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Health Service Executive

1,008 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.

1,008
questions
1,008 written, 0 oral
120
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
7
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20252
February 202531
March 202532
April 202543
May 202536
June 202550
July 202540
August 20250
September 202567
October 202527
November 202572
December 202562
January 202637
February 202674
March 202663
April 202665
May 2026118
June 202675
July 202633
August 20260
September 202645
October 202636

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • 100% RDR1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú49 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil145 from 28 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael72 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party7 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent62 from 9 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland309 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party94 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity14 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin180 from 32 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 303
  2. 55
  3. 47
  4. 47
  5. 43
  6. 20
  7. 19
  8. 16

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Matt Carthy Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1049. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1024 of 12 November 2025, when a response will issue from the HSE; if it can be ensured that a person (details supplied) will receive the treatment required at Cappagh Hospital following an operation in November 2023; if it can be ensured that the necessary treatment for this patient is provided as a matter of urgency; and if …
Michael Lowry Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1062. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the approval and reimbursement status of the targeted immunotherapy zolbetuximab (Vyloy®) for the treatment of metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma (detail supplied). [6213/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1137. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if a pricing and reimbursement application has been received by the HSE for zolbetuximab (Vyloy); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6494/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1140. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE and Primary Care Reimbursement Service have contingency arrangements in place to automatically reimburse clinically equivalent substitute medicines where supply chain disruption affects a reimbursable product; and if not, whether she will introduce such arrangements as a matter of urgency. [6501/26]
Colm Burke Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
514. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether compensation payments are being offered to victims of the 2021 cyberattack on HSE systems; if all eligible recipients have been contacted; if further recipients are to be contacted; the qualifying criteria for payments; the overall structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5123/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
516. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the HSE continues to pay private home help contractors when a patient is in hospital temporarily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5149/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Marie Sherlock Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Tom Brabazon Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
John McGuinness Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Grace Boland Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Grace Boland Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Carol Nolan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Ciarán Ahern Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Claire Kerrane Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
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 taxpayer if offers at t…
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
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]
Paul Murphy Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
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 statement on the matter.…
Pádraig Rice Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
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]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
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]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
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]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
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]