Health Services

947. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any service-specific clinical governance framework exists in areas where the HSE has confirmed that no structured national data collection system is currently in place; and if she will provide copies of any such framework. [36532/26]

948. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal risk assessment has been undertaken regarding the absence of national audit and monitoring systems in certain healthcare pathways; and if so, to provide the date and findings of such assessments. [36533/26]

949. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has received legal advice regarding the State's safeguarding and patient-safety obligations in circumstances where national audit mechanisms are absent. [36534/26]

950. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health how the HSE measures compliance with clinical governance standards in service areas where no national outcome dataset or audit infrastructure currently exists. [36535/26]

951. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external or independent review has been commissioned into the adequacy of governance and safeguarding arrangements in healthcare pathways where national data systems remain under development. [36536/26]

952. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department considers reliance on general HSE governance structures, without dedicated national audit systems, sufficient to satisfy the State's obligations under patient-safety and safeguarding frameworks. [36537/26]

1069. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the supports currently provided by her Department or agencies within her Department to support BOTPs and Ukrainian citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36909/26]

1077. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the supports available to a child diagnosed with FND. [36941/26]

1080. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed the findings of the National Women's Council research report Beyond Availability: Women's Experiences of the Free Contraception Scheme, launched at the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in April 2026, which found that nearly one in three women may experience barriers to accessing the scheme; the specific mea…

1081. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that information about the free contraception scheme is made available in accessible formats for disabled women and in multilingual formats for migrant communities, particularly in Cork city and county which has a significant and growing migrant population; if her Department has engaged with community pha…

1086. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any assessment has been carried out regarding the potential financial impact of duplicate or unnecessary laboratory testing within primary care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36991/26]

1087. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of laboratory information systems currently in use across the HSE and publicly funded laboratories; the extent to which these systems are interoperable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36992/26]

1096. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of audits, inspections, compliance reviews or safeguarding investigations carried out in respect of private home support providers in each year from 2020 to 2026. [37012/26]

1098. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any private home support provider has had a contract suspended, restricted or terminated due to safeguarding, governance or quality concerns since 2020; and if she will provide details. [37014/26]

1103. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent external audit has been carried out since 2020 on counselling activity data submitted by HSE regions through the Corporate Information Facility; if so, to provide the date, body responsible, scope, findings and recommendations of each audit; and if no such audit has taken place, to confirm the reason [37044/26]

1104. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has received any formal assurance certificate, audit opinion, validation report or compliance statement confirming that counselling activity data reported nationally by the HSE is accurate, complete and comparable across all Health Regions [37045/26]

1105. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a central national dataset exists showing the number of unique individuals accessing Counselling in Primary Care and National Counselling Service supports annually, separate from the number of referrals, appointments or sessions; and if not, whether she will require such data to be collected. [37046/26]

1106. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether counselling activity data currently reported to her Department distinguishes between new clients, returning clients, re-referrals, total appointments offered, total appointments attended, cancellations, DNAs and total sessions delivered; and if she will provide the most recent available breakdown by Health Region. [37047/26]

1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2663 of 14 April 2026, whether the expenditure figures provided relate solely to psychological services abroad or whether they also include associated travel, accommodation, administration, translation, assessment, or ancillary clinical costs. [37074/26]

1124. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to issue a discretionary medical card as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37088/26]

1127. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the new residential respite services that are being provided in County Kerry, in relation to both children and adults will be provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37106/26]

1135. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the guidance or interim care pathways that are available to parents whose children have not been assigned a GP through the PCRS, despite eligibility; the measures being taken to ensure that every child in County Laois has timely access to a GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37151/26]

1140. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of advanced biomechanical rehabilitation therapy for children with cerebral palsy, and that Irish children are currently travelling to Belgium and England to avail of this treatment; and her plans to review the efficacy of this treatment and consider its availability in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

1142. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for details of the significant work being done to stabilise existing trans healthcare services as recently mentioned at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health (details supplied). [37180/26]

1182. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the supports currently in place, aside from available tax reliefs, to assist individuals diagnosed with coeliac disease in managing the additional healthcare and dietary costs associated with the condition; whether consideration is being given to further supports, including eligibility for a GP visit card or medical card, for those living wit…