50. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if equine therapy facilities will be developed at the HSE’s Toghermore campus in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46888/26]
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1,008 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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| 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 |
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| 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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89. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether, in the context of the feasibility study currently being undertaken by the HSE on the future use of the Toghermore campus in Tuam, if consideration is being given to including a hydrotherapy facility as part of the campus's future development, alongside the previously proposed equine therapy centre; and if she will make a statemen…
687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally records the number of missed shifts by agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services; if so, the number of such missed shifts recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47013/26]
688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central record of patient safety incidents involving agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services; if so, the number of such incidents recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47014/26]
689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Garda vetting failures, lapses, or compliance gaps relating to agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services are centrally tracked and reported by the HSE; if so, the number recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47015/26]
690. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether credentialing, qualification verification, registration, or professional compliance failures relating to agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services are centrally recorded by the HSE; if so, the number recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47016/26]
691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether contract breaches by staffing agencies operating under HSE national framework agreements or supplier panels are centrally logged by the HSE; if so, the number and nature of such breaches recorded in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47017/26]
692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of staffing agencies operating under HSE national framework agreements or supplier panels have been subject to sanctions, corrective actions, suspensions, removals from panels, financial penalties, or other enforcement measures in each of the past three years; the nature of those measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47018/26]
720. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private cleaning and hygiene services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47091/26]
721. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private portering services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47092/26]
722. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private health care assistant services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47093/26]
723. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private nursing services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47094/26]
724. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private medical services, by speciality, by each health area in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47095/26]
738. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reasons there is no information contained on epilepsy or seizures under the Health A-Z on the HSE website (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47248/26]
765. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if third-party insourcing will end as a practice within the HSE on 30 June 2026, as per the HSE Review of Insourcing and Outsourcing published in June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47379/26]
769. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health with respect to two incidents (details supplied), the reason her Department relied on the Health Service Executive's own conclusion that appropriate enquiries had been undertaken; if the concern raised by the Irish Patients Association were considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47384/26]
770. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will now establish an independent external review into the governance concerns arising from two incidents, including the reasons the matter did not reach Health Service Executive chief executive officer level until raised externally (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47385/26]
775. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any further review of insourcing and outsourcing has been conducted since publication of the June 2025 HSE Review of Insourcing and Outsourcing and the introduction of new controls; if so, the amounts spent on both insourcing and outsourcing over that period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47399/26]
776. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure incurred by the HSE on International recruitment campaigns, relocation packages, recruitment agencies and associated supports for each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47416/26]
779. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the total number of taxis contracted to the HSE nationwide for the most recent year for which the requested data is available; the total expenditure in respect of these contracts by the HSE; the total number of passenger journeys made; broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47439/26]
788. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private car parking management services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47476/26]
789. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private HR support services, by each health area, in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47477/26]
790. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private legal services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47478/26]
791. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private debt collection services, by each health area, in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47479/26]
792. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private public relations and communications services, by each health area, in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47480/26]