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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

Marie Sherlock Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
840. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide details on how often KPI data from the National Cancer Control Programme online portal is updated; its intended use; who the KPI data is shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34193/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
865. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the selection criteria applied to choose the team tasked with the systemic review (details supplied); if there was an open call or advertisement for the review team, and if so, the number of expressions of interest and/or applications that were received. [34272/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
866. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she has been appraised of plans by the National Gender Service to ensure access to HRT for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34273/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
867. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current structure, staffing, and clinical leadership of the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34274/25]
Emer Currie Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
868. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation to date of Report of the Review of the Governance Arrangements and the Resources currently in place to support the HSE reimbursement and pricing decision-making process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34287/25]
Mark Wall Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
896. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if the clinical lead of the gender healthcare programme is engaged in clinical work at the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34361/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Health
414. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the number of reported assaults on HSE staff during the course of their work duties for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; 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. [33…
Liam Quaide Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Health
415. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the number of HSE staff who had to take in excess of three months’ leave from work after sustaining assaults during the course of their work duties for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; 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 …
Albert Dolan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
704. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether provision has been made in the Health Service Executive’s draft service plan for the establishment or support of an equine therapy centre in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32188/25]
John Connolly Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
728. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement her Department has had with the HSE on its proposed audit of capacity and provision of respite services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32572/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
744. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 307 of 15 May 2025, if the HSE has compiled the requested information regarding the number of GPs by county or smallest geographic region available; the number per capita; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31824/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
810. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for HSE home support (older people) in CHO 4 in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32113/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
811. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approvals for HSE home support (older people) in CHO 4 in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32114/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
812. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of refusals for HSE home support (older people) in CHO 4 in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32115/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
813. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average number of hours granted to HSE home support (older people) clients in CHO 4, broken down by LHO, in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32116/25]
Sean Fleming Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
828. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health to outline the procedure in place by the HSE in respect of equality of care provided for people in nursing homes where the HSE has paid for the nursing home care through the fair deal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32276/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
843. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 area where HSE substance misuse teams are based; the number of WTE staff, by job title working in each of these teams, by location, in tabular form. [32340/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Health
852. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of private nursing homes that the HSE have taken control of; to set out the reason, clinical or financial, for 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32369/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
501. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on taxi fares between hospitals (details supplied) covered by the HSE; to breakdown the reasoning behind the fares, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31400/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
509. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE board has submitted a comprehensive plan to her Department to help monitor and measure the value gained as a result of the implementation of the new consultant contract, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31442/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
510. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has adopted a standardised approach regarding the number of outpatient clinics, consultants in their respective specialties would be expected to provide, in a given week, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31443/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
511. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has issued detailed guidance to hospitals around outpatient targets under any standardised approach to consultants working in individual specialties, as directed in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31444/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
513. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the action the HSE board has taken on foot of concerns raised by her predecessor in relation to the lack of a standardised approach to large variations in the volume of outpatient work being carried out (details supplied). [31446/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
514. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the quantitative data the HSE has sought from hospitals to ensure the phasing out of private practice for consultants who have moved to the new POCC contract. [31447/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
515. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the quantitative data the HSE board has submitted to demonstrate the effective phasing out of private practice by consultants who switched to the new POCC contract, as requested in the letter of determination that issued in November 2024. [31448/25]