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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

Edward Timmins Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
792. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health for an update on the vacant health centre in Donard, which the community would like to bring the building into use as a heritage or cultural centre; if the premises has been sold, been transferred to another State body or will be going on the market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13890/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
807. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health for a statement on the Baggot Street Hospital; for a statement on the registration of the site on the Intra-State Register for disposal by the HSE; and if she will report on her engagement with the HSE in respect of same. [13947/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
861. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount of HSE land currently lying vacant in County Kerry; her plans for the development or otherwise of each parcel of land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14177/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Health
457. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were in the HSE in 2023. [13070/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Health
458. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were in the HSE in 2024. [13071/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Health
496. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the health and social care services the HSE commissions through tendering arrangements, in tabular form; and the total spent in each category of health and social care services in each of the years since 2019. [13238/25]
Ged Nash Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1470. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will provide this Deputy with an update from the HSE on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10587/25]
Thomas Gould Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1527. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the cost of rebranding HSE South West. [10841/25]
David Cullinane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10914/25]
David Cullinane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1546. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10916/25]
David Cullinane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1549. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10919/25]
David Cullinane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1550. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [10920/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1558. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene with the HSE to ensure that funding is provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10935/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1577. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the status of these vacant posts in the HSE addiction service; if the HSE has begun recruitment for these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11034/25]
Mark Ward Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1589. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount accrued by the HSE in paying interest as a result of late payments to its suppliers, contractors and others in 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11102/25]
Johnny Mythen Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1625. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of HSE-owned premises, by local area, in County Wexford, which are in full use, partial use, and not in use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11366/25]
Máire Devine Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1644. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 18 February 2025, if the HSE is claiming ownership of a site in Dublin 8 (details supplied). [11405/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1682. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the status of the project regarding the HSE’s acquisition of land at the back of Lusk health centre for a community nursing unit; if there is scope for the installation of a primary care centre as part of the development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11624/25]
Richard O'Donoghue Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1732. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all HSE submissions on wind farm planning applications since 2021, in tabular form, including planning authority case file number, EHO reference number, wind farm name, planning authority, application type e.g., local authority, strategic infrastructure development, appeal, substitute consent, amendments, etc; and if she will make a st…
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1836. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health number of HSE-owned properties that are currently vacant, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12320/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1837. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-owned houses that are currently vacant, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12321/25]
David Cullinane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1880. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress of the HSE oxygen contract changeover originally due to be completed in November 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12624/25]
James Geoghegan Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
153. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the current situation in relation to the former Baggot Street Hospital which has been placed on the State’s register for disposal by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10053/25]
David Cullinane Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
422. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on each of the following HSE campaigns (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [10384/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
687. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 6 February 2025, if he is aware that the HSE has refused to provide the costs of consultancy contracts for 2023 and 2024 despite the fact that this information has been provided previously by the HSE and for the current year by other public bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9269/25]