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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Réada Cronin Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
326. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in north Kildare in the years 2019 to 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7087/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
327. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health her views on whether audiology services in the south east are inadequate; when an audiologist will be appointed (details supplied); her views on whether repairs to hearing aids should only take place in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6822/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
328. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status and progress of the national endometriosis framework. [6827/25]
John Lahart Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
329. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if she will outline, in tabular form, the specific results of the public consultation about future regulation of e-cigarettes or vapes, which was launched in November 2023 by the then Minister for Health and the then Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drug Strategy, relating to the following three elements: the number and percentage of response…
Michael Healy-Rae Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
330. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6842/25]
Tony McCormack Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
331. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health when the proposed statutory scheme for home support will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6846/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
332. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses based in each primary care centre in CHO7 as of 31 January 2025, in tabular form. [6853/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
333. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists, by grade, employed by the HSE within older persons’ services in CHO7 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6854/25]
Michael Cahill Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
334. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed report regarding the number of claims against the maternity department at University Hospital Kerry for each of the past five years; the amount of payouts in each case; the reason for the payouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6862/25]
Michael Cahill Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
335. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed report regarding the number of claims against University Hospital Kerry for each of the past five years; the amount of payouts in each case; the reason for the payouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6863/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
336. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the epilim inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6864/25]
David Cullinane Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
337. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of adult inpatient hospital beds, excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds, in Model 3 and Model 4 Hospitals only, on a population basis in each of the six HSE health regions; and the projected number of adult inpatient hospital beds (excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds) on a population basis in model 3 and model 4 hospitals only in e…
David Cullinane Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts that have been approved by the HSE consultant applications advisory committee (CAAC) for model 3 and model 4 hospitals in each of the six HSE health regions in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of consultant posts that are currently awaiting formal approval by the HSE CAAC, broken down by HSE health region; and the reaso…
Paul McAuliffe Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
339. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if the issue of the soluble solpadeine shortage has been resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6883/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
340. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the intended commencement date for the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6895/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
341. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the supplementary Bill to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 (details supplied); if this will be included on the Spring priority legislative programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6896/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
342. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism, such as the individual funding request process used in the North of Ireland, to allow the HSE consider requests from clinical consultants for treatments for individual patients that fall outside the range of services routinely commissioned such as in the case of dual therapy medication for arthritis and ulcerative colitis; if such a …
Michael Cahill Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
343. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will include the cost of doing bloods under the medical card scheme given a number of GPs have recently doubled their charges from €20 to €40; if GPs have a free reign to charge whatever they want when they want; her views on whether this is fair during a cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6911/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
344. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the abandoned healthcare building in Camolin, County Wexford. [6920/25]
Emer Currie Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
345. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she will consider rolling out the shingles vaccine through the National Immunisation Programme to people aged 70 years and over and to those who are immunocompromised over 50 years as has been done in other states in the EU, the UK, Australia and New Zealand; if other supports are available to cut the cost of vaccination (details supplied). [6923/25]
Emer Currie Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
346. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her views on whether data in relation to the prevalence and impact of shingles and postherpetic neuralgia in Ireland is robust enough; and if she has plans to increase the collection of this data which impacts decisions around the National Immunisation Programme. [6924/25]
Michael Cahill Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
347. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6925/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health her plans to incentivise Irish medical staff back from Australia and Canada to work in the HSE. [6934/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
349. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health for an update on dental care accessibility for children; and if tax deductibility will be progressed for routine dental care. [6935/25]