806. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the reason a referral from HSE environmental health regarding wind turbine noise impacts in Stonestown, County Offaly was not assessed by HSE public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47521/26]
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.
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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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829. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 889 of 30 September 2025, and the subsequent direct reply from the Health Service Executive dated 14 October 2025 (details supplied), to provide the web link to the published dataset; the date on which the dataset was published; if the dataset has not been published, the reason for the delay; whether a revised publication dat…
840. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health whether she has satisfied herself that the commitment given by the Health Service Executive in its direct reply of 14 October 2025 to publish purchase order payment data for the period 2014 to Quarter 3 2021 in a machine-readable format has been fulfilled; and if not, the action that has been taken by her Department to secure publication of the data. [47671/26]
473. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees with three or more years of service who have died in office without any HSE death-in-service gratuity then being paid for each of the years 2016 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46505/26]
474. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE employees under the age of 66 with 15 years or more of service that have not been offered access to a HSE pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46506/26]
523. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health when the commercial proposal request to include skyclarys on the agenda for the June HSE Drugs Group meeting was received by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46675/26]
524. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health to list the personnel that form the membership of the HSE Drugs Group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46676/26]
525. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health the frequency with which the HSE Drugs Group has met to date in 2026; and the outstanding meetings for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46677/26]
232. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of prospective HSE staff, including nurses, doctors and allied health professionals, who were successful in their applications but whose start dates have been delayed due to waiting on the return of Garda vetting in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the average length of such delays from the time a job offer is accepted to the commencement of the role…
233. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE currently operates any national key performance indicators governing recruitment clearance timelines, specifically regarding the time taken from submission of a Garda vetting application to its completion for HSE staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46402/26]
234. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether she has engaged with the Minister for Justice; Home Affairs and Migration regarding the implementation of a portable Garda vetting system specifically tailored for healthcare workers moving between roles or locations within the HSE or funded agencies to reduce administrative burdens and prevent delays in staff commencing work; and if she will make a st…
831. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the processing time for reimbursement by the HSE for patients who travel to the Northern Ireland for medical treatment via the Cross-Border Directive. [44907/26]
954. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE centrally collates data relating to LGBTQ+ specific mental health, counselling, psychotherapy, or wellbeing supports funded through regional health structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45488/26]
330. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if a nursing home (details supplied) is considered a section 39; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44721/26]
331. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the skyclarys reimbursement negotiations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44724/26]
332. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if the current delay a to the skyclarys reimbursement negotiations aligns with the "equitable access" promised in the newly launched National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44725/26]
348. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to make skyclarys available to people living with Friedreich’s ataxia in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44828/26]
359. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to provide urgent access to skyclarys for persons living with Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) here. [44859/26]
262. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if the HSE considers young onset Alzheimer's a disability; the HSE service responsible for supporting a person with young-onset Alzheimer's who has significant disability arising from dementia; if her attention has been drawn to families affected by young-onset dementia being excluded from disability supports while also struggling to access adequate dementia-s…
1323. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the transfer of River Lodge, Newtownmountkennedy from his Department to the HSE; the timeline for the site to be returned to the HSE; the costs associated with the site since 2025; the status of any existing contracts with providers at the site, including security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
1676. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department and the HSE will investigate and address a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43483/26]
1800. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether public-health advice issued by the HSE in drinking water contamination incidents is audited, reviewed or evaluated after the incident has concluded. [41653/26]
1818. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any written evidential review, literature review, clinical governance paper, risk assessment, or safety assessment was prepared by the HSE, the Department, the National Clinical Programme, or any associated governance structure regarding reliance upon WPATH Standards of Care within the National Gender Service Model of Care 2018 or associated consultant po…
1830. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has set any targets to reduce reliance on international recruitment over the next five years. [41697/26]
1865. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to ask the HSE to review the case of a person (details supplied) [41790/26]