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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated gross and net savings achieved to date from the HSE Agency Control Framework introduced under the National Service Plan 2026. [40999/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE expects to remain within the €720 million agency expenditure target for 2026; and if not, the revised projected outturn for the year. [41003/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
545. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a centralised register or database identifying all non-statutory bodies receiving public funding either directly from the HSE or through intermediary grant, service arrangement, programme administration, regional allocation, or pass-through funding mechanisms; and if they will provide details of such a register. [41004/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can identify the total annual amount of public funding allocated to non-statutory bodies through indirect or intermediary funding arrangements in each year from 2020 to 2026. [41005/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all non-statutory bodies receiving HSE funding, whether directly or indirectly, are required to comply with a common governance or financial reporting framework; and if they will provide details of same. [41006/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any mapping exercise or audit to identify all downstream recipients of public funding originating from the HSE but distributed through intermediary organisations or agencies. [41007/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can provide the number of non-statutory bodies receiving funding through Section 38, Section 39, grant aid, commissioned service arrangements, programme administration arrangements, or regional allocation mechanisms in each year since 2020. [41008/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
650. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a formal audit trail for all treatment abroad scheme approvals, including consultant recommendations, MDT documentation, authorisation decisions, expenditure approvals, and post-treatment verification documentation. [41216/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken any retrospective review of the evidential basis underpinning the 2018 National Gender Service Model of Care following publication of the Cass Review and subsequent international developments. [41261/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
704. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 19 February, whether the HSE retains copies of the full Consultant Applications Advisory Committee submission submitted in December 2019 in relation to the consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post referenced, including appendices, attachments, briefing materials, internal memoranda, or supporting documentation. […
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
715. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a formal documentary retention policy governing records relating to the National Gender Service Model of Care 2018, Consultant Applications Advisory Committee submissions, and associated governance approvals; and the applicable retention period. [41284/26]
Ged Nash Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
207. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is not providing standard planning and environmental warranties and assurances to Louth County Council in respect of the proposed handover of lands known as Bully’s Acre in Drogheda (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40368/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
251. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred by the HSE on consultant recruitment advertising in each year since 2021, broken down by publication, online platform and recruitment channel, including the British Medical Journal, LinkedIn, Publicjobs and international medical journals. [40602/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
252. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken any value-for-money assessment of consultant recruitment advertising expenditure in medical journals where only 1% of applicants reported seeing advertisements through journal publications. [40604/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
253. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of interviews conducted arising from consultant recruitment campaigns in 2025 and to date in 2026; the proportion resulting in appointments; and the average time from advertisement to contract issue. [40605/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
254. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant candidates who declined offers of appointment in 2025 and to date in 2026; the primary reasons identified; and whether consultant contract terms, pay competitiveness or workload concerns were cited. [40606/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
255. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been conducted on the effectiveness of Publicjobs compared with international journal advertising in generating consultant appointments. [40607/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
256. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant recruitment campaigns in 2025 which fail. [40608/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1094. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if the HSE provides funding for wheelchair docking stations and docking pins in adapted vehicles where these are clinically required for safe transport and posture management; the eligibility criteria that apply; whether funding is available through local HSE community healthcare services or assistive technology schemes; and if she will make a statement on t…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1228. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE records cases in which a patient’s clinical condition significantly deteriorated while a reimbursement application remained under assessment. [39073/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1229. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has conducted an international benchmarking on timelines for reimbursement decisions relating to orphan medicines and rare neurological conditions. [39074/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1231. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each of the past five years, the total expenditure by the HSE and Section 38 voluntary hospitals on temporary agency and locum staffing, broken down by supplier name, staff category, Health Region, hospital, community healthcare organisation, and service site. [39097/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1278. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has established any expenditure cap, annual limit or financial-control mechanism applicable to individual treatment abroad scheme referrals. [39174/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1398. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has carried out any workforce planning assessment regarding addiction services demand within HSE South-West; and if she will provide details of same. [39692/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1433. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE information systems operate with formally defined acceptable error-rate thresholds; and if she will provide details by system category. [39810/26]