1634. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Emergency Care Order applications made by Tusla under section 13 of the Child Care Act 1991 in each of the past five years, broken down by service area, region and District Court district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43212/26]
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1647. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of National Review Panel reviews currently outstanding and awaiting completion. [43232/26]
1648. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average time between the death of a child and implementation of recommendations arising from a National Review Panel review. [43233/26]
1688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the CDNT workforce and vacancy reports received by the Department include information on vacancy duration, funded but unfilled posts, service-delivery risks, waiting-list impacts, delayed-intervention risks and regional staffing deficits; whether any national escalation thresholds, intervention triggers or risk-management arrang…
1689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department receives any data, reports, performance indicators or management information relating to permanency planning for children in State care; the nature and frequency of such reporting; whether national or regional benchmarks, targets or expected timelines exist for permanency planning; and if she will make a statement…
1690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in State care who have been in care for less than one year, one to two years, two to five years and more than five years, broken down by care type where available; the number for whom a permanency outcome has not yet been achieved; whether the Department has assessed delays in permanency planning; and if…
1724. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has undertaken a review, audit, analysis or assessment since 2020 of delays in permanency planning for children in State care; and if so, if she will provide details of the findings and recommendations. [44089/26]
2023. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has now formally approved the establishment of a centralised reporting mechanism to record cases in which healthcare professionals are subject to criminal investigation for serious offences; the governance structure which will oversee that mechanism; the categories of offences to be recorded; whether all HSE-funded agencies and Section 38 and 39 b…
2024. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE currently maintains any national dataset recording the number of healthcare workers who are on administrative leave, restricted duties, reassigned duties, or precautionary suspension arising from criminal investigations or allegations of serious misconduct; if so, the annual figures from 2020 to 2026 broken down by staff category and HSE region; a…
2025. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national written guidance, circular, framework, or policy document governs the application of precautionary measures in cases where healthcare workers are subject to Garda investigation for serious offences; if so, to provide details and copies of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42438/26]
2026. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has carried out any review, audit, legal assessment, or governance examination regarding consistency of decision-making across HSE regions in relation to precautionary administrative leave or reassignment decisions involving healthcare professionals under criminal investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42439/26]
2027. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records whether a healthcare professional subject to criminal investigation continues to have patient-facing duties during the course of that investigation; whether any national risk assessment framework applies in such circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42440/26]
2028. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has identified any governance, legal, HR, or patient-safety risks arising from the absence of a centralised national reporting mechanism for healthcare professionals under criminal investigation; whether the matter has appeared on any internal risk register, audit plan, or governance review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42441/2…
2031. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health has considered introducing statutory reporting obligations or mandatory notification requirements where healthcare workers funded by the State are subject to criminal investigation for offences involving patient safety, abuse, sexual offending, exploitation, or violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42444/26]
2289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national outpatient appointment “did not attend” rate in each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive; the total number of outpatient appointments scheduled and the number classified as “did not attend” in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43576/26]
2291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the outpatient appointment “did not attend” rate in 2025 broken down by specialty, including but not limited to orthopaedics, ophthalmology, ENT, dermatology, gynaecology, cardiology and general medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43578/26]
2292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of outpatient appointments classified as “did not attend” that were subsequently rebooked in each year from 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43579/26]
2293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records or monitors the average additional waiting time experienced by a patient whose outpatient appointment is classified as “did not attend”; and if so, to provide the average delay by specialty and region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43580/26]
2294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or the HSE has undertaken any assessment, modelling, analysis or review of the impact of outpatient non-attendance on waiting list volumes, clinic utilisation, service capacity or patient waiting times since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43581/26]
2295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether outpatient appointment “did not attend” rates are routinely reported to senior HSE management, Regional Executive Officers, the HSE Board, the Department of Health, or any national performance oversight structures; the frequency of such reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43582/26]
2296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a national target, key performance indicator or performance benchmark exists in relation to reducing outpatient appointment “did not attend” rates; if so, to provide details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43583/26]
2297. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or the HSE has benchmarked outpatient appointment “did not attend” rates against comparable EU, OECD or NHS health systems since 2020; if so, to provide details and findings of such benchmarking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43584/26]
2298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether hospital-level outpatient appointment “did not attend” data are available within HSE information systems; whether such data are routinely reported internally; and whether consideration has been given to publishing such data on a hospital-by-hospital basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43585/26]
2299. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or the HSE has estimated the financial cost associated with outpatient appointments classified as “did not attend” in each year from 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43586/26]
2300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal evaluation has been undertaken of the effectiveness of SMS reminders, telephone reminders, waiting list validation exercises, digital appointment systems, patient portals or other interventions designed to reduce outpatient appointment non-attendance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43587/26]