Health Service Executive

966. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE publishes an annual statement detailing the value of funds held in patient private property accounts; and whether she will consider introducing a publicly accessible register of unclaimed funds to assist families in identifying entitlements. [14223/26]

1016. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has sought or received any audit, validation, or data quality assurance reports concerning the accuracy of Patient Experience Time data used to record emergency department waiting times; the date of the most recent such review; whether error rates or data reliability concerns have been formally quantified; and if she will outline t…

1017. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered directing the Health Service Executive to publish disaggregated emergency department waiting time bands beyond 24 hours on a hospital-by-hospital basis; whether any policy decision has been taken not to publish such granular data; and the basis on which she satisfies herself that current reporting arrangem…

1018. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has issued any central written policy, circular, internal guidance note, or governance framework applicable across all line units concerning the oversight, compliance, and safeguarding obligations of non-statutory bodies funded directly by her Department, excluding bodies funded through or overseen by the HSE; and if so,…

1028. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE’s activity-based funding, diagnosis related group (DRG) systems, or other service-line costing methodologies allow for the estimation of aggregate expenditure on pain-medicine outpatient services and interventional pain procedures at national or regional level; whether such aggregate estimates have been compiled in the past fiv…

630. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the full list of national workforce Key Performance Indicators currently agreed between her Department and the HSE for 2025; the date on which each KPI was formally approved; the reporting frequency for each; and whether each KPI is published, in tabular form [13740/26]

635. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there are delays of up to ten working days arising in providing access to IT accounts for HSE staff returning to work after periods of statutory leave; the details of the average wait time for the provision of access to IT accounts for all grades of staff returning from statutory leave, in tabular form; and if she will mak…

644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the extent to which population-level disease prevention benefits are reflected in cost-effectiveness evaluations carried out by or on behalf of the Health Service Executive; and whether she intends to issue policy guidance clarifying how such prevention benefits are to be weighted in future reimbursement deci…

306. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the amount of money paid to each agency the HSE used in 2025 to hire agency staff across all public hospitals; the total number of agency staff used in 2025 by each public hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13355/26]

1043. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on her engagement on the case of a person (details supplied). [12014/26]

1071. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 427 and 428 of 13 November 2025, if she will confirm receipt of the additional information sent on 28 November 2025 (details supplied); if she will address the queries in the original Parliamentary Question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11706/26]

1077. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms, appeals processes, or alternative supports available to a person (details supplied) who has been assessed by the HSE as not qualifying for additional hours of support, despite an identified need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11771/26]

1118. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on whether it is appropriate that Dungarvan is still without a registrar of births, deaths and marriages; if her Department will work with the HSE to ensure a registrar is in position in the town without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12090/26]

1119. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on whether it is efficient that documents are still stored in the registrar of births, deaths and marriages in Dungarvan which is currently closed, meaning those working in the office in Waterford city have to travel to Dungarvan to retrieve needed documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12091/26]

1186. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for a detailed explanation of the transition of Lucan North Electoral Division to Blanchardstown Area Community Healthcare Network (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12546/26]

569. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent to which a company’s systems (details supplied) are used by the HSE; where such systems are used to process and or store patient data.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11324/26]

601. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she will issue a formal policy direction to the HSE to introduce mandatory national key performance indicators for recruitment clearance and appointment timelines, including external candidate onboarding; whether such KPIs will apply uniformly across all health regions; and the quarter and year by which full national KPI reporting on re…

340. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding paid to a company (details supplied) by the HSE from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026 to provide a mobile x-ray service in partnership with the HSE in Cork; the number of mobile x-ray services provided for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10718/26]

1026. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of residential properties currently owned by the Health Service Executive which are vacant; the number deemed surplus to requirements; the length of time each property has been vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9367/26]

1027. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the policy framework governing the retention, disposal, or repurposing of vacant residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive; when this policy was last reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9368/26]

1029. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the principal legal, financial, or administrative barriers preventing the timely reuse or disposal of vacant residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive; the steps being taken to address these barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9370/26]

1030. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the State of maintaining vacant residential properties owned by the Health Service Executive, including security, insurance, and maintenance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9371/26]

1057. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department receives routine reports from the Health Service Executive on governance, safeguarding, activity levels, and outcomes relating to gender identity services for minors; and if not, the steps she intends to take to ensure appropriate ministerial oversight of services involving children. [9490/26]

1097. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9816/26]

1108. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an urgent case (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9858/26]