234. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the recommendations arising from the inquest into the death of a person (details supplied); the actions taken by Cork University Hospital and the HSE in response; if the recommendation regarding the introduction of electronic medical records has been implemented; if measures relating to radiology equipment, diagnostic delays and enhanced clinical training have be…
Topics / Hospital Deaths
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Deaths
20 questions from 7 TDs, between 1 April 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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380. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no reports available to the public in relation to the amount of people that die in Irish hospitals each year. [22781/26]
3009. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children under the care of Children’s Health Ireland that have died during or following spinal surgery since 2015, by year; the number that were reported as serious reportable events and escalated to HIQA, the HSE and her Department; the number that were investigated internally and externally, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on th…
528. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths that have occurred on the operating table during open heart surgery in Irish hospitals, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40273/25]
602. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of antepartum deaths recorded at 17–23 weeks’ gestation and at 24–34 weeks’ gestation, for each year from 2013 to date in 2025. [26833/25]
603. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of intrapartum deaths recorded at 35–42+ weeks’ gestation, for each year from 2013 to date in 2025. [26834/25]
604. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of stillbirths recorded at 35–42+ weeks’ gestation, for each year from 2013 to date in 2025. [26835/25]
605. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of neonatal deaths recorded each year from 2013 to date in 2025. [26836/25]
415. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied) who died following complications arising from an implanted cardiac device and multiple missed clinical red flags at CHI Crumlin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23013/25]
416. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she will initiate an independent external clinical review of the care provided to a child (details supplied) at CHI Crumlin, given multiple missed clinical red flags, the apparent failure to act on Holter monitor results, and concerns regarding the veracity of posthumous documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23014/25]
417. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if CHI Crumlin has reviewed its internal handling of the medical care and communications with the family of the late child (details supplied); if any disciplinary action or systems reform has followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23015/25]
418. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the reason no investigation, follow-up, or treatment was pursued in relation to a leaky heart valve identified in the medical records of a child (details supplied) in both 2017 and 2022; to outline the standard of care that applies in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23016/25]
419. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if any existing paediatric valve replacement therapies, including transcatheter options such as the harmony valve, were considered in the case of a child (details supplied); if not, the reason such interventions would have been ruled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23017/25]
421. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland filed a mandatory report under medical device regulations to the manufacturer of either the cardiac pacemaker or Holter monitor used in the care of a child (details supplied) following her death; if not, to provide an explanation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23019/25]
422. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to outline the statutory obligations on hospitals to report adverse incidents or deaths potentially related to medical devices, including pacemakers and Holter monitors; and if these obligations were met by CHI Crumlin in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23020/25]
423. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if CHI Crumlin considered growth-related complications, such as lead strain or displacement when planning the long-term management of an implanted pacemaker in a child (details supplied) given their family’s height and the warnings raised by the father of the child prior to the initial implantation in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23021/25…
429. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether the Holter monitor data collected from a person (details supplied) in May 2024 was reviewed within an appropriate clinical timeframe; if she will provide the timeline of when data was received, assessed, and acted upon by CHI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23032/25]
430. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if she will review clinical protocols at CHI Crumlin in relation to paediatric patients presenting with reported dizziness and known cardiac conditions, including the adequacy of the hospital’s response in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23033/25]
818. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review into a number of inquests and High Court cases (details supplied); if not, her reasoning; the research, if any, her Department has undertaken into the role of a technique in avoidable baby deaths since 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15767/25]
825. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she plans to give greater statutory recognition and entitlements to women who experience pregnancy loss. [15804/25]