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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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Rory Hearne Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
351. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health the policy for listing party 1 and party 2 on marriage certificate documentation; if this policy differs between same sex and heterosexual couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21849/25]
Carol Nolan Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
352. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes have been discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21851/25]
Carol Nolan Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
353. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if an impact assessment was carried out prior to the decision of the HSE to withdraw chiropody services in general practice for people with diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21852/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
354. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of dentistry positions in Monaghan; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21855/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
355. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of orthodontistry positions in Monaghan; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21856/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
356. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues faced by staff at a care home (details supplied); the steps her Department is taking to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21867/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
357. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to give a detailed report in regard to any possible delays to Ireland’s alcohol health information labelling regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21869/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
358. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for outpatient gynaecology services and appointments in the Cork/Kerry region for 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21875/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
359. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to give favourable consideration to a request from an organisation (details supplied) to mandate for standardised breast density reporting for women who have public and private mammograms in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21876/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
360. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will direct HSE Dublin and Midlands to issue an urgent response in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21877/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
361. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to expedite the provision of a primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21880/25]
William Aird Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
362. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if her Department will engage with a company (details supplied) that has completed a HTA, for the provision of treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21933/25]
William Aird Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
363. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update regarding the location of a primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21936/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
364. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the engagement by her Department and the HSE regarding the establishment of a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford; and to set out the steps being taken to progress the delivery of this much-needed service. [21937/25]
John Connolly Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
365. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the minimum qualification required by health care assistants employed to work in public hospitals; the number of healthcare assistants employed in our public hospitals; the number that are directly employed by the HSE; the number who recruited through agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21943/25]
John Connolly Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
366. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health to seek that CORU will consider introducing regulation of the profession of healthcare assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21944/25]
John Connolly Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
367. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the updated position on the workings of the design team progressing the development control plan for University Hospital Galway; the detailed timeline for the delivery of identified projects in the infrastructural masterplan for University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21948/25]
John Connolly Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
368. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for further information on the brief project description contained in the HSE Capital Plan 2025 described as “Galway City East Purchase and fit out of building in Galway City (BMR House, Parkmore). Decant Acute Services”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21949/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
369. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the reason there are delays in introducing health information labelling of alcohol products; when labelling is likely to be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21957/25]
Emer Currie Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
370. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if she intends on mandating the HSE health protection surveillance centre to collect data on shingles or post-herpetic neuralgia, in order to provide greater data for public health decisions, particularly related to the National Immunisation Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21960/25]
Liam Quaide Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
371. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to reports that chemotherapy procedures for children are being delayed and-or cancelled due to IT failures, specifically WiFi issues, at Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21962/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
373. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to outline the rules for the dispensing of prescriptions to medical card holders, including the number of months that can be dispensed at a time; and to confirm the way in which pharmacies are paid to dispense prescriptions under the medical card scheme. [21978/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
374. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the core funding provided by the HSE to each CHO for low vision aids or aids and appliances, and whether any changes are planned to the funding provided. [21981/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
377. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to review the policy of the roll out of the new functional neurological disorder team and expand its roll out to a wider area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22014/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
378. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists employed; the number of approved WTE speech and language therapists positions; the number of children under 18 waiting to be seen; the length of time they are waiting to be seen, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22147/25]