651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the real-time financial oversight mechanisms that will apply to voluntary hospitals once IFMS is deployed, and to set out how this data will be used to strengthen governance, auditing and expenditure control. [68042/25]
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1,008 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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| June 2025 | 50 |
| July 2025 | 40 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
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| 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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652. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the 2025 overspend in acute hospitals, primary care, agency staffing and high-tech drugs, disaggregated by hospital group and HSE region. [68047/25]
653. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific management and expenditure-control measures that will be implemented in 2026 to prevent further overspends, including targets for reduced agency use and revised approval protocols. [68048/25]
662. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will establish a formal reporting process to identify approved posts that remain unfilled for more than six months; and the expected timeline for introducing such a system. [68057/25]
676. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited in 2024 and to date in 2025 in the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare under the Department’s recruitment and retention initiatives, including graduate retention, targeted campaigns and agency conversions. [68073/25]
693. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees who do not have contracts of employment with the HSE, and to account for why no contracts are in place for those employees. [68091/25]
694. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees who do not have access to the public service pension, and to account for why no access is in place for those employees. [68092/25]
695. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the HSE is fully compliant with employment law with respect to the employment and payment of its staff. [68093/25]
515. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if the HSE reports incidents of spiking to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66941/25]
516. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if sexual assault treatment units record incidents of spiking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66942/25]
517. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if sexual assault treatment units report incidents of spiking to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66943/25]
528. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of governance reviews, financial audits and compliance assessments completed by the HSE for voluntary hospitals in each of the past five years; and the date on which each review or audit was furnished to her Department under the Performance and Accountability Framework. [66976/25]
530. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of instances in the past five years in which the HSE has reported governance or financial non-compliance by voluntary hospitals or HSE-funded private providers to her Department; and the actions taken in each case. [66978/25]
531. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of governance reviews, financial audits and compliance assessments completed by the HSE for voluntary hospitals and HSE-funded private providers in each of the past three years, the date each review was finalised, and whether the Department has received and examined these reviews as part of its oversight of the HSE under the Performance and Accountabili…
532. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether her Department has requested, received or reviewed any governance, audit or compliance reports from the HSE relating to voluntary hospitals or HSE-funded private providers in the past three years, and the outcome of any such reviews. [66981/25]
533. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the process by which her Department assesses the adequacy of the HSE’s financial reporting, audit controls and compliance systems for voluntary hospitals and HSE-funded providers; and if she will provide details of any deficiencies or risks identified by her Department in each the past three years. [66982/25]
536. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of governance reviews, financial audits and compliance assessments completed by the HSE for voluntary hospitals and HSE-funded private providers in each of the past three years, the date each review was finalised, and whether the Department has received and examined these reviews as part of its oversight of the HSE under the Performance and Accountabili…
537. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has requested, received or reviewed any governance, audit or compliance reports from the HSE relating to voluntary hospitals or HSE-funded private providers in the past three years; and the outcome of any such reviews. [66991/25]
538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the process by which her Department assesses the adequacy of the HSE's financial reporting, audit controls and compliance systems for voluntary hospitals and HSE-funded providers; and if she will provide details of any deficiencies or risks identified by her Department in the past three years. [66992/25]
548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any guidance, circulars or directives have been issued to the HSE regarding the provision of non-medically indicated circumcision in public hospitals, and if she will publish those documents. [67008/25]
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of IFMS programme risks currently recorded as high or critical within the HSE's internal risk register, and whether her Department has independently assessed these risks as part of its oversight responsibilities. [67011/25]
571. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the total rent paid annually by the HSE to a shopping centre (details supplied); the breakdown of the fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67081/25]
356. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the annual rent paid by the HSE for a building (details supplied) in Tralee; the total amount paid since the lease commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66707/25]
788. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of legal cases parents have taken against the HSE due to assessment of needs not being delivered within the statutory six months, in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the legal costs for the HSE associated with this, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66230/25]
829. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current HSE policy on providing elective, non-medical circumcision procedures in public hospitals, and the decision pathway used to approve or decline such requests. [65347/25]