2620. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount in compensation that has been paid out by the State as a result of claims lodged against the health service, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, by hospital. [41108/25]
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.
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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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2626. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost of the cyber-attack on the HSE and on her Department in recent years. [41114/25]
2630. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cyber security staff recruited by the HSE, in each of the past ten years. [41118/25]
2647. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health for a list of professional bodies the HSE gender programme has asked for representatives from, such as bodies for pharmacists, psychologists, and occupational therapists. [41233/25]
2707. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the role of the Chief Social Worker of the HSE; how this role interacts with both the National Safeguarding Office and the six regional safeguarding and protection teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41626/25]
2708. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the chain of reporting and the lines of accountability for the management of safeguarding services within the HSE, both regionally and nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41627/25]
2709. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the legal and financial expertise available to support each of the six safeguarding and protection teams; the resources available to the person with overall responsibility for safeguarding within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41628/25]
2710. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the relevant education and training institutions to ensure that the level of training for social workers is sufficient to allow them to provide adult safeguarding services to a suitable standard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41629/25]
2712. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the definitive timeline for disposal of the vacant HSE building in Derrygreenagh Park, Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath (details supplied). [41654/25]
2714. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all reports commissioned by consultants as part of the north Kerry look-back review; and the costs associated with same. [41659/25]
2743. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the recent RTE Investigates programme on a nursing home, she is satisfied that HSE safeguarding and protection teams are adequately skilled and resourced to meet their responsibilities in each of the six HSE regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41787/25]
2816. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the way in which contracts are awarded for taxi services within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42199/25]
2831. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of reported assaults on HSE staff during the course of their work duties for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and to provide any additional information that may be available, such as the breakdown of professions affected, occurrences in mental health services and physical health services and disability services and community and hospital services. [422…
2913. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of emergency department attendances for urinary tract infections in women over the past five years; if any analysis has been undertaken into whether these could have been managed more effectively in primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42602/25]
2915. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have registered for the new HSE app in Dublin Rathdown. [42610/25]
3112. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if funding of the outhouse community casework service will be in the HSE’s Service Plan for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43282/25]
548. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if she has taken any action to resolve the financial dispute between the HSE and Dublin City Council which has resulted in the Council taking court action against the HSE; the origins of the debt, the amount of the debt and actions in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40429/25]
201. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a service (details supplied) does not have a single service level agreement with the HSE but rather numerous agreements with individual CHOs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39821/25]
849. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health how frequently the Health Service Executive engages in public procurement for goods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38648/25]
872. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or the Department of Health will be funding the costs needed to roll out nasopharyngeal airway management training for parents in paediatrics cases at Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38802/25]
900. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to refurbish Howth health centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38924/25]
915. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of enforcement actions that have been taken by the HSE’s National Environmental Health Service in relation to the illegal sale or distribution of vapes and e-cigarettes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39037/25]
916. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a ban on the sale of nicotine pouches, which are currently unregulated, in order to protect public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39038/25]
918. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the action her Department and HSE have taken on the proposed introduction of a national programme for the safe disposal of unused medications in the community in line with EU Directive 2001/83/EC; if she will commit to pursuing this matter further with a view to establishing a safe, consistent and accessible return system through community pharmacies nationwide as …
919. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the engagement that has taken place between her Department and HSE with the community pharmacies with a view to introducing a national programme for the safe disposal of unused or expired medications by members of the public in line with EU Directive 2001/83/EC; if she is aware of the patient-safety, public-health and environmental risks posed by the lack of a fund…