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Darren O'Rourke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3282. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE spent under the high-tech drug scheme in 2025 and for the first six months of 2026, in tabular form. [55626/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Health
3371. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will review the case of a child (details supplied) who is eligible for the under 8 GP visit card scheme and has been accepted by a GP practice in Skerries, County Dublin, but remains unable to access the scheme due to administrative or contractual issues between the HSE and the GP practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56048/2…
Pádraig Rice Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Health
501. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 769 and 770 of 23 June 2026, if a person or body, independent of the HSE, will review the governance failures which left the former HSE CEO unaware of both incidents; the person or unit within her Department or the Department of An Taoiseach responsible for ensuring that governance concerns were answered (details supplied) …
Ken O'Flynn Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Health
367. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE test purchase inspections carried out under the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, by county, in each of the years 2024 and 2025; the number of retailers in each county found to have sold nicotine inhaling products to a person under 18 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53743/26]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
874. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to urgently prioritise funding for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53392/26]
Paul Donnelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
878. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of private house calls that HSE pest control services attended within the Dublin region in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the average time it take for pest control services to attend a private house call after a request to the pest control service; and if the HSE pest control services carries out subsequent work at a private house, after an initial call wh…
Ged Nash Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
886. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE can assess the needs of a person (details supplied) and ensure that suitable ongoing suitable accommodation and care in a HSE facility or other appropriate accommodation is provided for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53502/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
902. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the clinical director role, commissioned by the HSE's Chief Clinical Officer in 2025; the timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53602/26]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Health
222. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health her views on the circular issued by the HSE on 25 June 2026 that will, from 29 June 2026, that will refuse new home support to roughly 85% of the people who need it across CHO7; the rationale for these restrictions; and the measures being taken to protect those who are now unable to access support.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52063/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
760. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1830 of 9 June 2026, which referred to "the ambition of driving towards self-sufficiency in workforce supply," to confirm whether the HSE has set any numerical target to reduce reliance on international recruitment over the next five years; and if so, to state the target, the baseline year and the target date; or, if no such t…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
762. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1830 of 9 June 2026, the specific metric by which "self-sufficiency in workforce supply" is defined and measured; the named body responsible for monitoring progress towards it; and the date on which that body next reports. [51059/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
763. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1830 of 9 June 2026, which states that "demand continues to outstrip supply," whether the HSE projects reliance on international recruitment to rise or fall over the next five years; and to set out the modelling on which that projection is based [51060/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
832. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the application which is currently on appeal with the HSE national appeals office; if the process could be expedited given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51580/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
847. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to urgently review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will allocate an appointment urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51638/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
849. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to expedite an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [51646/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
873. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of medicines for rare diseases or orphan conditions for which an application for reimbursement has been received by the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026; the number approved; the number refused, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51878/26]
Niall Collins Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
469. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE can, through its National Environmental Health Service, make health-based submissions to An Coimisiún Pleanála on wind farm applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50488/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
489. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1278 of 26 May 2026 which states cost considerations do not form part of the eligibility assessment for the treatment abroad scheme, whether her Department or the HSE has considered introducing an expenditure cap, annual budget ceiling, or per case financial control mechanism for TAS; if not, the rationale for operating a dema…
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
511. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the confirmation that no structured national data collection system exists for gender healthcare services for children and young people, whether this absence has been entered on any HSE corporate or clinical risk register; whether the updated model of care due in Quarter 4 2026 will mandate a minimum national dataset; and what interim clinical governanc…
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
512. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the confirmation that no clinical-outcome or patient-safety audit has been conducted since 2020 in respect of procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme, how the HSE assures itself that publicly funded procedures undertaken abroad are clinically appropriate and safe in the absence of any outcome audit; whether the Comptroller and Auditor Genera…
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
516. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has ever sought or received cumulative manganese exposure data from water suppliers broken down by age group or vulnerability category; the basis on which the 80 µg/L guideline value is considered adequate for infants, children, older persons and medically vulnerable groups, given that it is a general population threshold; whether the absence of a …
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
523. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any audit or assurance check confirming that privately contracted home support providers actually report complaints, missed visits, safeguarding incidents and medication-related incidents to the HSE, given the Executive's stated expectation that such incidents "would be reported"; and to provide the findings of any such audit. [50625/…
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
524. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the post within the HSE that holds responsibility for assuring that privately contracted home support providers report safeguarding and medication-related incidents; and whether the inability to extract such data from HSE systems is recorded on any risk register or audit plan. [50626/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
527. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a central logging system for staffing agency contract breaches is recorded on any HSE risk register, internal audit plan or corporate risk register; and the total expenditure on agency staffing through national supplier panels in each of the past three years. [50629/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
534. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any single national system enables the HSE to identify, across all HSE-funded sites, whether a healthcare worker is directly employed, agency or locum and the workers currently on administrative leave or removed from placement, or subject to a criminal investigation or an unresolved patient-safety concern. [50677/26]