Question from Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett - PQ 14372-26

To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms which ensure that the Health Service Executive is informed promptly of prolonged or recurring wildfire or smouldering smoke incidents affecting residential communities; whether formal information-sharing protocols exist between the HSE, the Environmental Protection Agency, local authorities and emergency services; whether any review was undertaken following the August 2025 wildfire in Ticknick Park/Cherrywood to assess public-health preparedness and inter-agency coordination; and the measures, if any, which have since been implemented to strengthen protection of vulnerable populations during similar future events; and if she will make a statement on the matter.