518. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the work and remit of the HSE Access Programme team; the number of staff employed in the team, the total salary cost of the team since its inception, broken down by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31459/25]
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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1,008 written, 0 oral
120
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Independents counted together
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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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523. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps the CEO of the HSE has taken to manage conflicts of interest in relation to the insourcing of care at public hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31464/25]
525. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the head of the HSE has identified any potential perverse incentives in relation to the insourcing and outsourcing of care to manage waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31466/25]
535. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health is she is aware that at present approximately 20 adults are excluded from access to approved SMA treatments solely because they were over 18 at the time of the original HSE approval; if she will review the criteria for access to these treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31518/25]
306. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the adult ADHD HSE service in Cork is currently taking referrals; the current staffing levels for the service; the wait time to be offered an initial appointment; and the wait time for psychology if applicable. [30851/25]
313. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a HSE directive to home carers prohibiting them from administering medicated cream (such as difene cream) to someone they are caring for; to explain the logic of what we understand is a change in policy; the reason patients are expected to administer medicated creams like this if they are unable to do so themselves, do not have …
362. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 22 May 2025, and the reply provided from the HSE, if she will confirm when a tender will be issued to appoint an agent to dispose of the Baggot Street Hospital building on the open market (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31066/25]
363. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 22 May 2025, and the reply provided from the HSE, if she can confirm the specific services which the HSE intends to provide in the primary care centre on the site off Haddington Road, adjacent to the former Baggot Street hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31067/25]
364. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure funding is provided by the HSE to a young person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31072/25]
1172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the HSE’s plans to reduce the funding for people with an intellectual difficulty that live in a residential settings and attend a day service; the plan for the places that would be vacated by these people being forced to stay in residential settings; and if jobs will be lost in this reorganisation. [29381/25]
1212. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of hours individual assessment of needs are taking to complete in 2023 and 2024, by Year, by HSE CHO, number of assessments conducted, number of hours assessments took in the following time lengths, 0-30 hours, 30-60 hours, 60-90 hours, 90+ hours, in tabular form. [30346/25]
1261. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that HSE staff such as do not have their long-Covid payments cut at the end of June. [28916/25]
1529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of the HSE which have been lost due to adverse possession since 1 January 2015. [30026/25]
1548. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary Questions on this issue, the status of the HSE pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30117/25]
546. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of properties owned by the HSE that are currently vacant, by county; the number of months they have been vacant for; the square foot of each property; if there are plans to find new occupiers; the stage these plans are at, for example, if new occupiers have been identified and contracts signed; the reason they are vacant, in tabular form; and if…
658. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the investigations she has initiated into alleged breached by businesses with HSE contracts of employment permit conditions in paying workers less than the permitted wage as in the case of a company (details supplied). [28775/25]
367. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if a review will be carried out to provide additional HSE funding for children with severe vision impairments (details supplied). [27765/25]
404. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status on an application for funding for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28089/25]
405. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will ensure this case is treated with the urgency it requires; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28095/25]
412. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the additional funding that has been provided for HSE south west (details supplied); the number of patients this will affect; the number of additional respite places this will provide; the number of patients that are currently on a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28383/25]
583. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the plans for a vacant/derelict HSE property (details supplied). [26757/25]
647. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees on special leave with pay, by grade, in tabular form; her intentions regarding the scheme going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26919/25]
655. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current uptake and utilisation metrics of the HSE app; the total number of unique users; the total number of MyGovID users; the number of new unique users by month; the number of new MyGovID users by month; the key performance indicators for 2025; progress to date against these indicators; the planned expansions to the app in 2025; the expenditure on devel…
765. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27545/25]
776. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health when spinal muscular atrophy will be added to the newborn screening programme which was initially programmed for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27615/25]