2418. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Children’s Health Ireland operates a formally documented definition, policy, protocol, framework or clinical criteria for determining that an elective paediatric procedure is medically indicated; whether such criteria are standardised across all CHI sites and specialties; and if she will provide a copy of the relevant documentation. [44056/26]
Topics / Hospital Procedures
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Procedures
262 questions from 68 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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260 written, 2 oral
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| October 2026 | 5 |
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2419. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Children’s Health Ireland, the HSE or her Department has undertaken any modelling, forecasting, scenario analysis, demand analysis or capacity-planning assessment since 2020 examining the impact of theatre allocation decisions, theatre utilisation rates or specialty-based theatre scheduling on paediatric waiting lists, waiting times or patient outcomes; a…
2429. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a list of procedures which are excluded from public funding solely on the basis that they are considered cosmetic, non-essential or quality-of-life procedures; and if so, if she will provide details. [44071/26]
2432. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department, HSE or NTPF has assessed the absence of end-to-end waiting-time measurement from GP referral to completed orthopaedic procedure as a governance, performance-management or patient-safety risk; and if so, to provide the findings of that assessment. [44074/26]
1197. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE records the number of patients awaiting orthopaedic outpatient assessment for knee replacement, who are not yet counted on an inpatient or day-case surgical waiting list. [39040/26]
1198. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if any national clinical prioritisation framework exists for patients awaiting knee replacement who are experiencing severe pain, loss of mobility, inability to work or loss of independent living capacity. [39041/26]
1201. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if patients awaiting orthopaedic care receive written confirmation to distinguish that they are on an outpatient assessment list or an inpatient/day-case surgical list. [39044/26]
304. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of guidance on mixed-gender wards and accommodation in hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38290/26]
1066. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if each WTE consultant neurologists based at Beaumont Hospital carry out daily ward rounds in additional to doing outpatient clinics; and whether some consultant neurologists just carry out outpatient clinics, theatre time and do not carry out daily ward rounds. [36896/26]
508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children that required repeat surgery due to retained surgical items left in their bodies, for each of the last ten years; and to detail the categories of items retained in the children’s bodies. [35811/26]
1024. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34018/26]
1033. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she will establish a national policy framework to define and classify elective procedures based on clinical necessity, including low-value or non-essential interventions; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32606/26]
1035. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health how the Health Service Executive currently assesses value for money in respect of elective procedures in circumstances where no standardised definition of clinical necessity exists and where the clinical rationale for procedures is not captured in centralised datasets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32608/26]
1036. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal audit, external audit, or examination by the Comptroller and Auditor General has assessed the appropriateness, clinical necessity, or value for money of elective procedures funded by the State in the absence of standardised definitions and centralised data capture; if so, to provide details and findings; and if she will make a statement on th…
1037. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken any benchmarking or comparative analysis of international models used to identify, classify, and reduce low-value or clinically unnecessary procedures; whether there are plans to adopt or adapt such models within the public health system [32610/26]
1038. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of standardised definitions, national policy, and centralised data collection in respect of elective procedures has been formally recorded as a governance or financial oversight risk within her Department or the Health Service Executive risk registers [32611/26]
1039. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what mechanisms are in place to ensure consistency in clinical decision-making across hospitals and regions in respect of elective procedures where no national definition of clinical necessity exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32612/26]
1040. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has been undertaken to assess the potential scale of elective procedures carried out without clear medical indication within the public health system; if so, to provide details; and if not, whether such a review will be commissioned [32613/26]
1041. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive collects any data, formally or informally, on patient-requested procedures or procedures undertaken primarily for quality-of-life rather than clinical necessity reasons; and if so, to provide details of how such data is used for governance and planning purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32614/26]
1223. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason a consultant in Cork University Hospital, a level one tertiary hospital, was unable to make an urgent or emergency referral to the ENT department in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (details supplied); whether it is policy that the South Infirmary does not accept consultant to consultant referrals from other hospitals; the steps bei…
232. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of cases of ENT surgeries being cancelled or placed on standby at short notice by Beaumont Hospital due to lack of bed availability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28970/26]
233. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of cases of ENT surgeries being cancelled or placed on standby in error in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28971/26]
200. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the timeframe in which she intends to deliver provision of MRI scans at Monaghan Hospital; and if she has considered providing for CT scans at Monaghan Hospital. [28450/26]
847. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department is satisfied that current data collection practices for outpatient non-attendance are robust, standardised, and free from retrospective reclassification. [28187/26]
891. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the full sequence of hip-related interventions is assessed as a single clinical pathway, or only as separate procedure-specific reviews (details supplied); if so, the person or body that holds responsibility for ensuring that such end-to-end oversight occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28674/26]