Parliamentary questions

633. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish the clinical guidelines governing the management of live births following termination of pregnancy, including required staff presence, escalation procedures, and neonatal care responsibilities. [64910/25]

634. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department requires maternity hospitals to report all cases where a baby is born alive following a termination of pregnancy, and if not, the reason such reporting is not mandatory. [64911/25]

635. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of live births following termination of pregnancy reported by maternity hospitals in each year since 2019, and the number of those babies who survived beyond four weeks. [64912/25]

636. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a neonatologist must be present or on call in all cases where a live birth is clinically possible during a termination of pregnancy, and if national policy requires this. [64913/25]

637. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of maternity hospitals that currently have written protocols for responding to live births following termination of pregnancy, and if she will provide copies of these protocols. [64914/25]

638. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if clinical staff involved in terminations of pregnancy receive specific training on the management of live births, including resuscitation and neonatal stabilisation procedures. [64915/25]

639. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of internal reviews, audits or incident reports completed by the HSE or maternity hospitals relating to live births following termination of pregnancy since 2019, and if she will publish the findings. [64916/25]

640. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure consistent national practice in responding to live births following termination of pregnancy, including the role of the National Women and Infants Health Programme. [64917/25]

641. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a statutory reporting requirement for maternity hospitals to notify the HSE and her Department of all live births following termination of pregnancy, including clinical outcomes. [64918/25]

642. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of cases since 2019 in which palliative care pathways were used for babies born alive following termination of pregnancy, and the criteria applied in those decisions. [64919/25]

643. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will publish all governance reviews, financial audits and compliance assessments completed in the past three years for voluntary hospitals or HSE-funded private providers, and the dates on which each review was finalised. [64920/25]

644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of outstanding audit recommendations across all HSE-funded service providers as of the most recent reporting cycle, and the number rated as high risk. [64921/25]

645. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Section 38 and Section 39 organisations that have not yet adopted the full suite of HSE governance standards, and the timeline for achieving full compliance. [64922/25]

646. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the external oversight mechanisms in place for private providers delivering State-funded health or social care services, and the number of providers subject to sanctions or enhanced monitoring in the past five years. [64923/25]

647. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of internal warnings, escalation notices or risk flags issued by the HSE to funded agencies since 2020, and the number that remain unresolved. [64924/25]

648. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the process by which her Department verifies financial transparency and accountability in non-statutory bodies receiving public health funding, and if she will outline recent compliance issues identified. [64925/25]

649. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps each Department is taking to improve data sharing, risk assessment and governance coordination for services involving children, vulnerable adults and high-risk health environments. [64929/25]

650. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the status of the long covid special leave with pay scheme; if it will be extended passed December 2025; if the Government will recognise long covid as an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64944/25]

651. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the current regulatory status of naloxone and consider allowing approved formulations to be made available over-the-counter in order to improve timely access to this emergency medication, in line with international practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64949/25]

652. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the current supply pathways through which community and voluntary organisations can access and distribute naloxone; if consideration is being given to expanding these pathways to reduce delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64953/25]

653. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the locations of all community nursing units in CHO2; e the bed capacity of each unit; the current occupancy of each unit, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65006/25]

654. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the bed capacity of the community nursing unit (details supplied); the current occupancy of the unit; the staffing cohort currently employed at the unit; the future development plans for the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65007/25]

655. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health her views on the proposed sale of the Baggot Street Hospital.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65028/25]

656. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a further update on the implementation of the Model of Care for Hereditary Cancer, the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65039/25]

657. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the urgent need for improved facilities and additional space for the rheumatology outpatient department in CUH; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65049/25]