925. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63798/26, the total agency and locum expenditure by section 38 and section 39 organisations providing mental health services funded by the HSE in each year from 2021 to 2025, as these organisations were excluded from the figures provided in the HSE reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73882/26]
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774. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific funding programmes or grant schemes for charities providing counselling, psychotherapy, and community-based mental health supports which will be open for application in 2026 and 2027, respectively; the opening and closing dates for each scheme; and if she will provide a full list of organisations funded by each Regional Health Authority under Section …
891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the timeline for making trauma-informed practice training mandatory for staff working with care-experienced young adults transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services; which staff cohorts will be prioritised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47811/26]
893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage, by community healthcare organisation, of staff currently engaging in CAMHS-to-adult mental health transition cases who have received no trauma-informed practice training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47813/26]
1817. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Consultant Applications Advisory Committee application submitted in December 2019 in relation to the proposed consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post under the National Gender Service Model of Care 2018 was approved in full by the CAAC; and whether the references to WPATH Standards of Care and Endocrine Society guidelines formed part of the ma…
1819. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the specific HSE national clinical governance structure, committee, officeholder, or decision-making body responsible for approving or overseeing the inclusion of WPATH Standards of Care references within the 2019 CAAC application relating to the proposed consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post for specialist gender healthcare services. [41686…
1822. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any concerns were recorded during the recruitment campaigns undertaken for the proposed consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post regarding the evidential basis, governance structure, clinical remit, or sustainability of the proposed service model. [41689/26]
1832. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any mechanism to track outcomes for persons referred to SCAN services but redirected to alternative pathways. [41699/26]
1833. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any assessment has been undertaken regarding regional variation in SCAN eligibility decisions or referral acceptance practices. [41700/26]
1834. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the forthcoming SCAN KPI framework will include data relating to rejected, redirected, or ineligible referrals. [41701/26]
550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether adult mental health services receive specific training relating to trauma-informed engagement with care-experienced young adults transitioning from CAMHS or Tusla care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41017/26]
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national policy, protocol or guidance exists governing continuity of care for young people transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services where the individual has a history of State care, special care, institutional care or complex trauma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/26]
1238. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether continuity of clinician care within public mental health services is measured as a service quality or patient safety indicator and, if not, whether the absence of such measurement has been identified as a governance or clinical risk. [39104/26]
1239. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled permanent consultant psychiatry posts currently vacant within the public health system, broken down by specialty, service type, and Health Region. [39105/26]
1240. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE has carried out any assessment of the relationship between consultant psychiatry vacancies, agency dependency, clinician turnover, and continuity of patient care within public mental health services. [39106/26]
1107. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the risk that session-based counselling activity figures may overstate service reach where the same individual attends multiple sessions within a reporting period; and, if so, to provide the findings. [37048/26]
1110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Therapeutic Interventions Service Improvement Programme Board has been given a formal mandate to examine counselling data governance, regional comparability, unmet demand, patient outcomes and workforce capacity; and, if so, to provide its terms of reference. [37051/26]
1111. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the planned mapping of HSE and HSE-funded counselling services will include section 39 providers, National Office for Suicide Prevention-funded services, Tusla-funded counselling services, local low-cost counselling charities and community voluntary providers; and when this mapping exercise will be completed. [37052/26]
1076. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has conducted any formal audit or validation exercise of counselling activity data reported under the Counselling in Primary Care and National Counselling Service programmes; if so, to provide the dates, scope, and findings of such audits. [29883/26]
1078. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all HSE Regional Health Areas apply identical definitions and classification criteria when reporting counselling activity data; and whether any regional variance or inconsistency has been identified. [29885/26]
1079. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the data collected on new referrals, re-referrals, and counselling sessions is published in a disaggregated and comparable format across regions; and if not, whether there are plans to do so. [29886/26]
1080. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the reliability and decision-making suitability of counselling activity data currently reported through the Corporate Information Facility system. [29887/26]
1081. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been carried out on the proportion of clients who re-refer to counselling services; the average number of re-referrals per client; and what this indicates regarding service effectiveness. [29888/26]
1082. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether counselling activity data is linked to waiting list metrics, duration of care, or patient outcomes; and if not, whether there are plans to integrate such performance indicators. [29889/26]
1084. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered transitioning from partially manual reporting systems to fully automated, standardised digital reporting for counselling services; and if so, the timeline for implementation. [29891/26]