576. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE is capable of identifying retrospectively the categories of gender affirmation procedures funded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme through MDT reports, referral documentation, consultant submissions, or reimbursement records. [36027/26]
Topics / National Treatment Purchase Fund
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsNational Treatment Purchase Fund
106 questions from 32 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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577. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any legal, GDPR, administrative, or policy barrier prevents the Treatment Abroad Scheme from recording anonymised procedure-category data for overseas gender-related surgeries. [36028/26]
578. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Internal Audit Office of the HSE or the Comptroller and Auditor General has ever examined governance, expenditure tracking, safeguarding, or procedure categorisation relating to overseas gender affirmation surgery referrals under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [36029/26]
579. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has requested the introduction of structured reporting or coding mechanisms relating to gender affirmation procedures funded abroad under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [36030/26]
580. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure under the Treatment Abroad Scheme on overseas gender-related surgical referrals for each year from 2020 to date. [36031/26]
581. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Treatment Abroad Scheme records the age profile of persons approved for overseas gender affirmation surgeries. [36032/26]
1195. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the level of funding which is currently in place for the National Treatment Purchase Fund in comparison with each of the years 2024 and 2025; the number of surgeries which have been funded through the NTPF year to date; and to confirm if funding is currently available through the NTPF for knee replacement surgery. [35044/26]
218. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the status of the national treatment purchase fund for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28464/26]
274. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) through the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [27709/26]
496. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have used the travel abroad scheme for Lyme’s disease, or conditions associated with it, because of an absence of appropriate care here in Ireland, for the years 2020 to 2025. [21237/26]
1883. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures in total carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in settings in Northern Ireland in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2026; if she will indicate the number of procedures carried out at each setting/medical company or group; the total paid to each named organisation for the years in question for work carried out under…
1884. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide information on the top ten categories of treatments undertaken in Northern Ireland under the NTPF in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the precise number of cases undertaken in each category in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 under the NTPF in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19424/26]
1885. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will describe any new initiatives currently under consideration, or that are planned, between the State and the executive/health authorities in Northern Ireland to develop greater co-operation and the sharing of expertise to treat patients on a cross-border basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19425/26]
2003. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the criteria for referring patients under the National Treatment Purchase Fund from the public waiting list at Beaumont Hospital for treatment in another hospital given patients are waiting 2 years for treatment currently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19923/26]
2050. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the policy framework governing the multidisciplinary team assessment process which forms the clinical basis for applications under the treatment abroad scheme for gender affirmation surgery; whether national clinical guidelines or standards apply to such MDT determinations; and the body responsible for oversight of these standards. [20078/26]
2051. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of applications submitted under the treatment abroad scheme for gender affirmation surgery in each year from 2020 to 2026; the number approved; the number refused; and the principal recorded reasons for refusal where applicable. [20079/26]
2053. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure under the treatment abroad scheme on gender affirmation surgery in each year from 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, including travel and accommodation costs funded by the State. [20081/26]
2054. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients funded under the treatment abroad scheme for gender affirmation surgery in each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026. [20088/26]
2055. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred under the treatment abroad scheme for gender affirmation surgery in each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, including surgery, travel, accommodation and associated medical costs. [20089/26]
2060. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the Health Service Executive under the treatment abroad scheme in respect of gender affirmation surgeries undertaken outside the State in each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive; the number of individual procedures funded in each year; and the average cost per procedure in each of those years. [20121/26]
2061. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the countries and healthcare providers in which gender affirmation surgeries funded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme have been carried out since 2020; the number of procedures funded in each jurisdiction; and whether the Department maintains a list of approved hospitals or surgical centres for such treatments. [20122/26]
2062. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the policy or governance framework under which applications for gender affirmation surgery abroad are assessed under the Treatment Abroad Scheme; the number of applications received and approved in each year since 2020; and the clinical or administrative authority responsible for granting final approval for such funding. [20123/26]
268. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the criteria for sending patient files to the NTPF from Letterkenny University Hospital, including timeframes for each category for the years, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; to confirm any changes to extending the timeframe that was made to the criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17367/26]
298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE refused funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund to complete treatment for a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13261/26]
337. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the reason funding has been stopped under the National Treatment Purchase Fund for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10688/26]