Health Service Executive
| Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte | |
| Publicly funded health service overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1 January 2005 |
| Preceding Publicly funded health service | |
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Headquarters | Dr Steevens' Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland |
| Employees | 67,145 |
| Annual budget | €23.5 billion |
| Minister responsible |
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| Publicly funded health service executives |
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| Parent department | Department of Health |
| Website | www |
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.