Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 39755-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked if a governance framework exists defining the respective responsibilities of the Department of Health and the HSE. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: May 2026
Updated: September 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health whether any formal governance framework exists defining the respective responsibilities of the Department of Health and the HSE in circumstances where operational responsibility is delegated to the HSE but safeguarding, audit, patient-safety or oversight concerns arise.
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