Hospital Procedures

657. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm which public hospitals provide circumcision procedures without medical indication; and the number of such procedures carried out in each of the past five years, by hospital. [68052/25]

658. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether non-medically indicated circumcision procedures in public hospitals are funded publicly, funded privately, or subject to co-payment; and the charging and accounting treatment applied. [68053/25]

659. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance structures, approval mechanisms and oversight processes that apply when theatre capacity, anaesthetists and surgical teams are allocated to non-medically indicated procedures. [68054/25]

661. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots allocated annually for non-medically indicated circumcision procedures in each of the past five years, broken down by hospital group. [68056/25]

492. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if elective surgeries have been cancelled in Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin; if so, to outline the reasons for such cancellations; when elective surgeries are expected to recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66828/25]

514. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if hospitals record the number of spiking cases that present to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66940/25]

526. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to list each voluntary hospital that has raised concerns about the deployment of the integrated financial management system; the date on which each concern was submitted to her Department or the HSE; and the categories of issues raised. [66974/25]

527. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when she expects full deployment of the integrated financial management system across all voluntary hospitals; and the milestones that have been agreed with each hospital following her recent correspondence to them. [66975/25]

545. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of circumcisions carried out in public hospitals in each of the past five years, broken down by cases performed for medical reasons and cases performed for non-medical or cultural reasons. [67005/25]

546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the clinical or administrative authorisation process that permits circumcisions for non-medical reasons to be carried out in public hospitals, and the criteria applied when such procedures are approved. [67006/25]

547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots allocated in each of the past five years to circumcisions undertaken for non-medical reasons, and whether her Department has assessed the impact of these procedures on access to surgery for clinically urgent cases. [67007/25]

549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the number of voluntary hospitals that have raised concerns with the HSE or her Department regarding IFMS integration, the nature of those concerns, and the actions taken to address them. [67009/25]

550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of governance, audit or compliance reports relating to voluntary hospitals that her Department has requested, received or reviewed in the past three years, and the outcome of that review. [67010/25]

552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of legacy financial-management systems still in operation within voluntary hospitals, the projected timeline for full IFMS adoption, and the expected cost implications should delays continue. [67012/25]

326. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether any HSE hospital or hospital group provides circumcision procedures where no medical indication exists, and to provide a breakdown by hospital of the number of such procedures carried out in each of the past five years. [66561/25]

327. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to state whether non-medically indicated circumcisions carried out in public hospitals are publicly funded, partially funded, or privately funded, and to provide the applicable charging structure and accounting treatment for such procedures. [66562/25]

328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the criteria, oversight mechanisms, and clinical governance arrangements that apply when theatre time, anaesthetists, and surgical staff are allocated for procedures that are not clinically required, and to state how the use of theatre capacity for such procedures is assessed against the needs of patients on waiting lists for medically necessar…

329. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has carried out any assessment of the impact of providing non-medical circumcision procedures on surgical waiting lists, day-case capacity, or staffing resources in the public system, and to publish the findings of any such assessments. [66564/25]

330. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any guidance, circulars, or instructions have issued from her Department or the HSE regarding the provision of cultural or religious surgical procedures in public hospitals, and to place all such guidance in the Oireachtas Library. [66565/25]

331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre slots allocated in each of the past five years to circumcision procedures where there was no medical indication, broken down by hospital group and year. [66566/25]

332. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that all procedures performed in public hospitals that are not clinically indicated are subject to proper oversight, transparency, and cost controls, and to outline what reforms are planned to ensure that theatre resources are prioritised for patients on clinically necessary waiting lists. [66567/25]

836. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether public hospitals are required to report the volume of elective non-medical procedures they perform, and whether the Department receives regular reviews of the total theatre time assigned to these procedures. [65354/25]

565. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI appointments carried out in the Regional Hospital Mullingar in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64642/25]

937. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the contract between the HSE and a company (details supplied) regarding the provision of imaging scans; if there are caps on the number of public patients that can be taken for scans; if the reason for these caps is due to limited HSE funding or another reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6…

1063. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current protocols in place for cases where a patient presents at accident and emergency and reports suspected drink-spiking; the reason hospitals do not carry out toxicology testing in these cases, even when requested by patients and families; the measures in place to ensure timely Garda statements and preservation of evidence where a v…