Health Service Executive

541. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on new services that will be provided by the Health Service Executive in County Kilkenny in 2026, in particular at St. Luke's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5284/26]

542. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on new services that will be provided by the Health Service Executive in County Carlow in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5285/26]

551. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE National Service Plan 2026 is only committing to 134 additional net new acute hospital beds, which is a significant drop on the HSE National Service Plan 2025 commitment for an additional 297 acute beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4913/26]

930. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has identified any constraints in laboratory throughput, reagent supply, staffing availability or logistic that would limit surge testing capacity during a public health emergency; and the actions approved to address such constraints. [3667/26]

1022. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a report that includes all maps and drawings on the findings and outcomes of the extensive public consultation process undertaken by the estates management section of the HSE (details supplied); the committee or entity that made the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4274/26]

1045. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to confirm if HSE Dublin and North East health region is the new name for CH09; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4337/26]

1046. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to confirm the areas covered by HSE Dublin and North East health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4338/26]

2258. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 10 December 2025, if she will provide details on the membership of the committee (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74826/25]

2292. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the extent to which alleged restrictive practices (details supplied) have arisen in complaints to the HSE’s adult Safeguarding and Protection teams, in the past 36 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74946/25]

2297. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will consider the purchase of a closed school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74962/25]

2432. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if recent offers have been brought to her attention, reportedly made by or on behalf of the HSE to claimants affected by the May 2021 cyber-attack in the region of €750 in damages plus €650 towards legal costs per claimant; if these figures reflect the HSE's general approach to settlement in these cases; and the estimated total cost to the tax…

2433. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the estimated total current and projected cost to the taxpayer of defending and settling claims arising from the May 2021 cyber-attack and data breach affecting HSE IT systems, including damages, legal costs and any expert or administrative costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1509/26]

2434. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE and/or the State Claims Agency has produced low, central and high estimates of the potential total liability to the State from claims arising from the May 2021 cyber-attack; if she will publish those estimates and the assumptions on which they are based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1510/26]

2435. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of claims and legal proceedings currently notified or issued against the HSE in respect of the May 2021 cyber-attack and data breach; the number settled to date; the total sums paid in (i) damages and (ii) legal costs to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1511/26]

2436. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE held any cyber insurance or other relevant insurance cover at the time of the May 2021 cyber-attack; if so, the extent to which such policies are expected to offset compensation or legal costs; if not, why such cover was not in place and what the consequent additional cost to the taxpayer is likely to be; and if she will make a stat…

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]

712. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment services annually from 2019-2025, in tabular form. [73629/25]

713. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the management consultancy and external professional services spend by the HSE, by firm and service type, annually from 2019–2025, in tabular form. [73630/25]

718. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has issued any guidance, circulars, memoranda, policy notes, or informal instructions to the HSE or to any health region since 2020 regarding the provision, refusal, consent standards, or ethical basis for elective male circumcision where no medical indication exists, and if so, to provide details. [73637/25]

738. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff at University Hospital Waterford and other HSE facilities in County Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, in tabular form. [73709/25]

743. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a policy on harm reduction in relation to drug taking; and if so, if a policy document is available; and if she will provide the same. [73717/25]

377. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies currently existing across the HSE and in agencies under her Department's remit; the recruitment plans in place; and the expected timeline for filling these posts. [72685/25]

575. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will give approval to the HSE to occupy apartments for people in their care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71917/25]

911. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if an audit has been carried out on the number of hours that Health Service Executive professionals spend in post primary schools, in tabular form; the mechanisms that exist to coordinate assessments when multiple students in the same school require support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71427/25]

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]