Written answers
Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Department of Health
Hospital Procedures
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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656. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the current national policy governing circumcision procedures in public hospitals where there is no medical indication; and to specify the clinical, administrative and ethical basis for authorising such procedures. [68051/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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657. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm which public hospitals provide circumcision procedures without medical indication; and the number of such procedures carried out in each of the past five years, by hospital. [68052/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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658. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether non-medically indicated circumcision procedures in public hospitals are funded publicly, funded privately, or subject to co-payment; and the charging and accounting treatment applied. [68053/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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659. To ask the Minister for Health the governance structures, approval mechanisms and oversight processes that apply when theatre capacity, anaesthetists and surgical teams are allocated to non-medically indicated procedures. [68054/25]
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
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