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]
Topics / Health Service Executive
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Service Executive
1,008 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
1,008
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1,008 written, 0 oral
120
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 31 |
| March 2025 | 32 |
| April 2025 | 43 |
| May 2025 | 36 |
| June 2025 | 50 |
| July 2025 | 40 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 67 |
| October 2025 | 27 |
| November 2025 | 72 |
| December 2025 | 62 |
| January 2026 | 37 |
| February 2026 | 74 |
| March 2026 | 63 |
| April 2026 | 65 |
| May 2026 | 118 |
| June 2026 | 75 |
| July 2026 | 33 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 45 |
| October 2026 | 36 |
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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.
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The questions
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]
972. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in compensation by the HSE in each of the past ten years, by each CHO area. [71792/25]
973. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount owed to the HSE by patients or former patients who have not paid their hospital bills. [71793/25]
974. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the HSE to debt collector companies in each of the past ten years. [71794/25]
976. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases which have been taken against the HSE over the alleged misreading of smear tests in each of the past ten years. [71796/25]
977. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the State associated with the cyber-attack on the HSE and her Department in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71797/25]
978. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have contacted the HSE's drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years. [71798/25]
979. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have undergone the HSE's suicide prevention training in each of the past ten years. [71799/25]
993. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance reason the HSE has not implemented a national HR information system capable of recording historic datasets on funded workforce posts; the date on which her Department last assessed the adequacy of the existing reporting platform used to track National Service Plan posts; and the actions now being taken to ensure future compliance with public-service…
994. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the HSE concluded that it is not required to maintain historic records of funded posts that remain unfilled for extended periods; her views on whether the absence of such records meets statutory obligations for financial governance, workforce planning, and public-expenditure oversight; and if she will now issue a direction requiring the retentio…
995. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health her Department’s assessment of the risks created by the HSE’s inability to record the duration for which funded posts remain unfilled; the way these gaps are reflected in national workforce plans submitted under the Public Service Reform framework; and the steps she is taking to ensure the HSE’s workforce data infrastructure supports evidence-based planning. [7195…
1013. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 23 September 2025, if an urgent response from the HSE will be provided (details supplied). [72019/25]
1061. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current number of whole-time equivalent vacancies for social workers, social care workers and dietitians in the HSE South/South-West region; the average duration of these vacancies; and the projected contribution of apprenticeship schemes to reducing these vacancies in 2025 and 2026. [72250/25]
572. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the interim clinical safeguards she has directed the HSE to introduce for the assessment and treatment of children and young people with gender distress in response to the Cass Review; the guidance her Department has issued to CAMHS and Children’s Health Ireland on the application of a precautionary approach; and the timeframe for finalising updated national clini…
593. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with Cork University Hospital and the HSE to examine the need for additional facilities and dedicated space for the rheumatology outpatient department at CUH; if consideration will be given to providing an appropriate area for multidisciplinary team consultations, patient education, and associated administrative functions in order to improv…
301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to explain the contradiction between the HSE’s written assurance that no Irish child has been referred to a clinic in Antwerp and references in judicial review documentation to a care pathway involving such a clinic; and to outline what steps the Department is taking to reconcile and verify these conflicting claims. [70454/25]
837. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the total amount of HSE funding that has been provided to a service (details supplied) since the WRC agreement in 2023; the dates these payments were made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69038/25]
838. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the engagement which the HSE has had with a service (details supplied) in 2025 regarding the implementation of the agreed 8% uplift which is due to staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69039/25]
953. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the compliance targets, if any, the HSE has set regarding uptake of trauma-informed and culturally competent training among frontline staff; the current completion rates against those targets for each hospital group; and the measures in place to ensure hospitals with low uptake achieve compliance. [69416/25]
1055. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her plans regarding the installation of solar panels on all HSE buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70144/25]