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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

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Brian Brennan Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
168. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health the current status of transfer of lands from the HSE to the Department of Education for a school (details supplied); if further efforts will be made to proceed with this transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26180/25]
Holly Cairns Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
854. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 924 of 8 April 2025, whether the HSE could provide the requested population size served by the Dublin and South East Regional Health Area. [25766/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
199. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the role and responsibilities of the new HSCP regional integration development leads in each HSE health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24701/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
149. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the shortfall of regional inpatient neurorehabilitation beds across the country, highlighted in the inpatient rehabilitation mapping report published by the HSE in September 2024. [24031/25]
Emer Currie Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she intends on mandating the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre to collect data on shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia, in order to provide greater data for public health decisions, particularly related to the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24133/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1145. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the list of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24118/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1150. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if sustainability for climate criteria are written into the HSE’s procurement policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24189/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1151. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if the HSE was provided with additional funding to implement its Climate Action Strategy and the amount provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24190/25]
Seán Crowe Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1163. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in adult mental health services in CHO7; the number of child and adolescent mental health service beds in CHO7; the average waiting time to access a bed in either service; the average occupancy rate of beds in either service; and the number of individuals currently waiting to access a bed in either service.; and if she will make a statement on t…
Paul McAuliffe Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
431. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a call out by the pest control service, run by the HSE for Dublin, following a sighting being logged. [22115/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
432. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the number of cases dealt with by the pest control service run by the HSE for Dublin, in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22116/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
433. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health regarding the pest control service run by the HSE for Dublin, the number of staff allocated for the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22117/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
434. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health regarding the pest control service run by the HSE for Dublin, the funding allocated for the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22118/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
458. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the names of the hospitals that have written to the chairperson of the board of the HSE in 2024 to raise concerns about their funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [22195/25]
Thomas Byrne Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
462. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there are development plans for the HSE building in Ashbourne, County Meath (details supplied) which has been unoccupied for the past number of years. [22240/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
501. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young adults, who were not eligible and therefore their referral was not accepted in 2024 and 2025 to date. [22389/25]
Albert Dolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
541. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to provide links to all HSE prompt payment reports submitted under the Government's 15-Day Prompt Payment Commitment since 2017, noting that these reports do not appear to be readily accessible or published on the HSE's website; and if the HSE is in compliance with its quarterly reporting obligation under Government Decision S29296. [22616/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 1 May 2025 · to Children
333. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the impact of the High Court ruling in March 2022 on the HSE’s assessment processes; and the way in which this has influenced the current backlog in assessments of need. [21929/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
342. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the measures, if any, she intends to put in place to make the HSE more accountable to the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21782/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
348. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Chefs that are directly employed by HSE and working in each HSE Funded Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21799/25]
Carol Nolan Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
353. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an impact assessment was carried out prior to the decision of the HSE to withdraw chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21852/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
360. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will direct HSE Dublin and Midlands to issue an urgent response in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21877/25]
John Connolly Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
368. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for further information on the brief project description contained in the HSE Capital Plan 2025 described as “Galway City East Purchase and fit out of building in Galway City (BMR House, Parkmore). Decant Acute Services”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21949/25]
Emer Currie Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
370. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she intends on mandating the HSE health protection surveillance centre to collect data on shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia, in order to provide greater data for public health decisions, particularly related to the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21960/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
374. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the core funding provided by the HSE to each CHO for low vision aids or aids and appliances, and whether any changes are planned to the funding provided. [21981/25]