Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has received correspondence from the CEO of HIQA since he took office; and the dates on which he received the correspondence. [9421/22]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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765. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times he has met with the CEO of HIQA since he took office; and the dates on which such meetings took place. [9422/22]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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766. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the CEO of HIQA has requested to meet with him since he took office. [9423/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 764, 765 and 766 together.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) was established in 2007 as an independent authority to drive high-quality and safe care for health and social care services in Ireland.

HIQA’s mandate extends across a range of public, private and voluntary sector services. Reporting to the Minister for Health and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, HIQA’s role is to develop standards, inspect and review health and social care services and support informed decisions on how services are delivered.

The CEO of HIQA has made no requests to meet with me since I took office. My department and I engage with HIQA on an ongoing basis and I have met with the CEO of HIQA on five occasions since I took office. The dates of these meetings were as follows: 7th September 2020, 15th October 2020, 21st December 2020, 8th January 2021, and 9th July 2021.

As part of the ongoing engagement I have received 20 items of correspondence from the CEO of HIQA since I took office. These items were received on the following dates: