194. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline, in detail, the new spending and recruitment controls referenced in a media report (details supplied); and to clarify if these new measures will apply to all HSE regions or just the four HSE regions in which spending controls already apply. [69270/26]
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176. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will request the HSE to release an outstanding assessment report to a child's parent (details supplied); the reasons it was omitted from the disclosure schedule; if any formal decision was taken to withhold it; and if so, the basis for this decision. [67490/26]
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) …
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]
788. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, by contract type, speciality, principal clinical site and region, in tabular form. [48990/26]
765. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if third-party insourcing will end as a practice within the HSE on 30 June 2026, as per the HSE Review of Insourcing and Outsourcing published in June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47379/26]
769. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health with respect to two incidents (details supplied), the reason her Department relied on the Health Service Executive's own conclusion that appropriate enquiries had been undertaken; if the concern raised by the Irish Patients Association were considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47384/26]
770. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will now establish an independent external review into the governance concerns arising from two incidents, including the reasons the matter did not reach Health Service Executive chief executive officer level until raised externally (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47385/26]
775. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any further review of insourcing and outsourcing has been conducted since publication of the June 2025 HSE Review of Insourcing and Outsourcing and the introduction of new controls; if so, the amounts spent on both insourcing and outsourcing over that period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47399/26]
1949. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made against healthcare staff regarding clinical practices, judgment or decisions made through the HSE ‘Your Service, Your Say’ in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [41930/26]
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]
268. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide, full name, job title, and employing organisation of each member of the Major Projects Approval Group (MPAG) that reviewed the business case for the HSE's national electronic health record programme in or around September 2025, in tabular form; whether any member of the MPAG is also …
269. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) conducted a review or peer review of the HSE's One Health Record programme under Circular 14/21 or any successor instrument prior to Government approval of the procurement in February 2026; and if so, the person or body that…
862. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a full breakdown of all expenditure incurred by the HSE in respect of the health performance visualisation platform and the integrated information service, system programme, by recipient or contractor, amount paid or committed and the function or purpose for which the payment was made, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the m…
358. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the introduction of an extended working day and week in the HSE and HSE-funded agencies (details supplied); the status of engagement with union representatives; if each site and agency has to reach individual agreements with union representatives and staff; if a national implementation plan has been developed; and if she will make a statem…
492. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of beds utilised by the HSE in private nursing homes in the HSE Mid West region in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by site, in tabular form. [21228/26]
493. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of private nursing home beds utilised by the HSE in the Mid West region without a prior agreement in place in 2025 and to date in 2026, by site, in tabular form. [21229/26]
515. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline how often the HSE’s National Women and Infants Health Programme meet; for an update on the application of a specific centre under the Endometriosis Surgery Abroad Interim Scheme (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15828/26]
632. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a HSE webpage is currently unavailable (details supplied); the length of time that it has been down; the timeline for it going live again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16085/26]
1126. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to establish a national system for professional interpreting services in the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8261/26]
664. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to a person’s new role within the HSE (details supplied); if they retain the salary from their previous role; to provide details of the renumeration attached to their new role; to provide a description of their new role and her responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73486/25]
930. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the plans for the Elm Park Green campus, Dublin 4, purchased by the HSE in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71543/25]
641. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if private practice will take place in the new HSE surgical hubs; if private work has been conducted in the South Dublin Surgical Hub since it opened in February; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68031/25]
1081. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE assumes the cost of providing qualified sign language interpreters for treatment abroad under the Cross Border Directive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63352/25]