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The Health Service Executive (HSE) owns and runs this website. The HSE collects and uses certain information about you when you use any of the HSE’s online services.
Our website uses cookies and other related technologies such as pixels, beacons or tracking technology. We will use the terms “cookies” to refer to all similar technologies.
The cookies might collect information about you, your preferences or your device. The information may not directly identify you, but it might and this is why you can choose not to allow some of the cookies to be used. The more information we have about the content you view on our website, and how you interact with it, the better service we can provide when you visit us online.
Let us know which cookies we can use when you visit our website. We'll use cookies to save your settings
Find out more about how cookies are used on the HSE website by reviewing our Cookie Statement.
We have grouped our cookies into categories, listed below. We’ve tried to limit the impact and where you choose not to give consent then this may affect your experience on our website
We'll use cookies to save your settings.
Strictly Necessary
Strictly necessary cookies make our website work. These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as page navigation, accessing secure areas of the site and complying with data protection and electronic privacy legislation. We can set these cookies without needing your consent as they are essential.
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Name |
Expires |
Purpose |
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ApplicationGatewayAffinity |
Session |
This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server. |
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ApplicationGatewayAffinityCORS |
Session |
This cookie is used by Azure Apps to keep a user session on the same server. |
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ASP.NET_SessionId |
Session |
ASP.Net_SessionId is a cookie which is used to identify the users session on the server. The session being an area on the server which can be used to store session state in between http requests. |
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AGS_ROLES |
1 minute |
Cookie generated by ArcGIS Online Geocoding Service for interactive maps. |
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ARRAffinity |
Session |
This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
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AWSALB |
7 days |
Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. |
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AWSALBCORS |
7 days |
Load Balancing Cookie: Used to map the session to the instance. |
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__cfduid |
1 month |
From CloudFlare, used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information. |
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CFID |
1 day |
Cookie set by Adobe ColdFusion applications. Used in conjunction with CFTOKEN this cookie helps to uniquely identify a client device (browser) to enable the site to maintain user session variables. |
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CFTOKEN |
1 day |
Cookie set by Adobe ColdFusion applications. Used in conjunction with CFID this cookie helps to uniquely identify a client device (browser) to enable the site to maintain user session variables. |
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HSE_cookies |
6 Months |
Cookie that remembers users' privacy choices. |
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HSECookieFunctional |
6 Months |
Cookie that remembers users' privacy choices. |
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HSECookieAnalytical |
6 Months |
Cookie that remembers users' privacy choices. |
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HSECookieYouTube |
6 Months |
Cookie that remembers users' privacy choices. |
Analytical
Analytical cookies collect information about your use of our website, for example which pages people go to. They are essential in measuring what are the most frequently visited pages and to make sure that the website works as it should for users. The data collected by the cookies are all anonymised and aggregated. We will get information about what county your device is in, what type of device you are using, how long people stay on website pages and how many website pages that you visit. We don’t capture any information, like IP addresses, demographics or your interests, so none of this information can be used to identify you. We don’t ask for your consent to set these cookies as the information is being tracked anonymously, however you can opt-out, change the settings below.
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Name |
Expires |
Purpose |
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_ga |
2 years |
Google Analytics. Tells us how you use our websites. Used to ensure the website operates sufficiently for users. |
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_gat |
1 minute |
Google Analytics. Helps stop Google Analytics web servers crashing when collecting information on how you use our websites. Used to ensure the website operates sufficiently for users. |
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_gid |
24 hours |
Google Analytics. Sets a unique (anonymous) ID for your session to help tell us how you use our websites. Used to ensure the website operates sufficiently for users. |
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_gali |
30 seconds |
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked. |
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___utmvc |
Session |
This cookie enables the function of Google Analytics. |
Functional
Functional cookies remember the choices you've made and collect information about how you use our website.
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Expires |
Purpose |
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_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress |
1 Day |
Hotjar cookie which is used to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. |
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_hjid |
365 Days |
Hotjar cookie which is used to persist the random user ID, and ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. |
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_hjIncludedInPageviewSample |
1 Day |
Hotjar cookie which uniquely identifies a visitor during a single browser session and indicates they are included in an audience sample. |
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_hjIncludedInSample |
Session |
Hotjar cookie which uniquely identifies a visitor during a single browser session and indicates they are included in an audience sample. |
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_hjTLDTest |
Session |
Hotjar cookie which trys to determine the most generic cookie path used, instead of the page hostname. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, the _hjTLDTest cookie is stored for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed. |
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vuid |
2 years |
Used by Vimeo to collect anonymous analytics tracking information. |
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3rdparty |
Session |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
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__livechat |
1 year |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
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__livechat_lastvisit |
3 years |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
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__lc_cid |
3 years |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
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__lc_cst |
3 years |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
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__lc2_cid |
3 years |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
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__lc2_cst |
3 years |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
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languageInfo |
Session |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
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phplive_vid |
1 year |
This cookie is required for Live Chat to function on the website. |
YouTube
These cookies are used to enable embedded YouTube video to be played on our website. They can also collect anonymous data about your web browser to display targeted advertising to you across the Web - these are called “YouTube cookies”
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Name |
Expires |
Purpose |
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_gcl_au |
3 months |
Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
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__Secure-3PSIDCC |
1 year |
Used by Google to build a profile of the website visitor's interests in order to show relevant & personalised Google advertising. |
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1P_JAR |
30 days |
Carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
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GPS |
1 day |
YouTube cookies which registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location. |
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IDE |
1 year |
Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. |
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PREF |
2 years |
This cookie is used by Google to set a user's preferred language preference |
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remote_sid |
Session |
This cookie enables basic functions of a Youtube Video. |
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test_cookie |
1 month |
Used to check if the visitor's browser supports cookies |
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
180 days |
This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites; it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. |
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YSC |
Session |
Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |