Health Service Executive

Health Service Executive
Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte
Publicly funded health service overview
Formed	1 January 2005
Preceding Publicly funded health service	Health Board;
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Headquarters	Dr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Employees	67,145
Annual budget	€16.05 billion
Minister responsible	Stephen Donnelly, TD, Minister for Health;
Publicly funded health service executives	Bernard Gloster, Director General; Ciarán Devane, Chairman;
Parent department	Department of Health
Website	www.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 in October 2022.

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