scheme or any related referral pathway; if so, the governance arrangements fo…
2078. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the NCPE is correctly constituted and has sufficient governance to ensure it can discharge its duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20184/26]
2079. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTEs now working in the rare disease section of her Department; the number of the posts which are filled; the number of vacancies there are; and the further plans there are for expansion. [20185/26]
2080. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of AAC devices funded by the State for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the length of time recipients typically waiting for the provision and training for such a device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20187/26]
2081. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the total annual budget allocated by the HSE for medical record transfer and management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20188/26]
2082. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current clinical governance framework applying to gender identity healthcare services provided to children and adolescents in Ireland pending completion of the updated national model of care; whether a national dataset, audit framework or outcome monitoring system is currently in place for these services; and the safeguards and oversight mechanisms which oper…
2083. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the way in which and when a person (details supplied) can get an occupational therapy appointment as a matter of urgency. [20192/26]
2084. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing new blind welfare allowance applications, and when this delay will be resolved. [20197/26]
2085. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of adult patients currently awaiting scoliosis surgery nationally; the average waiting time for such procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20230/26]
2086. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to improve communication with adult patients awaiting complex spinal surgery, including scoliosis procedures, particularly where surgeries are postponed or delayed without updated timelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20231/26]
2087. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of adult scoliosis surgeries that have been cancelled or postponed in each of the past three years; the reasons for these cancellations; the measures being taken to reduce delays for adult patients awaiting spinal surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20232/26]