Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 47805-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked for a breakdown of the discharges with a secondary diagnosis of obesity reported to HIPE for 2020 to 2025. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and Public Affairs
Published: June 2026
Updated: September 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide a breakdown by hospital group or CHO area of the discharges with a secondary diagnosis of obesity reported to HIPE for 2020 to 2025; and if the HSE will indicate the estimated cost to the public hospital system associated with these admissions.
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