440. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 50574/26, whether, of the 525 compliance audits of home support providers under the authorisation scheme examined travel time or mileage payments to carers; the number of providers found to be non-compliant on those terms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75231/26]
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442. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether home support providers contracted by the HSE are required to pay carers for travel time and mileage from their home to their first call of the day and from their last call back home; whether the HSE monitors compliance with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75227/26]
443. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed the gap between mileage paid by home support providers and the actual fuel and running costs carers incur on rural routes, where a carer covering about 100 km a day may receive a small fraction of the cost; whether the national hourly rate paid to providers includes a component for carers' travel costs; and if she will make a statement…
444. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE sets a minimum mileage reimbursement rate that home support providers approved under the authorisation scheme must pay to carers who use their own vehicles to travel between clients; if not, whether such a minimum is under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75223/26]
613. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the Department or the HSE maintains any estimate of unmet need for home support, including persons who have not applied owing to known delays in the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66835/26]
496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether the HSE holds, or can produce, a national aggregate figure for the total number of compliance inspections, audits and reviews conducted under the home support authorisation scheme since 2023, given that the Department's reply of 26 June 2026 confirmed all audit records are held at regional level only; if the Department will request this aggregat…
497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health for the number of Approved Providers issued with a quality improvement plan under the home support authorisation scheme in each year since 2023, broken down by integrated health area; the average time taken to close out a quality improvement plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50575/26]
498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of service arrangements with approved providers under the home support authorisation scheme that have been suspended or terminated due to non-compliance since the scheme's commencement in 2023, broken down by year and by integrated health area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50576/26]
499. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether any approved provider has ever been removed from the home support authorisation scheme for non-compliance; if so, the number of such cases, the year in which each occurred and the specific grounds on which each removal was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50577/26]
500. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether compliance inspections under the home support authorisation scheme are conducted on an announced or unannounced basis as standard practice, given that this specific question was not addressed in the Department's reply of 26 June 2026; the proportion of inspections in each category since 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5057…
501. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health given the Department's confirmation that the HSE does not currently publish a standardised public compliance or performance rating system for private home support providers, whether the Department will request the HSE to introduce one; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50579/26]
1095. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of private home support providers currently contracted by the HSE under the Home Support Authorisation Scheme, in tabular form by region. [37011/26]
1097. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of instances in which a private home support provider was found non-compliant with Garda vetting, qualification verification or training standards in each year since 2020. [37013/26]
585. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting commencement of a home support package in Cork City and County, by Community Healthcare Network area, at the end of each month from January 2024 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11400/26]
586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of existing home support recipients in Cork City and County who are awaiting additional approved hours; the average waiting time for those hours to be delivered; and the steps being taken at national level to reduce these delays. [11401/26]