Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 21598-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about protective workplace measures when healthcare staff are accused of serious criminal offences. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs and HSE Mid West
Published: March 2026
Updated: June 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 21598-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the oversight mechanisms that are in place within her Department to ensure that the HSE promptly implements protective workplace measures when healthcare staff are accused of serious criminal offences, including sexual offences; and whether her Department has requested a report from the HSE on the handling of the recent case at a hospital (details supplied - UHL).
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