Results 941-960 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2323. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to date of HSE-funded pronoun and gender identity training programmes, including those provided by FDYS youth service under the social Inclusion budget; if she will provide a breakdown of costs by year; and the justification for allocating public health funding to these initiatives. [45612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2324. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that HSE training content which discourages the use of terms such as mother and father, parent, or guardian is compatible with maintaining clear communication in clinical and family health contexts, particularly in paediatrics, maternity services, and elder care. [45613/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2325. To ask the Minister for Health whether she considers it appropriate that HSE training instructs staff that persistent refusal to use new or neo-pronouns requires re-education, and if she will clarify whether disciplinary processes are envisaged for staff who, on conscientious or scientific grounds, believe there are two biological sexes. [45614/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2326. To ask the Minister for Health the way the HSE reconciles its training materials that describe biological sex as a spectrum with standard medical science which recognises male and female biological categories, alongside a small number of intersex conditions; and if she will provide the scientific or clinical sources underpinning the HSE’s position. [45615/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2327. To ask the Minister for Health whether the HSE has consulted with medical, psychiatric, and endocrinological experts in the preparation of its pronoun and gender identity training materials; if so, if she will publish those expert reports; and if not, if she will provide a reason such consultation was not undertaken. [45616/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2328. To ask the Minister for Health whether HSE staff are mandated to display pronoun badges, alter their email signatures, or otherwise publicise their pronouns; and if she will clarify whether participation in pronoun disclosure practices is voluntary or compulsory for HSE employees. [45617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2329. To ask the Minister for Health whether she has considered the risk of patient confusion or diminished trust in clinical settings arising from HSE staff introducing themselves with pronouns, and whether an impact assessment has been conducted to evaluate effects on patient care. [45618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2330. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is the role of the HSE to promote contested ideological views on sex and gender, as opposed to focusing on the delivery of medical care and the promotion of evidence-based health education. [45619/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2331. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine HSE training modules on gender and pronouns to ensure that they accurately reflect biological science and do not compromise the clarity of communication essential in healthcare settings. [45620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2352. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current pathway by which a person in Ireland who suffers a serious adverse reaction following vaccination may obtain compensation, including whether any ex-gratia or statutory routes exists; the number of cases compensated by the State since 2000; the total amounts paid, itemised by year and vaccine, if available; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2353. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the establishment of a State vaccine injury compensation scheme; the target go-live date; the proposed administrator; whether the scheme will be statutory or administrative; whether it will be retrospective to vaccinations administered since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45667/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2354. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed standard of proof for eligibility under any State vaccine injury compensation scheme; whether determinations will operate on the balance of probabilities; whether presumptive conditions will be listed on a “vaccine injury table” with defined time-to-onset criteria, as used in comparable international schemes; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2355. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish draft heads of bill or scheme rules for public consultation before commencement of a State vaccine injury compensation scheme; the planned appeals mechanism; whether appeals will lie to an independent tribunal; the expected average decision time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45669/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2356. To ask the Minister for Health whether legal costs in any State vaccine injury compensation scheme will be borne by the scheme for unsuccessful as well as successful applicants subject to basic merit thresholds, in line with international comparators; the projected annual budget impact and contingency provision for the first five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2358. To ask the Minister for Health whether any planned State vaccine injury compensation scheme will cover non-COVID vaccines in the National Immunisation Programme; how childhood, HPV, influenza, and adult booster vaccines will be treated; whether coverage will extend to off-schedule but HSE-administered vaccines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45672/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2359. To ask the Minister for Health whether a State vaccine injury compensation scheme will include a tax-free lump-sum model, periodic payments, or both; the proposed award calibration for death, severe disability, loss of earnings, care, medical costs, and rehabilitation; whether indexation will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45673/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2458. To ask the Minister for Health if the scheme will recognise injuries following mixed-brand or heterologous schedules where causation apportionment is complex; the approach to multi-dose temporal associations; if a proportional liability model will apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46190/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2462. To ask the Minister for Health if adverse events following vaccination administered outside HSE settings but within the State, or administered abroad to Irish residents, will be eligible; the way in which domicile and jurisdiction will be assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46194/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2463. To ask the Minister for Health if deaths temporally associated with vaccination will be eligible where a coroner's verdict is inconclusive but medical evidence supports probability; the evidentiary threshold; the role of independent medical experts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46195/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2464. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a legal analysis of the way in which the proposed scheme will interact with existing tort remedies; if acceptance of an award will bar subsequent civil action; if structured settlements will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46196/25]