Suicide Prevention

623. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the projected timeline for the operational commencement of the additional SCAN posts funded under Budget 2026 in Linn Dara, Kildare, Dublin South City, Galway, Kerry and Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36130/26]

624. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a national dataset on the number of persons under 18 years of age assessed through SCAN services who subsequently require CAMHS intervention, inpatient admission or emergency department presentation within six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36131/26]

625. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of SCAN services in the HSE Mid West area has been classified by her Department or the HSE as a service gap or patient-safety risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36132/26]

626. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason no SCAN service posts are currently funded within the HSE Mid West area despite the national rollout of the National Clinical Programme for Self-Harm and Suicide Related Ideation [36133/26]

627. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has established a target date for full national coverage of Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse services; and if not, the reason no implementation deadline has been set. [36134/26]

628. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated total number of SCAN posts required to achieve full national coverage under the National Clinical Programme for Self Harm and Suicide Related Ideation. [36135/26]

629. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a workforce planning assessment has been undertaken regarding the recruitment and retention challenges affecting rollout of SCAN services nationally; and if so, if she will provide details. [36136/26]

630. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether waiting times, referral numbers, service utilisation rates, or outcomes data are centrally collected for SCAN services; and if she will provide the available data by county and Regional Health Area. [36137/26]

631. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any equality-of-access assessment has been conducted regarding geographic disparities in access to Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36138/26]

632. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of GP referrals made to SCAN services in each county in 2024 and to date in 2026. [36139/26]

633. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed the impact on emergency departments in areas where SCAN services are unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36140/26]

634. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the amount allocated under Budget 2026 for expansion of SCAN services; how much of that allocation has been drawn down to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36141/26]

635. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national performance indicators were in operation for Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse services prior to the commencement of national SCAN data collection in 2025; and if so, to provide details of such indicators and the manner in which they were monitored. [36144/26]

636. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse posts currently funded and filled, by HSE region; and the number of vacancies currently existing within the service. [36145/26]

637. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent evaluation has been undertaken of the national rollout of the Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse service since the publication of the National Clinical Programme for Self-Harm and Suicide-Related Ideation in 2022; and if so, to provide details. [36146/26]

638. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE tracked referral outcomes, repeat presentations, emergency department diversion rates, or adverse incidents associated with the Suicide Crisis Assessment Nurse service prior to the establishment of the national dataset in 2025. [36147/26]

639. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that the absence of a unified national SCAN dataset between 2022 and 2025 limited the State's ability to evaluate consistency of service delivery and patient outcomes across regions. [36148/26]

640. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated date on which the first national SCAN KPI report will be published; and whether this report will be published annually thereafter. [36149/26]

641. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external governance or audit review was undertaken regarding the delay between the 2022 national rollout of SCAN services and the commencement of national data collection in 2025. [36150/26]

642. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the decision was taken to expand the SCAN service nationally under the National Clinical Programme for Self-Harm and Suicide-Related Ideation; and whether a national key performance indicator framework was in place at the time that decision was made. [36151/26]

643. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent evaluation, external audit, or formal service review of the SCAN service has been undertaken since its integration into the National Clinical Programme in 2022; and if not, whether such a review is planned. [36152/26]

644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the key performance indicators currently used by the HSE in monitoring the SCAN service nationally, including any indicators relating to waiting times, repeat presentations, onward referrals, patient outcomes, or service accessibility. [36153/26]

645. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by the SCAN service in each CHO area in 2025 to date and 2026 to date; and to provide the corresponding staffing levels assigned to the service in each area. [36154/26]

646. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has identified any regional disparities in access to the SCAN service, including differences in waiting times, referral thresholds, staffing levels, or service availability; and if so, the measures being taken to address same. [36155/26]

647. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the number of individuals referred onward from the SCAN service to emergency departments, community mental health teams, CAMHS, or inpatient mental health services; and if so, to provide the figures for 2025 and 2026 to date. [36156/26]