1151. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 766 of 14 July 2026, to identify who holds national accountability for detecting and reducing unnecessary or duplicate laboratory testing across the 41 hospital laboratories (details supplied); the estimated annual cost of unnecessary or duplicate testing nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64446/26]
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1152. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason equivalent guidance (details supplied) cannot be adopted or adapted in the State before 2028 to 2030; whether the HSE has considered adopting the existing published guidance on an interim basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64445/26]
1153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 1089 and 1092 of 19 May 2026, and 768 of 14 July 2026, to reconcile these two positions (details supplied); the date on which this document was reclassified from in development to not scheduled before 2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64444/26]
766. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1085, 1086, 1089, 1092 and 1094 of 19 May 2026, which confirmed there is no separate governance structure overseeing laboratory utilisation nationally, whether her Department will now establish an interim national oversight mechanism pending full rollout of MedLIS and the Regional Laboratory Networks; and if she will make a …
767. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1089 of 19 May 2026, which confirmed MedLIS duplicate detection is currently deployed only in Beaumont Hospital and Cavan General Hospital, the projected timeline and sequencing for national rollout of MedLIS to all other hospital sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52936/26]
768. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos 1089 and 1092 of 19 May 2026, which referenced a Minimal Retesting Interval Guidance Document currently in development by the Laboratory Services Reform Programme, the expected publication date of this document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52937/26]
769. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1092 of 19 May 2026, which referenced a laboratory utilisation survey undertaken by a professional body with an offer to share findings, the name of the professional body in question; the findings shared to date; whether her Department will publish the outcome of any resulting collaboration; and if she will make a statement on…
770. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos.1085 and 1086 of 19 May 2026, which confirmed no national modelling of laboratory testing costs has been undertaken and no assessment of the financial impact of duplicate or unnecessary testing has been carried out, whether her Department will now commission such an assessment given the acknowledged absence of a centralised da…
1085. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated total annual cost to the State of primary care laboratory testing in each year from 2020 to 2026, including any regional or modelled estimates used in the absence of a centralised national dataset; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36990/26]
1089. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any laboratories currently operate duplicate test detection systems at the point of ordering; if so, to provide details by region or hospital group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36994/26]
1094. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what governance structures currently oversee laboratory demand management, utilisation monitoring and value-for-money assessment in primary care laboratory services pending full implementation of the Regional Laboratory Networks and MedLIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36999/26]
1114. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if as of 1 January 2026, the HSE has identified any binding constraints on laboratory surge testing capacity in the event of a declared public health emergency; and if so, to specify each constraint by category (staffing, reagents, equipment, logistics). [12077/26]
1115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the maximum daily PCR and sequencing surge capacity currently available within the public health laboratory system; the peak surge capacity achieved during Covid-19; and the variance between the two. [12078/26]
1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any tabletop exercises, stress tests, or simulations of laboratory surge capacity have been conducted since 2022; to provide the dates; and to summarise the findings. [12079/26]
676. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has identified any constraints in laboratory throughput, reagent supply, staffing availability, or logistics that would limit surge testing capacity during a public health emergency; and to outline any actions approved to address such constraints. [73503/25]