2664. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any interim audit, review or evaluation has been conducted in respect of gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors, in circumstances where the national model of care remains under development; and to provide details of any such audit, including dates, scope and findings. [23738/26]
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2665. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the safeguarding and consent standards currently in force in respect of minors presenting with gender-related distress, including how capacity, parental involvement and best interests are assessed and recorded in practice [23739/26]
2694. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current national governance structure for gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors; and to specify the body or office that holds ultimate clinical and policy accountability at national level. [23872/26]
2695. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the specific datasets currently collected by the Department or the HSE in respect of gender-related referrals of minors, including referral numbers, assessment outcomes, approvals, and any associated costs; and to confirm whether these datasets are complete at national level. [23873/26]
2696. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the safeguarding, clinical governance, and oversight mechanisms currently in place for gender-related assessment and referral of minors, pending the development of the new model of care referenced by the HSE. [23874/26]
2697. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether any audit, review, or evaluation has been conducted since 2020 into gender-related assessment, referral, or treatment pathways for minors; and if so, to provide the dates, scope, and key findings of such reviews. [23875/26]
2698. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the clinical guidelines, protocols, or international standards currently relied upon by the HSE or clinicians in the absence of a finalised national model of care for gender-related services for minors. [23876/26]
2700. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether, as of today, there is any single national database recording referrals, assessments, treatments, outcomes and costs for minors accessing gender-related healthcare pathways; and if not, when such a system will be operational. [23878/26]
2701. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the mandatory clinical assessment criteria currently required before any referral or treatment of a minor presenting with gender-related distress, including whether psychiatric assessment, developmental history, autism screening and differential diagnosis are required. [23879/26]
2702. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the governance and audit structures currently in place to monitor clinical decision-making, patient outcomes and safeguarding compliance in respect of minors referred for gender-related healthcare. [23880/26]
2704. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that the absence of a national policy, standardised definitions, and centralised data collection in respect of elective procedures without clear medical indication represents a failure of governance and oversight within the public health system. [23884/26]
2705. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific steps she will take to introduce a national policy framework governing the authorisation, funding, and clinical governance of such procedures. [23885/26]
2706. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether her Department requires the HSE to collect, report, and publish data on the allocation of theatre capacity to procedures which cannot currently be categorised as medically necessary. [23886/26]
2707. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the mechanisms in place, if any, to ensure consistency of decision-making across the six health regions in the absence of national policy. [23887/26]
2708. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline how she satisfies herself that public resources are being allocated appropriately where the State cannot currently define, measure, or audit such activity. [23888/26]
2710. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a national policy or framework governing the inspection, reporting, and oversight of environmental, hygiene, ventilation, and patient-safety conditions in oncology treatment facilities within the public health system; if so, the statutory or administrative basis for such a framework, the bodies responsible for carrying out inspect…
2711. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the categories of data, reports, or metrics her Department requires from the HSE or other bodies in relation to environmental conditions, infection prevention, ventilation adequacy, and patient safety in oncology treatment settings; to confirm whether such data is collected on a standardised national basis and reported to her Department at defined inte…
2712. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance structures through which her Department satisfies itself that consistent environmental, hygiene, and patient-safety standards are applied across all public oncology treatment facilities; to detail the roles and responsibilities of her Department, the HSE, and any other relevant bodies in establishing, monitoring, and enforcing such standards; to co…
2713. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the audit, inspection, or compliance mechanisms currently in place to assess adherence to environmental, hygiene, ventilation, and patient-safety standards in oncology treatment facilities; to specify whether such audits are conducted on a routine, risk-based, or ad hoc basis; to confirm whether the findings of such audits are reported to her Department…
2714. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any review or assessment of the adequacy of current governance, inspection, and reporting arrangements in respect of environmental and patient-safety conditions in oncology treatment facilities; if so, to provide details of such reviews, including findings, recommendations, and implementation status; if not, whether she will c…
2715. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the financial control framework governing expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme, including any cost ceilings, per-patient expenditure thresholds, or approval limits that apply to high-cost treatments funded outside the State; to specify the administrative or managerial grade within the HSE or Department required to approve such expenditure; and to confirm…
2716. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the audit and review mechanisms in place to assess expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme, including the frequency of internal audit, any involvement of the Comptroller and Auditor General, and whether any programme-level evaluations have been conducted since 2020; and to outline how value for money is assessed in circumstances where treatment is…
2717. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether her Department or the HSE maintains a consolidated dataset on expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme, including total annual spend, number of patients funded, and average cost per case; to specify whether such data is routinely reported to her Department; and to state whether there are plans to publish this information in a standardised …
2718. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the policy position in respect of the collection and classification of expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme by treatment category; to confirm whether the absence of category-level data reflects a policy decision or a systems limitation; and to outline any steps being taken to introduce structured data collection to support oversight, audit, and policy ev…
2719. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to clarify the governance framework that applies to expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme, including whether the Public Spending Code formally applies to individual funding decisions and programme-level oversight; and to set out how her Department satisfies itself that expenditure under the Scheme meets the standards of regularity, propriety, and value fo…