792. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3895 of 7 September 2026, and given that approximately 200 HSE staff are members of an organisation (details supplied), the mechanisms by which the HSE assures itself of the evidence base and content of the continuing education those staff receive through the organisation. [68696/26]
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795. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3848 of 7 September 2026, whether the HSE independently verified the content of the presentations delivered at the conference of an organisation (details supplied), or relied on the assurance provided by the organisation; and whether the HSE has requested or reviewed the slides or recordings of the presentations concerned. [68…
796. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3876 and 3895 of 7 September 2026, to provide the number of education, training or seminar events delivered by an organisation (details supplied) to HSE staff in each of the past five years; the subjects covered; the number of HSE staff who attended in each year; and whether the HSE made any payment to the organisation for t…
797. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3851 of 7 September 2026, to confirm whether any HSE grant funding provided to an organisation (details supplied), directly or indirectly (including through general operating costs, staff time, overheads or reserves), supported the organisation's 2026 national conference; and to provide the most recent grant acquittal or audit…
798. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3853 of 7 September 2026, to provide the amount of funding provided by the HSE to an organisation (details supplied) to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68688/26]
811. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts advertised in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 which remained unfilled at the close of the recruitment campaign, by specialty and health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68801/26]
813. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63083/26, the number of consultant appointments made in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 where the appointee was a registrant of the HSE career hub; the total cost of developing and operating the career hub to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68799/26]
814. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63083/26, whether the HSE has carried out a value for money assessment, review or evaluation of expenditure on advertising consultant posts in medical journals since 2020; if not, the reason no such assessment has been made; whether one will now be commissioned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68798/26]
816. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2282 of 9 June 2026, which reported that 1% of 2,216 applicants stated they saw the advertisement in a journal, and the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 63082/26 stating that no applicant can be attributed to an individual publication, the way in which the HSE collected the applicant source data cited in the reply; whether …
817. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 63082/26 and 63083/26 and Parliamentary Question No. 2282 of 9 June 2026, the total expenditure by the HSE, nationally and in each health region, on advertising consultant posts in medical journals and other paid print or online publications in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by publication; and …
846. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment made against HSE employees, agency staff or contractors in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form, by HSE region and by service area; the number referred to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68911/26]
852. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 65375/26 the staffing complement and current vacancies in Unit 1 at St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; whether a compliance plan has been agreed with HIQA following its recent inspection; the resources committed by the HSE to address the findings; and whether the deficiencies identified relate to resourcing, staffing or managem…
858. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neonatologist posts filled at Cork University Maternity Hospital in the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [68751/26]
859. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE general dental surgeons and senior dental surgeon posts filled at each HSE dental clinic within Cork as of 21 September 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [68750/26]
861. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for full implementation of the recommendations of the HSE internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment; whether a follow-up audit will be conducted to verify compliance; the date by which it will report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68928/26]
862. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the individual or office within the HSE with responsibility for ensuring that mandatory pre-employment checks, including garda vetting, overseas police clearance, occupational health clearance and English-language competency, are completed before a doctor commences employment; the sanctions, if any, applied where those checks are not completed; and if she will mak…
863. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-EU consultant and non-consultant hospital doctors recruited by the HSE in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by HSE region, in tabular form; the proportion of those recruitments subject to any audit of pre-employment checks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68926/26]
866. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the HSE internal audit finding that English-language competency evidence was available for only 27 of 40 doctors examined, the number of cases in which a certificate below the minimum HSE-required score was accepted; the number in which a certificate was obtained after the doctor commenced employment; whether any patient safety incidents have been linke…
870. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps the HSE has taken since the completion of its internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment to obtain the missing garda vetting and overseas police clearance for the doctors concerned; whether any doctor has been removed from clinical duties pending completion of those checks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68921/26]
871. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the HSE internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment, the number of cases in which overseas police clearance was missing, had expired, or did not meet the required standard; the number of cases in which alternative documentation was accepted in place of police clearance; who authorised the acceptance of that alternative documentation; and if she will mak…
872. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the HSE internal audit of non-EU consultant and non-consultant hospital doctor recruitment reported on 24 September 2026, the number of the 40 doctors examined who were working in patient-facing roles without evidence of garda vetting on file; the number who remain in post without that evidence as of the date of this reply; and if she will make a statem…
873. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE file review of residents cared for by a healthcare assistant (details supplied); the number of files reviewed to date; the number of further referrals made to An Garda Síochána; the expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68918/26]
550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment process for the vacant professorial consultant post associated with Cork University Hospital and University College Cork will take account of the need to maintain skin cancer surveillance capacity for existing at-risk patients; the interim arrangements in place to maintain that capacity pending the appointment; and if she will make a statement o…
552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health in circumstances where the clinical nurse specialist post responsible for patient communication, coordination and safety-netting at Cork University Hospital has been vacant for approximately seven months, the arrangements currently in place to perform that safety-netting function for patients requiring skin cancer follow-up; and if she will make a statement on the…
553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which Cork University Hospital submitted its request to the national HSE for approval to recruit a replacement clinical nurse specialist to support skin cancer follow-up; the current status of that request; the reason it remains outstanding after a vacancy of approximately seven months; the date by which approval is expected to issue; and if she will m…