Health Services

525. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the formal interim clinical governance arrangements, safeguards, or policy instructions currently apply to gender healthcare services for children and adolescents pending completion of the updated national Model of Care; whether any written direction, circular, or instruction has issued since publication of the Cass review; and if she will make…

526. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the statutory authority, national clinical guideline, or formally approved policy framework under which gender healthcare services for minors are currently delivered within the public health system; the date on which that framework was approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15854/26]

592. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of External Governance Reviews undertaken pursuant to Sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004 between 2022 and 2024 that identified material financial, governance, procurement, safeguarding or internal control deficiencies; the number in each year that resulted in enhanced monitoring arrangements, revised service level agreements, …

594. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all non-statutory bodies in receipt of direct HSE funding, including those in receipt of less than €3 million annually, are subject to a structured governance review cycle; and if not, the criteria used to determine inclusion or exclusion. [15986/26]

604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a current hospital-by-hospital list of all publicly funded chronic pain management services; to specify in respect of each hospital whether a dedicated multidisciplinary chronic pain service is in operation; to detail the disciplines available within each service, including pain medicine consultants, psychology, physiotherapy, occupa…

606. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients, by Health Region, referred outside their region of residence in the past 24-months due to the absence of a local chronic pain service or insufficient local capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16017/26]

608. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all publicly funded chronic pain services operate in accordance with a nationally approved clinical model mandating multidisciplinary care; if not, to identify which services do not meet such standards; and the timeframe for compliance. [16019/26]

614. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the evaluation of the iPain Centre pilot at Beaumont Hospital has been completed; the date on which it was finalised; whether the evaluation has been submitted to her Department; whether she will publish the evaluation report in full; the total Sláintecare Integration Innovation Fund allocation provided to the project over its three-yea…

618. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has approved a workforce planning model quantifying the additional whole-time-equivalent occupational therapy posts required in Cork South-West primary care services to achieve a maximum waiting time of 12-weeks for adults and children; and if she will provide the number of additional posts identified under that model. [1…

630. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to return oncology services to Saint Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny from UPMC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16073/26]

646. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1072 of 21 January 2026, the number of incidents reported against service users by level of reported harm by year 2021-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [16142/26]

647. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1072 of 21 January 2026, the number of incidents reported against staff, by level of reported harm by year 2021-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [16143/26]

240. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1018 and 1019 of 20 January 2026, if she will clarify the way in which the State's public-protection obligations are met where CORU has confirmed it regulates individual fitness to practise only and has no statutory remit to examine systemic or organisational ethical failures affecting professional practic…

244. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the non-clinical qualifier 'from the outset' is applied to reimbursement applications for continuous glucose monitoring systems; if she will remove this requirement as it is not indicated in the HIQA HTA; if she will extend reimbursement for CGM systems to all patients with diabetes who require such devices; if she recognises the…

253. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2651 of 8 September 2025, to outline the progress made to date on the possible inclusion of Versatis plasters in the drugs payment scheme; the reason such pain relief is not currently considered under the scheme; if there are any exceptional circumstances whereby the use of Versatis plasters would be appr…

266. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of referrals covered under the treatment abroad scheme or cross-border directive to countries outside of Ireland for mesh implant procedures which are not currently permitted in the State; if she considers that this is an appropriate use of taxpayers money considering that access to surgeries domestically are paused due to m…

955. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capacity which exists for robot-assisted deep brain stimulation; whether additional capacity has been sought and considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14186/26]

956. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the model of care for early onset Parkinson’s disease; the manner in which care is provided proactively; the manner in which it is different to Parkinson’s; if she considers a new EOPD model of care to be necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14187/26]

994. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update into the review of usage of the old library building on St. Mary's Road in Cork. [14501/26]

1012. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand access to ADHD assessment services for adults in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14613/26]

1027. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children in the care of Children's Health Ireland who were assessed for, offered and received spinal treatment abroad in 2024 and in 2025. [14696/26]

1075. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if other HSE Inclusion Health Clinics have been opened (details supplied); if so, the locations; if there are plans to establish further HSE Inclusion Health Clinics; if so, the proposed locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14999/26]

1076. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if screening for spinal muscular atrophy will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage (details supplied); the preparations currently underway to ensure this timeline is met, given that more than two years has elapsed sin…

1082. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason access to the interpretation service for GPs has been cut and to set out the size of the funding reduction for each IHA. [15057/26]

1083. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to clarify how the cuts to the interpretation service are consistent with the HSE good practise guidelines entitled on speaking terms. [15058/26]