469. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE can, through its National Environmental Health Service, make health-based submissions to An Coimisiún Pleanála on wind farm applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50488/26]
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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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| 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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489. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1278 of 26 May 2026 which states cost considerations do not form part of the eligibility assessment for the treatment abroad scheme, whether her Department or the HSE has considered introducing an expenditure cap, annual budget ceiling, or per case financial control mechanism for TAS; if not, the rationale for operating a dema…
511. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the confirmation that no structured national data collection system exists for gender healthcare services for children and young people, whether this absence has been entered on any HSE corporate or clinical risk register; whether the updated model of care due in Quarter 4 2026 will mandate a minimum national dataset; and what interim clinical governanc…
512. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to the confirmation that no clinical-outcome or patient-safety audit has been conducted since 2020 in respect of procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme, how the HSE assures itself that publicly funded procedures undertaken abroad are clinically appropriate and safe in the absence of any outcome audit; whether the Comptroller and Auditor Genera…
516. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has ever sought or received cumulative manganese exposure data from water suppliers broken down by age group or vulnerability category; the basis on which the 80 µg/L guideline value is considered adequate for infants, children, older persons and medically vulnerable groups, given that it is a general population threshold; whether the absence of a …
523. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any audit or assurance check confirming that privately contracted home support providers actually report complaints, missed visits, safeguarding incidents and medication-related incidents to the HSE, given the Executive's stated expectation that such incidents "would be reported"; and to provide the findings of any such audit. [50625/…
524. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the post within the HSE that holds responsibility for assuring that privately contracted home support providers report safeguarding and medication-related incidents; and whether the inability to extract such data from HSE systems is recorded on any risk register or audit plan. [50626/26]
527. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a central logging system for staffing agency contract breaches is recorded on any HSE risk register, internal audit plan or corporate risk register; and the total expenditure on agency staffing through national supplier panels in each of the past three years. [50629/26]
534. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any single national system enables the HSE to identify, across all HSE-funded sites, whether a healthcare worker is directly employed, agency or locum and the workers currently on administrative leave or removed from placement, or subject to a criminal investigation or an unresolved patient-safety concern. [50677/26]
535. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to HR Memo 015/2026, whether the Absence Code A0702 dataset used to record HSE employees on administrative leave records the reason for that leave, including whether the leave arises from a criminal investigation. [50678/26]
536. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees currently recorded on administrative leave under Absence Code A0702; and the number of these cases that arise from an ongoing criminal investigation. [50679/26]
546. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that an urgent diagnostic CT scan for cancer is provided for a person (details supplied); her views on whether it is acceptable that urgent cancer diagnosis would be dependent on payment of a fee which is beyond the capacity of the family concerned; the steps she intends to take to ensure this scan is provided; and if she will mak…
41. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the transfer of River Lodge, Newtownmountkennedy from his Department to the HSE; the timeline for the site to be returned to the HSE; the planned future use of the site; the level of ongoing day to day costs; the status of any existing contracts with providers at the site, including security; and if he will make a statem…
308. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE does not fully reimburse patients who avail of the cross border directive through providers such as Kingsbridge in northern Ireland, in circumstances where those patients were on Irish public waiting lists and had been informed that their procedure would not be available within six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50061/…
787. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism by which HSE HR Shared Services independently verifies supplier compliance with HR Circular 06/2026, given that HR Shared Services has confirmed it has received no notifications of erasure or sanction from any framework supplier to date; whether the HSE cross-checks framework supplier notifications against erasure and sanction records held by regulat…
788. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, by contract type, speciality, principal clinical site and region, in tabular form. [48990/26]
790. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the southwest HSE region accounts for five of the 18 invasive meningococcal disease cases notified to date in 2026 and four of the 11 serogroup B cases, a disproportionate share relative to its population; if any cluster investigation, outbreak control team, or enhanced surveillance response has been initiated in the southwest region in response to this…
795. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the gross expenditure under the GMS, DPS, LTI and high-tech drug scheme for each year of the years 2020 to 2025; whether any formal national mechanism exists to monitor or analyse medicines waste across these schemes; and if no such mechanism exists, whether one is planned and the timeline. [49003/26]
856. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1117 of 19 May 2026, whether the HSE maintains a centralised database recording referrals abroad for gender-related care under the treatment abroad scheme; and if so, which HSE division is responsible for its governance and oversight (details supplied). [49298/26]
875. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the current status of the recruitment freeze on physician associates within the HSE; the reason this pause remains in place despite the publication of the PA review; when newly qualified graduates will be permitted to take up posts within the Irish health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49393/26]
876. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health when she expects the recruitment freeze on physician associates to be lifted; if a formal implementation timeline has been agreed between her Department and the HSE; if she will make that timeline publicly available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49394/26]
894. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned sale of St. Loman's in Mullingar, which was to go for sale in early 2026.; the plans to protect and preserve the historic documents and records in the building; and the plans for the unmarked graves on the grounds. [49531/26]
896. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the annual budget for the HSE pest control service in Dublin; the number of staff for Dublin for each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49533/26]
534. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in spending on HSE primary and community care services, by service, in tabular form; and the number of additional workers this would relate to, by grade in whole-time equivalent. [48691/26]
288. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the commitment in the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan to implement changes under the Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines, the number of items reviewed by the HSE Drugs Group and the frequency of HSE Drugs Group meetings; the number of items reviewed by the HSE Drugs Group and the number of meetings held in each of the years 20…