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Patient Files

11 questions from 7 TDs, between 25 March 2025 and 16 September 2026.

11
questions
11 written, 0 oral
7
TDs have asked
4
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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May 20263
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September 20262
October 20260

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.

  • Fianna Fáil6 from 4 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Independent Ireland2 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party1 from 1 TD · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin2 from 1 TD · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Pádraig O'Sullivan
    3
  2. Ken O'Flynn
    2
  3. Matt Carthy
    2
  4. Duncan Smith
    1
  5. Eamon Scanlon
    1
  6. Erin McGreehan
    1
  7. John McGuinness
    1

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 840 of 30 June 2026, the specific process by which a child whose immunisation record fails to transfer successfully to the National Immunisation Information System is identified and flagged for vaccination follow-up; the safeguards in place to ensure such a child is not lost to the vaccination schedule; and if she will make a…
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Health
1118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 840 of 30 June 2026, the total number and percentage of legacy primary childhood immunisation records migrated to NIIS to date (details supplied); the number confirmed to have failed migration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64157/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
244. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the current estimated timeframe for the release of medical records in the case of a person (details supplied). [44383/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
283. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the current timeline for the procurement and full implementation of the national One Health Record electronic health system; if she will confirm whether patients will have access to a patient portal as part of the rollout given that St. James's Hospital has almost completed its electronic health record implementation with no patient portal currently in plac…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
284. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the finding that Ireland ranks last among 29 European countries for patient access to eHealth services and is the only EU member state not currently offering eHealth data to patients; the specific obligations Ireland faces under the EU European Health Data Space regulation regarding electronic access to patient records and c…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
285. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health her response to survey data (details supplied) based on a survey of approximately 1,280 cancer patients, showing that 69% of respondents did not know they had the legal right to access their own medical records and 84% did not know how to request access; the public awareness measures being put in place to ensure patients are informed of their rights; the st…
Duncan Smith Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
894. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the number of patient files the HSE has registered as lost from 2018 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65801/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Health
426. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of a "Shared Care Record" aimed at combining patient data across all elements of health services, as well as access to a patient app for accessing records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60615/25]
John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2428. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will request the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh to provide details of the background to the decision taken by the hospital in 2009 to operate on a person (details supplied) If the appliance or metalwork used in the operation was the appropriate one and if it was quality approved, certified and licensed; if the consultant had written or verbal ap…
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
766. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will review the decision by the HSE not to share the records held by Cavan Monaghan mental health services in respect of a person (details supplied) who died by suicide on 18 November 2020, having been discharged from the psychiatric unit at Cavan Hospital with their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13764/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
767. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health to outline, given that the stated reason for the decision of HSE not to share the records held by Cavan Monaghan mental health services in respect of a person (details supplied) who died by suicide on 18 November 2020 having been discharged from the psychiatric unit at Cavan Hospital with their family, is based on the position that the person expressly stated that…