696. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a central database tracking costs associated with vacant residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive has been identified as a governance or financial oversight risk. [36260/26]
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697. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive has examined the potential use of vacant residential properties for step-down care, staff accommodation, social housing partnerships or emergency accommodation purposes. [36261/26]
698. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive which are currently boarded up or secured by private security contractors. [36262/26]
699. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any target or strategy exists within the Health Service Executive to reduce the number of vacant residential properties within its estate portfolio. [36263/26]
700. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated market value of vacant residential properties currently owned or managed by the Health Service Executive. [36264/26]
701. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive maintains a unified national asset register for all residential properties owned, leased, or managed by the organisation; whether this register records occupancy status in real time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36265/26]
702. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive have remained vacant due to legal disputes, title issues, probate issues, planning constraints, staffing allocation decisions, or refurbishment delays; and if she will provide a breakdown by category. [36266/26]
703. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive has conducted any assessment of the potential housing capacity represented by currently vacant residential properties within its estate portfolio; and if she will provide details of same. [36267/26]
704. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any vacant residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive are currently considered unsuitable for occupation; the reasons for such classification; and the estimated remediation cost associated with these properties. [36268/26]
705. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive has received any recommendations from the Comptroller and Auditor General, Internal Audit, or external consultants concerning the management of vacant or surplus residential property since 2020; and if she will provide details of such recommendations. [36269/26]
706. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health has issued any direction, guidance, instruction, or expectation to the Health Service Executive concerning the acceleration of disposal, reuse, or redevelopment of vacant residential properties since 2020. [36270/26]
707. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive currently being used for staff accommodation; and the occupancy rate associated with such properties. [36271/26]
708. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive have been offered for social or affordable housing use in conjunction with local authorities or approved housing bodies since 2020; and if she will provide details. [36272/26]
721. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive maintains any central register, log, database or reporting mechanism recording instances where concerns have been raised regarding inconsistent interpretation or application of national policy across health regions; and, if so, to provide details. [36285/26]
724. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE Performance and Accountability Framework contains defined escalation thresholds for intervention where material regional disparities emerge; and if so, to provide those thresholds. [36288/26]
783. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 22 October 2025, to provide a breakdown of vacant posts in the HSE, by staff category (details supplied); the number that are new service developments from 2024, 2025 and 2026 which have not yet commenced; the number that are previously filled posts, arising as vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a stateme…
784. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 22 October 2025, the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 by staff category, in tabular form. [36505/26]
224. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if disability services, including Children’s Disability Network Teams, are exempt from the recruitment restrictions recently communicated to Regional executive officers within the HSE; if derogations remain available for frontline disability staffing; the current number of vacancies across CDNT teams in South Tipperary and the South East; and if she will make a…
225. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the impact the current HSE recruitment restrictions will have on the crisis in orthodontic services for children in the South East, for ophthalmology waiting lists in South Tipperary, currently at over 2000; the current staffing vacancies in each service area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35375/26]
1035. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health whether Government is satisfied there is effective and consistently applied clinical governance oversight across HSE South West; whether identified clinical leadership gaps have been independently reviewed; whether vacancies, fragmented accountability or weak leadership structures have affected patient safety, service quality or risk management; the assuranc…
1036. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total agency staffing expenditure within the public Health Service to date in 2026, broken down by HSE health region, staff category, and service area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34121/26]
1037. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific annual savings target set by the HSE for agency staffing expenditure in 2025 and 2026; the savings achieved to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34122/26]
1079. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she will establish a centralised reporting mechanism within the HSE to record all cases in which healthcare professionals are subject to criminal investigation for serious offences, including sexual offences; and if she will outline a timeline for its implementation. [34527/26]
1080. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has sought the outstanding data from the remaining HSE regions in respect of cases involving criminal investigation of healthcare staff since 2015; and when a complete national figure will be available. [34528/26]
1081. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether formal national criteria exist governing the suspension or reassignment of healthcare professionals subject to criminal investigation for serious offences; and if she will publish those criteria. [34529/26]