1850. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review correspondence regarding HSE changes that are causing concerns to parents (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19538/25]
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.
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
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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 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
2011. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the plans her Department has for the currently vacant HSE owned building at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18719/25]
2112. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the full-year budget for all hospitals in receipt of HSE funding in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, by site, in tabular form. [19335/25]
2159. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to e-rostering project will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19553/25]
2268. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for a HSE-owned facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20027/25]
2269. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the plans in place for a HSE-owned facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20028/25]
2312. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [20196/25]
2413. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of national independent review panel reports underway currently, by CHO area and, by the type of service under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20754/25]
2414. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of national independent review panels launched in each of the past ten years, by CHO area and, by the type of service reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20755/25]
2415. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of the pseudonyms ascribed to each person subject to a National Independent Review Panel (NIRP) since the NIRP was established; and the titles of each report generated by the NIRP since it was established. [20756/25]
398. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of caterers within the HSE are employed by agencies from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [18215/25]
399. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spends on agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18216/25]
416. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if surgical excision of endometriosis is currently being offered as a management treatment to patients by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18319/25]
420. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for the former dispensary building in Ballynoe, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18341/25]
263. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1837 of 19 March 2025, to define the phrases in disposal and retained assets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17746/25]
264. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1837 of 19 March 2025, to clarify the way in which the HSE distinguishes between domestic and non-domestic facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17747/25]
857. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has outsourced any vertebral body tethering procedures to private facilities (details supplied); and if so, the number of cases that have been handled through these arrangements. [16525/25]
862. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the HSE ensures that outcomes from vertebral body tethering surgeries are accurately tracked and monitored in the absence of a spine register. [16530/25]
863. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the HSE is tracking and collecting safety and performance data for vertebral body tethering surgeries, given that there is no specific ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS code for this procedure. [16531/25]
864. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the lack of a distinct coding system for vertebral body tethering is affecting the ability to audit and assess patient outcomes; and the steps being taken to introduce an appropriate classification system. [16532/25]
866. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how the HSE tracks and monitors the use of vertebral body tethering-specific medical devices in the absence of a dedicated procedure code. [16534/25]
937. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that senior management teams in the HSE have given approval to well-paid public consultants setting up private companies to do public work (details supplied). [16923/25]
941. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline where the €54 million in HSE savings on medicines was achieved in 2024; what medicines savings were achieved; if it was through negotiation or substitution to generics or other branded drugs; how the figure of €54 million was compiled; to provide copies of the documentation underpinning this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16…
942. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline where the €34 million in HSE savings on management consultancy was achieved in 2024; whether contracts were renegotiated, or how the level of saving was determined; whether contracts ended or the HSE availed of less services; how much was paid to each management consultant company or partnership in 2024, and the reduction on 2023; to provide copies o…
943. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to outline where the published figure of €163 million in HSE savings on pay and non-pay costs was achieved in 2024; the main headings where savings were achieved; to provide copies of the documentation underpinning this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16965/25]