2278. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if the treating member State determines that a telemedicine consult is sufficient under the EU Cross Border Health Directive, therefore no face-to-face consultation is necessary prior to in-patient care; the way in which an Irish patient or the HSE dictate to the treating member State how to provide the healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
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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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All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,665 | 1,495 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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2279. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the recruitment source from which successful consultant appointees were recruited; and if so, to provide the number and percentage of consultant appointments arising from each recruitment channel in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [43566/26]
2280. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred on consultant recruitment advertising in each year from 2021 to 2025, broken down by publication, website, platform and recruitment channel. [43567/26]
2281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any value-for-money review has been undertaken regarding consultant recruitment advertising expenditure; and if so, to provide copies or summaries of such reviews. [43568/26]
2282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant applicants, interviewees and appointees arising from advertisements placed in the British Medical Journal in each year from 2023 to 2026. [43569/26]
2283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been undertaken comparing the retention rates of consultants recruited through international recruitment campaigns with those recruited domestically. [43570/26]
2284. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the increase in maintenance and technical agency expenditure from €12.4 million in 2024 to €68.2 million in 2025 has been formally reviewed by the HSE or Department; and to provide copies of any review reports. [43571/26]
2285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of maintenance and technical agency expenditure in 2025 by occupational category, including engineering, estates, facilities management, ICT, maintenance, trades and other grades. [43572/26]
2286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the top ten locations, services or projects responsible for maintenance and technical agency expenditure in 2025. [43573/26]
2287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any value-for-money assessment has been undertaken regarding maintenance and technical agency staffing expenditure in 2025. [43574/26]
2288. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the increase was anticipated in workforce plans and budget forecasts; and if not, when the variance was first identified. [43575/26]
2289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the national outpatient appointment “did not attend” rate in each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive; the total number of outpatient appointments scheduled and the number classified as “did not attend” in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43576/26]
2290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the outpatient appointment “did not attend” rate for each public hospital and hospital group in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43577/26]
2291. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the outpatient appointment “did not attend” rate in 2025 broken down by specialty, including but not limited to orthopaedics, ophthalmology, ENT, dermatology, gynaecology, cardiology and general medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43578/26]
2292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of outpatient appointments classified as “did not attend” that were subsequently rebooked in each year from 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43579/26]
2293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records or monitors the average additional waiting time experienced by a patient whose outpatient appointment is classified as “did not attend”; and if so, to provide the average delay by specialty and region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43580/26]
2294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or the HSE has undertaken any assessment, modelling, analysis or review of the impact of outpatient non-attendance on waiting list volumes, clinic utilisation, service capacity or patient waiting times since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43581/26]
2295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether outpatient appointment “did not attend” rates are routinely reported to senior HSE management, Regional Executive Officers, the HSE Board, the Department of Health, or any national performance oversight structures; the frequency of such reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43582/26]
2296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a national target, key performance indicator or performance benchmark exists in relation to reducing outpatient appointment “did not attend” rates; if so, to provide details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43583/26]
2297. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or the HSE has benchmarked outpatient appointment “did not attend” rates against comparable EU, OECD or NHS health systems since 2020; if so, to provide details and findings of such benchmarking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43584/26]
2298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether hospital-level outpatient appointment “did not attend” data are available within HSE information systems; whether such data are routinely reported internally; and whether consideration has been given to publishing such data on a hospital-by-hospital basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43585/26]
2299. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or the HSE has estimated the financial cost associated with outpatient appointments classified as “did not attend” in each year from 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43586/26]
2300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal evaluation has been undertaken of the effectiveness of SMS reminders, telephone reminders, waiting list validation exercises, digital appointment systems, patient portals or other interventions designed to reduce outpatient appointment non-attendance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43587/26]
2301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the outpatient did-not-attend rate in each public hospital in 2025, expressed as both the number and percentage of appointments scheduled. [43594/26]
2302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of outpatient did-not-attend appointments in 2025 that were subsequently rebooked. [43595/26]