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Question· writtenPQ 979asked

979. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external clinical advisory body or independent review panel exists for disputed or high-cost treatment abroad scheme applications. [36576/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

979. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external clinical advisory body or independent review panel exists for disputed or high-cost treatment abroad scheme applications. [36576/26]

Question· writtenPQ 978asked

978. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE has carried out any benchmarking comparing the cost of overseas treatments funded under the treatment abroad scheme against equivalent domestic provision or alternative care pathways. [36575/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

978. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE has carried out any benchmarking comparing the cost of overseas treatments funded under the treatment abroad scheme against equivalent domestic provision or alternative care pathways. [36575/26]

Question· writtenPQ 977asked

977. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme is subject to any formal fraud-risk assessment, expenditure-risk scoring, or internal audit programme specific to high-cost referrals. [36573/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

977. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme is subject to any formal fraud-risk assessment, expenditure-risk scoring, or internal audit programme specific to high-cost referrals. [36573/26]

Question· writtenPQ 976asked

976. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department intends to establish a national classification framework distinguishing medically necessary procedures from elective or quality-of-life procedures for public funding purposes. [36572/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

976. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department intends to establish a national classification framework distinguishing medically necessary procedures from elective or quality-of-life procedures for public funding purposes. [36572/26]

Question· writtenPQ 975asked

975. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the governance implications of approving overseas procedures in the absence of a nationally agreed definition of "medical necessity". [36571/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

975. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the governance implications of approving overseas procedures in the absence of a nationally agreed definition of "medical necessity". [36571/26]

Question· writtenPQ 974asked

974. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national consistency review is carried out to assess whether similar clinical cases receive similar treatment abroad scheme approval outcomes across different hospitals or consultants. [36570/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

974. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national consistency review is carried out to assess whether similar clinical cases receive similar treatment abroad scheme approval outcomes across different hospitals or consultants. [36570/26]

Question· writtenPQ 973asked

973. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent value-for-money review has ever been conducted specifically on the treatment abroad scheme; if so, to provide the dates and findings; and if not, why not. [36569/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

973. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any independent value-for-money review has ever been conducted specifically on the treatment abroad scheme; if so, to provide the dates and findings; and if not, why not. [36569/26]

Question· writtenPQ 971asked

971. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme are classified internally by the HSE as elective, quality-of-life enhancing, cosmetic, experimental, or non-urgent; and if she will provide the classification framework used. [36567/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

971. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme are classified internally by the HSE as elective, quality-of-life enhancing, cosmetic, experimental, or non-urgent; and if she will provide the classification framework used. [36567/26]

Question· writtenPQ 970asked

970. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any central database recording the clinical category, destination country, expenditure, approval rationale, and outcome of treatment abroad scheme referrals; and if not, whether the absence of such data has been identified as a governance risk. [36566/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

970. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any central database recording the clinical category, destination country, expenditure, approval rationale, and outcome of treatment abroad scheme referrals; and if not, whether the absence of such data has been identified as a governance risk. [36566/26]

Question· writtenPQ 969asked

969. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of officials or clinical advisers currently involved in assessing treatment abroad scheme applications and whether any formal training programme or accreditation process applies to those making eligibility determinations. [36565/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

969. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of officials or clinical advisers currently involved in assessing treatment abroad scheme applications and whether any formal training programme or accreditation process applies to those making eligibility determinations. [36565/26]

Question· writtenPQ 968asked

968. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any category-specific governance arrangements apply to overseas referrals under the treatment abroad scheme involving gender-related healthcare interventions, including enhanced approval, audit, safeguarding, or specialist review requirements. [36564/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

968. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any category-specific governance arrangements apply to overseas referrals under the treatment abroad scheme involving gender-related healthcare interventions, including enhanced approval, audit, safeguarding, or specialist review requirements. [36564/26]

Question· writtenPQ 967asked

967. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any appeals, reconsideration, or secondary review process exists for applicants refused approval under the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, to provide details of the process and annual refusal figures since 2020. [36563/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

967. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any appeals, reconsideration, or secondary review process exists for applicants refused approval under the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, to provide details of the process and annual refusal figures since 2020. [36563/26]

Question· writtenPQ 966asked

966. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audit, quality assurance, peer review, or consistency-review mechanism exists for treatment abroad scheme eligibility determinations; and if so, to provide details. [36562/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

966. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any audit, quality assurance, peer review, or consistency-review mechanism exists for treatment abroad scheme eligibility determinations; and if so, to provide details. [36562/26]

Question· writtenPQ 965asked

965. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether officials administering the treatment abroad scheme are required to follow any standardised evidential criteria when assessing whether treatment is unavailable within the State or unavailable within a clinically appropriate timeframe. [36561/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

965. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether officials administering the treatment abroad scheme are required to follow any standardised evidential criteria when assessing whether treatment is unavailable within the State or unavailable within a clinically appropriate timeframe. [36561/26]

Question· writtenPQ 964asked

964. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal HSE operational manual, assessment framework, decision-support document, checklist, or staff guidance exists for officials administering the Treatment Abroad Scheme beyond the EU Regulations themselves; and if so, if copies will be provided. [36560/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

964. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal HSE operational manual, assessment framework, decision-support document, checklist, or staff guidance exists for officials administering the Treatment Abroad Scheme beyond the EU Regulations themselves; and if so, if copies will be provided. [36560/26]

Question· writtenPQ 951asked

951. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external or independent review has been commissioned into the adequacy of governance and safeguarding arrangements in healthcare pathways where national data systems remain under development. [36536/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

951. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external or independent review has been commissioned into the adequacy of governance and safeguarding arrangements in healthcare pathways where national data systems remain under development. [36536/26]

Question· writtenPQ 948asked

948. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal risk assessment has been undertaken regarding the absence of national audit and monitoring systems in certain healthcare pathways; and if so, to provide the date and findings of such assessments. [36533/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

948. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal risk assessment has been undertaken regarding the absence of national audit and monitoring systems in certain healthcare pathways; and if so, to provide the date and findings of such assessments. [36533/26]

Question· writtenPQ 751asked

751. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels at the visa desk in the embassy in Abuja; his views that staffing is sufficient to manage visa workload and the processing of visas within a timely manner; the current processing times for family reunification applications at that desk; his plans to address delays in processing particularly in relation to family reunification for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37657/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

751. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels at the visa desk in the embassy in Abuja; his views that staffing is sufficient to manage visa workload and the processing of visas within a timely manner; the current processing times for family reunification applications at that desk; his plans to address delays in processing particularly in relation to family reunification for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37657/26]

Question· writtenPQ 750asked

750. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels at the visa desk in the embassy in Pretoria; his views that staffing is sufficient to manage visa workload and the processing of visas within a timely manner; the current processing times for family reunification applications at that desk; his plans to address delays in processing particularly in relation to family reunification for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37656/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

750. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels at the visa desk in the embassy in Pretoria; his views that staffing is sufficient to manage visa workload and the processing of visas within a timely manner; the current processing times for family reunification applications at that desk; his plans to address delays in processing particularly in relation to family reunification for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37656/26]

Question· writtenPQ 260asked

260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department requires recipient organisations receiving sexual and reproductive health funding to separately identify expenditure on maternal healthcare, contraception, HIV prevention, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, and abortion-service provision in financial reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36813/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department requires recipient organisations receiving sexual and reproductive health funding to separately identify expenditure on maternal healthcare, contraception, HIV prevention, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, and abortion-service provision in financial reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36813/26]

Question· writtenPQ 257asked

257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department maintains any formal written definition distinguishing abortion services, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, reproductive-health policy activity, and maternal healthcare within Official Development Assistance reporting frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36810/26]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2026

257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department maintains any formal written definition distinguishing abortion services, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, reproductive-health policy activity, and maternal healthcare within Official Development Assistance reporting frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36810/26]

Question· writtenPQ 771asked