Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 May 2026
567. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any monetary approval thresholds exist within the treatment abroad scheme requiring additional sign-off for high-cost procedures; the officials or grades responsible for such approvals; and if she will provide the thresholds currently applied. [36018/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra568. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme operates any formal value-for-money assessment process prior to approving exceptionally high-cost procedures abroad; and if so, the methodology used. [36019/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra569. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Treatment Abroad Scheme applications approved with an estimated cost exceeding in each year since 2020 (details supplied). [36020/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra570. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any applications under the Treatment Abroad Scheme have been refused wholly or partly on financial, budgetary, or proportionality grounds since 2020; and if she will provide annual figures. [36021/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra571. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central register of high-cost overseas procedures approved under the Treatment Abroad Scheme; and if so, the governance and reporting arrangements applying to that register. [36022/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra572. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates of all internal audit reviews, Comptroller and Auditor General examinations, or other formal oversight reviews conducted in respect of the Treatment Abroad Scheme since 2020; and if copies of findings or recommendations will be provided. [36023/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra573. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any risk assessment has been conducted regarding financial exposure arising from exceptionally high-cost procedures funded under the Treatment Abroad Scheme; and if so, whether she will provide details. [36024/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra574. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Treatment Abroad Scheme has any specific governance pathway for novel, experimental, or highly specialised procedures abroad involving significant State expenditure. [36025/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra575. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Treatment Abroad Scheme maintains procedure-specific coding or categorisation for any surgical specialties funded abroad; and if so, to provide the categories recorded. [36026/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra577. 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]
Amharc ar fhreagra579. 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]
Amharc ar fhreagra580. 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]
Amharc ar fhreagra581. 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]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 567 to 575, inclusive, 577 and 579 to 581, inclusive, together.
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
