Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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404. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols, including recourse for patients, which are applied by public hospitals when patient files go missing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5431/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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405. To ask the Minister for Health if information files pertaining to patient health are shared between private hospitals and public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5432/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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406. To ask the Minister for Health what happens when an external report on an incident at a public hospital is filed; if hospital management are obliged to prepare an action plan in response to identified shortcomings and recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5433/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputies question relates to a service issue, I have referred the question to  the Health Service Executive for consideration and direct reply to the Deputy. 

Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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407. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a unit within his Department or the Health Service Executive that ensures that recommendations set out in external reports into incidents in public hospitals are acted upon; if he will provide details of the level of oversight this unit has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5434/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The National Patient Safety Office (NPSO) in the Department of Health provides leadership and direction with regard to developing patient safety policy and legislation which supports patient safety and quality priorities and initiatives through evidence-based policy-making. The Department of Health has no role in incident management, operational responsibility for this lies with the HSE and I have referred this for direct reply for the Deputy.