Health Services

917. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason service users are charged a €4 daily charge when using HSE transport to day services in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32318/26]

946. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health for assistance regarding a request for respite care (details supplied). [32364/26]

950. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a formal definition of "medically indicated" is applied by Children's Health Ireland in the scheduling of elective paediatric procedures; whether this definition is standardised nationally; and if she will provide the criteria used. [32408/26]

951. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audit, internal or external, has been conducted within the past five years to verify that all elective paediatric procedures undertaken within Children's Health Ireland meet the threshold of medical necessity; and if she will provide details of any such audits. [32409/26]

952. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE requires Children's Health Ireland to classify elective procedures by urgency, clinical necessity, or priority category for the purpose of capacity planning; and if she will outline any such classification framework. [32410/26]

953. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any modelling or scenario analysis has been conducted at Department or HSE level on the impact of theatre allocation decisions on paediatric waiting lists; and if she will provide details of same. [32411/26]

954. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the allocation of paediatric surgical theatre time is subject to any national performance or value-for-money oversight framework; and if she will outline the mechanisms in place. [32412/26]

1029. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out in detail the accounting methodology applied by the HSE under the Treatment Abroad Scheme for attributing expenditure to a given financial year, including whether expenditure is recorded on a cash, accrual, or episode-of-care basis; the point at which expenditure is recognised in the accounts; and the mechanisms in place to link eac…

1032. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total value of expenditure recorded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme in 2024 that relates to approvals granted in previous years; and the proportion of 2024 expenditure not attributable to approvals issued in that same year. [32601/26]

1046. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether patients requiring surgical treatment for lipoedema are currently being referred abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme; the number of such referrals and associated expenditure in each of the past five years; and whether this pathway is subject to review. [32624/26]

1057. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or the HSE maintains any formal risk register entry relating to governance, financial control, or clinical oversight risks associated with the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [32636/26]

1059. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE conducts any ex post review of costs incurred under the Treatment Abroad Scheme to assess variance between estimated and actual expenditure per patient. [32651/26]

1060. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any benchmarking is carried out comparing the cost of procedures funded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme across different jurisdictions. [32652/26]

1064. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE applies any procedure-specific clinical criteria, risk thresholds, or suitability assessments for gender-related surgical procedures funded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme, beyond the general eligibility criteria outlined. [32656/26]

1120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the staffing model originally developed for a 104-bed facility has been revised to reflect the reduction in capacity to approximately 102 beds and the dementia unit reduction from 19 to 17 beds; and to provide the updated model. [32747/26]

1135. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any engagement she has had with families or support groups for people suffering from Friedrichs ataxia in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32793/26]

1151. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the clinical specialties and procedures in which third-party insourcing was utilised prior to its reduction; and whether equivalent in-house capacity now exists in each category. [32886/26]

1152. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of additional theatre sessions, outpatient clinics, and diagnostic capacity units that have been added within the public system in 2025 and 2026 to replace insourcing activity. [32887/26]

1175. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing concerns regarding overcrowding and inadequate postnatal facilities in a hospital (details supplied); the measures being taken to improve conditions for mothers and newborn babies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32950/26]

1176. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the impact that overcrowded postnatal wards and sleep deprivation may have on the recovery and wellbeing of new mothers in maternity hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32951/26]

1177. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase postnatal capacity and improve accommodation standards for mothers in maternity hospitals nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32952/26]

1179. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if there is a review into patient experience and conditions within maternity hospitals, including overcrowding, recovery environments and supports for families during and after childbirth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32954/26]

1185. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the lack of physiotherapy services currently available in the Clifden area, County Galway; the actions that will be taken to address this issue and ensure that adequate physiotherapy services are restored for those in need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33033/26]

1207. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which clinical risk, patient safety, and service effectiveness are monitored in respect of gender-related healthcare pathways for minors in circumstances where no structured national data collection system is currently in place. [33180/26]

1209. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the specific clinical guidelines currently in active use by clinicians in Ireland for the assessment and referral of minors presenting with gender-related distress, pending completion of the national Model of Care. [33182/26]