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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

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Ryan O'Meara Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1874. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if a pricing and reimbursement application has been received by the HSE for zolbetuximab (vyloy); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41820/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has established regional or national targets to reduce agency staffing expenditure during 2026; if so, to provide details of those targets, timelines, and oversight mechanisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41845/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1880. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staffing within section 38 and section 39 organisations funded by the HSE in 2026 to date, broken down by organisation type and staff category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41847/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any HSE health region exceeded approved workforce or pay ceilings in 2025 or 2026 and subsequently relied on agency staffing arrangements to maintain operational capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41848/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains data on agency staffing expenditure by hospital or facility level within each Health Region; and if she will provide the highest-spending sites in 2025 and 2026 to date. [41851/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central register of all non-statutory bodies receiving direct or indirect HSE funding; whether the register identifies intermediary funding arrangements; and if she will provide details. [41863/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1949. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made against healthcare staff regarding clinical practices, judgment or decisions made through the HSE ‘Your Service, Your Say’ in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [41930/26]
Paul Lawless Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1962. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid out in compensation by the HSE in each year since 2015; and if a breakdown can be provided per CHO area or hospital group, in tabular form. [41970/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2030. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national oversight mechanism exists to monitor the consistency of precautionary measures applied by Regional Directors of People in cases involving serious allegations against healthcare staff; whether any reporting obligations apply to Regional Health Areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42443/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2227. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the extent of the HSE overspend; the impact this is having on disability services in each RHA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43293/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2228. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by her Department and the HSE to address the HSE overspend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43294/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2229. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health whether any investigation will be carried out into how HSE overspending occurred; if accountability measures will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43295/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2230. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if people who rely on essential services (details supplied) are likely to be disproportionately affected by any spending restrictions imposed as a result of HSE overspending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43296/26]
Barry Ward Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2231. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE Drugs Group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43301/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated gross and net savings achieved to date from the HSE Agency Control Framework introduced under the National Service Plan 2026. [40999/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE expects to remain within the €720 million agency expenditure target for 2026; and if not, the revised projected outturn for the year. [41003/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
545. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a centralised register or database identifying all non-statutory bodies receiving public funding either directly from the HSE or through intermediary grant, service arrangement, programme administration, regional allocation, or pass-through funding mechanisms; and if they will provide details of such a register. [41004/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can identify the total annual amount of public funding allocated to non-statutory bodies through indirect or intermediary funding arrangements in each year from 2020 to 2026. [41005/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all non-statutory bodies receiving HSE funding, whether directly or indirectly, are required to comply with a common governance or financial reporting framework; and if they will provide details of same. [41006/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any mapping exercise or audit to identify all downstream recipients of public funding originating from the HSE but distributed through intermediary organisations or agencies. [41007/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can provide the number of non-statutory bodies receiving funding through Section 38, Section 39, grant aid, commissioned service arrangements, programme administration arrangements, or regional allocation mechanisms in each year since 2020. [41008/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
650. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a formal audit trail for all treatment abroad scheme approvals, including consultant recommendations, MDT documentation, authorisation decisions, expenditure approvals, and post-treatment verification documentation. [41216/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken any retrospective review of the evidential basis underpinning the 2018 National Gender Service Model of Care following publication of the Cass Review and subsequent international developments. [41261/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
704. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 19 February, whether the HSE retains copies of the full Consultant Applications Advisory Committee submission submitted in December 2019 in relation to the consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post referenced, including appendices, attachments, briefing materials, internal memoranda, or supporting documentation. […
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
715. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a formal documentary retention policy governing records relating to the National Gender Service Model of Care 2018, Consultant Applications Advisory Committee submissions, and associated governance approvals; and the applicable retention period. [41284/26]