Health Service Executive | 225,283 followers on LinkedIn. Our purpose is to provide safe, high quality health and personal social services to the population of Ireland. | Our purpose is to provide safe, high quality health and personal social services to the population of Ireland. Our vision is a healthier Ireland with a high quality health service valued by all. Our Workforce The health service is the largest employer in the state with over 110,000 whole time equivalents (WTEs) (not including home helps) employed.