Health Service Executive

870. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a chief midwifery officer at the executive level of the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16654/26]

882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department receives regular reports from the Health Service Executive on the number, duration of vacancy, and disposal status of residential properties owned by the HSE; the frequency of such reporting; and whether any performance indicators apply to the timely disposal of surplus residential assets. [16750/26]

885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has conducted, since 2020, any review of the HSE Protocol for the Acquisition and Disposal of Property as published in 2022, with particular regard to disposal timelines and value-for-money safeguards; and if she will provide details of any such review. [16753/26]

941. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a HSE-owned building (details supplied) and its use by a local organisation, which has sought it from HSE estates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17043/26]

479. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the commitment contained in the HSE Service Plan, published in December 2025, which states that a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be established in the Dublin North East region in 2026; the current status of planning and resourcing for this team; the expected timeline for recruitment and service comm…

487. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring that staffing and resources are protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15694/26]

488. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the plans which have been established to fund the implementation of the new cardiac rehabilitation model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15695/26]

501. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the health and social care professional training or degree programmes which are reviewed, validated, recognised or otherwise regulated, standardised, or certified by the HSE; the date on which the HSE assumed such roles relative to each profession and each course; the professions covered by this; the reason the HSE has assumed the role in e…

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]

530. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether, under the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2026 approved by her, her Department requires the HSE to collect, retain and report to the Department the number and percentage of clinical status 1 purple and red emergency calls in which the ambulance response time exceeded 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes and 90 minutes in e…

531. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether, in the exercise of its statutory oversight of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004, receives or requests data on the single longest recorded ambulance response time for clinical status 1 purple and red calls in each month nationally and by HSE region; if not, whether she considers the absence of such governance report…

574. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has required the Health Service Executive to provide any dedicated safeguarding assurance report, audit report, or governance review relating specifically to gender identity services for minors since 1 January 2020; if so, the date of each such report and whether it has been reviewed at Secretary General or Corporate Gove…

599. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of apprentices employed by the Health Service Executive in 2025 and projected for 2026 in (a) social work, (b) social care work, and (c) dietetics; and if she will provide a breakdown by programme and year of intake. [16010/26]

600. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total gross expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive in 2025 and the projected expenditure for 2026 in respect of apprenticeship programmes in social work, social care work, and dietetics, including salary costs, academic costs, employer PRSI, and any grant income received from the National Apprenticeship Office; and if she will…

602. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal policy decision has been taken to fund apprenticeship expansion in the health and social care professions without a dedicated subhead or ring-fenced allocation within the Vote for the Health Service Executive; and the governance rationale for funding apprenticeship costs from within existing service budgets. [16013/26]

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]

241. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a HSE property (details supplied) is being considered for sale or lease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15233/26]

909. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if she, or her officials, have sought clarification from the HSE regarding its decision to submit to limit the scope of an inquest (details supplied), and requested an explanation as to how restricting the scope of the inquest serves the public interest; if such engagement has not yet taken place, when it will occur. [14514/26]

911. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health in engaging with the HSE regarding its decision to challenge the scope of an inquest (details supplied), to outline whether she will also seek clarification as to the role played by the State Claims Agency in that decision; whether she considers it appropriate for the State Claims Agency to have any involvement in submissions made wit…

912. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if there are grounds to examine whether the HSE’s actions in relation to the scope of an inquest (details supplied), as raised during Leader's Questions on 27 January 2026, could constitute undue interference contrary to the public interest; the basis for that view. [14517/26]

961. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funds held in patient private property accounts in each of the past ten years; the amount identified as belonging to deceased service users in each year; and the amount repaid to estates in each of those years. [14218/26]

962. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the statutory or regulatory basis under which the HSE holds and administers patient private property accounts; the legislative provisions governing unclaimed funds in such accounts; and whether any time limit applies before such funds are transferred or extinguished. [14219/26]

963. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the policy framework governing the identification and tracing of next-of-kin or legal representatives where funds remain in patient private property accounts following the death of a service user; whether a national tracing protocol exists; and if she will outline same. [14220/26]

964. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the oversight arrangements in place within her Department in respect of the governance of patient private property accounts; whether these accounts are subject to regular internal audit and Comptroller and Auditor General review; and the date of the most recent audit. [14221/26]

965. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether interest accrues on funds held in patient private property accounts; if so, the amount of interest that is treated; and whether interest forms part of the estate upon repayment. [14222/26]