Parliamentary questions

725. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 706 of 28 May 2026, to confirm directly, by yes or no, whether legal advice was sought or obtained concerning reliance on WPATH Standards of Care Version 7 in the December 2019 consultant application. [52794/26]

726. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 28 May 2026,to confirm directly, by yes or no, whether any external organisation, advocacy group, academic institution, or clinical body was consulted prior to the inclusion of WPATH Standards of Care Version 7 in the December 2019 submission [52795/26]

727. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 28 May 2026, to name the expert clinician leading the updated Model of Care, to provide a timeline for its completion, and to confirm whether a revised job description or governance structure has been drafted to date. [52796/26]

728. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1943 of 9 June 2026, to name the specific body or individuals responsible for approving the 2021 consultant post, given that the reply referred only to service need and workforce planning considerations without identifying an accountable party. [52797/26]

729. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1945 of 9 June 2026 to confirm directly, by yes or no, whether any external expert or peer review was sought prior to the December 2019 application. [52798/26]

730. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1946 of 9 June 2026, to confirm directly, by yes or no, whether the HSE retains any record identifying the individuals or committee that approved the reference to WPATH Standards of Care Version 7; and if no such record is retained, to confirm this explicitly and state why. [52799/26]

731. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific readiness criteria, metrics and pass/fail thresholds contained within the Go-Live Readiness Assessment (GLRA) and Hospital Commissioning Readiness Level (HCRL) frameworks being applied to the National Children's Hospital; to confirm which body or individual has final sign-off authority on Day 1 readiness; to confirm whether the res…

732. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.2222 of 9 June 2026, in which Children's Health Ireland did not address whether a copy of the readiness framework, checklist, scorecard or assessment tool used for the opening of the National Children's Hospital will be published, if this material will be published; if not, the reason it will not be publishe…

733. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.2221 of 9 June 2026, in which the Minister was asked to provide the full list of clinical, operational, governance and patient safety criteria used by Children's Health Ireland in determining readiness for day one opening of the National Children's Hospital, and in which no such list was provided, to now set…

734. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.2223 of 9 June 2026, in which onboarding timelines by phase were provided but no specific minimum staffing thresholds, clinical commissioning milestones, ICT readiness requirements, emergency preparedness exercise outcomes or patient safety indicators were disclosed for the National Children's Hospital, to n…

735. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2225 of 9 June 2026, the procurement route by which each company (details supplied) was engaged; whether either engagement was subject to public tender; the cost of each contract to date; the projected total cost of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52804/26]

736. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2225 of 9 June 2026, in which reference was made to an external review of Children's Health Ireland's operational readiness led by an international expert, to confirm the identity of that expert, the terms of reference of the review, the date the review was completed, whether the review report will be publi…

737. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in Cashel CDNT; the length of time each of these posts has been vacant; the efforts taken to fill each of these vacant posts to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52811/26]

738. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the arrangements and protocols in place for medical emergencies on offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52818/26]

739. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health the reason the stroke service in Naas General Hospital ended a few years ago; if replacement services are available to patients in the hospital since its removal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52834/26]

740. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she has received or would support proposals to retrofit the National Rehabilitation Hospital's paediatric rooms with proper overnight beds for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52835/26]

741. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the €11.62 million direct pay surplus recorded in primary care within CHO 4 in 2024 reflects unfilled permanent posts; the primary care vacancy rate in CHO 4 for 2024; if her Department will confirm whether there is any assessed correlation between unfilled primary care posts and the agency and overtime deficits recorded in mental health and…

742. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether she has considered the matter of the European Commission's common training framework for physiotherapists; the engagements she has had on this matter; the submissions she has or will make on this matter; whether she intends to participate; whether she considers it important that Irish professional regulatory bodies such as CORU reta…

743. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no mechanism in place for funding access to cancer therapies which are available at the North West Cancer Centre in Altnagelvin but which are not yet reimbursed in this State (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52843/26]

744. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1011 of 16 June 2026, in which the HSE confirmed that full costing of the National Model of Care for Obesity is dependent on the forthcoming Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP): the expected publication date for OPAP; whether a costed implementation plan will be developed and published before or only after…

745. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1091 of 19 May 2026, in which her Department confirmed that no HSE national guidance currently exists on appropriate intervals for repeat lipid profile testing, and that an advice note on lipid profile testing is planned by the Laboratory Services Reform Programme, the timeline for publication of this advic…

746. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there is a specific policy within her Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that she may appoint; the rationale behind any such policy; the way in which it aligns with encouraging participation in local government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52857/26]

747. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to commit to preparing legislation to not automatically exclude members of local authorities from consideration for appointment to State boards; and to set out the reasons such persons would be excluded. [52875/26]

748. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) is not accessible in Ireland to cancer patients despite approval by the European Medicines Agency and its accessibility in many other parts of the EU and in the North of Ireland, if she will examine this and make the drug available for cancer patients where their oncology team has recommended it; and if s…

749. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2415 of 9 June 2026, the reason this data was not provided; when this data will be provided; and the most common reasons recorded for claim adjustment in each year from 2020 to date (details supplied) [52892/26]