Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 32614-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked if data is collected on procedures undertaken primarily for quality-of-life reasons. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: June 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 32614-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive collects any data, formally or informally, on patient-requested procedures or procedures undertaken primarily for quality-of-life rather than clinical necessity reasons; and if so, to provide details of how such data is used for governance and planning purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. -Ken O'Flynn
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