Health Service Executive

Health Service Executive
Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte
Publicly funded health service overview
Formed1 January 2005
Preceding Publicly funded health service
JurisdictionIreland
HeadquartersDr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Employees67,145[1]
Annual budget€23.5 billion[2]
Minister responsible
Publicly funded health service executives
Parent departmentDepartment of Health
Websitewww.hse.ie

The Health Service Executive (HSE) (Irish: Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland, responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005.

The current director-general is Bernard Gloster, who took up the new role on 6 March 2023, after Paul Reid stepped down.

The headquarters of the HSE is located in Dr Steevens' Hospital.
  1. ^ "Department of Public Expenditure & Reform - Databank - Public Service Numbers". Department of Public Expenditure & Reform. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Our 2024 National Service Plan". HSE Staff. Retrieved 13 October 2024.