Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 15977-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the decision to authorise elective procedures without medical indication. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: April 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 15977-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted, commissioned, or received any review assessing whether decisions by the six HSE health regions to authorise elective procedures without medical indication are applied consistently nationwide; and if she will provide details of any such review.
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