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Showing questions asked by Ken O'Flynn under the heading Health Service Executive.

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Ken O'Flynn Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
255. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness of Publicjobs compared with international journal advertising in generating consultant appointments. [40607/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
256. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant recruitment campaigns in 2025 which fail. [40608/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1228. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE records cases in which a patient’s clinical condition significantly deteriorated while a reimbursement application remained under assessment. [39073/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1229. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has conducted an international benchmarking on timelines for reimbursement decisions relating to orphan medicines and rare neurological conditions. [39074/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1231. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each of the past five years, the total expenditure by the HSE and Section 38 voluntary hospitals on temporary agency and locum staffing, broken down by supplier name, staff category, Health Region, hospital, community healthcare organisation, and service site. [39097/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1278. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has established any expenditure cap, annual limit or financial-control mechanism applicable to individual treatment abroad scheme referrals. [39174/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1398. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has carried out any workforce planning assessment regarding addiction services demand within HSE South-West; and if she will provide details of same. [39692/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1433. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE information systems operate with formally defined acceptable error-rate thresholds; and if she will provide details by system category. [39810/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1434. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the frequency of identified human-data-entry errors across major clinical and administrative systems; and if so, the annual figures recorded since 2020. [39811/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1435. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE systems trigger automatic escalation procedures when data quality issues exceed predefined thresholds; and if she will provide details. [39812/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1436. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a national register of serious data-quality incidents affecting patient care, referrals, waiting lists, prescribing, diagnostics or scheduling systems. [39813/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1437. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents since 2020 in which inaccurate or incomplete data entry contributed to delayed treatment, incorrect referrals, patient-safety incidents or financial overpayments. [39814/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1438. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent audit has assessed the cumulative national risk posed by fragmented or inconsistent data-quality controls across HSE systems. [39815/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1439. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether regional HSE bodies operate under uniform national data-quality standards and escalation mechanisms; and if she will provide details of any regional variation. [39816/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1440. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health who holds ultimate accountability within the HSE for national data-quality assurance and human-error mitigation across clinical and operational systems. [39817/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1099. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally records complaints, missed visits, safeguarding incidents or medication-related incidents involving privately contracted home support providers. [37015/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1101. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE publishes compliance or performance ratings for private home support providers funded by the State. [37017/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE Mental Health Services Key Performance Indicator Metadata document includes standard national definitions for referral, re-referral, assessment, attendance, discharge, completed case, DNA, cancellation and unique client; and if she will provide those definitions. [37050/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a centralised database recording referrals abroad for gender-related care under the Treatment Abroad Scheme; and if so, which HSE division is responsible for governance and oversight of that database. [37075/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can provide the jurisdictions and healthcare providers to which paediatric gender-related referrals abroad were directed under the Treatment Abroad Scheme from 2020 to 2026. [37077/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 May 2026 · to Children
497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any section 38 or 39 disability provider has notified the HSE or her Department of financial sustainability concerns, deficits or service-delivery risks since 2020; and if she will provide the number of such notifications by year. [36367/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 May 2026 · to Children
498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE or her Department maintains a formal financial risk-rating system for section 38 and 39 disability providers; and, if so, to provide details. [36368/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the length of time each currently vacant residential property owned or managed by the Health Service Executive has remained vacant, categorised by (i) less than six months, (ii) six to twelve months, (iii) one to three years and (iv) more than three years. [36256/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
693. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive maintains any regional or local databases tracking expenditure on vacant residential properties, including security, insurance and maintenance costs; and if so, to provide details. [36257/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
694. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive on security, insurance and maintenance for vacant residential properties in each of the past five years, based on available local or regional records. [36258/26]