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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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Louis O'Hara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
851. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of calls responded to by paramedic crews from Tuam ambulance base in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36163/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
852. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance calls responded to by the rapid response vehicles in based in Galway and Clifden in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36164/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
853. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be admitted to a centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36169/25]
John Brady Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
854. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health when 2025 jobs for radiography and radiation therapy graduates in Ireland will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36170/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
855. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to make the meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine available free of charge to older citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36177/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
856. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of section 9D of the Official Languages Act 2003; and if the new name proposed for the national children’s hospital complies with this section by being in the Irish language only. [36178/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
857. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health her response to the request by an organisation (details supplied) for a €9 million investment in dementia-specific supports in budget 2026, including community daycare, home support, and dementia advisory services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36182/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
858. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide updated figures on the number of people currently waiting for dementia-specific daycare or home care services in each CHO area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36183/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
859. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline plans to expand counselling supports for people living with dementia and family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36184/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
860. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated in budget 2026 to support the implementation of the national dementia registry and the continued roll-out of the memory assessment support services model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36185/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
861. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing investment in dementia research, given that it currently accounts for less than 1.5% of total health research output; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36186/25]
Pat Buckley Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
862. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will consider awarding discretionary medical cards to women who underwent pelvic mesh implant surgery and were left with crippling, life-changing complications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36215/25]
Pat Buckley Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
863. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will carry out an independent inquiry into mesh implants, to establish the facts, the extent of harm, and develop a registry of the individuals affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36216/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
864. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has not reinstated a podiatry clinic in Barrack View Health Centre, Edward Street, Limerick, which has not been held since March 2025; when it will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36217/25]
Jen Cummins Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
865. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the current proposal to split Erasmus+ into a standalone mobility programme and a skills chapter of the competitiveness fund; the Irish position on this; the discussions that have taken place on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35205/25]
Paul Lawless Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
866. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what the current administration, teaching, instructor and management grades are in further education and training; what circular letters, if any, correspond to each of these grades; and what the associated pay scales are (for example, CL 44/99 for VTOS co-ordinator); and if he will make a statement on the ma…
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
867. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if financial support is available to Irish citizens who chose to complete a third level degree abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35460/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
868. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider enforcing a scheme for Irish citizens training abroad in medicine, where tuition relief would be provided while completing their degree, contingent on a contractual agreement to return and serve in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35461/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
869. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more granted by him, the forerunner in his Department or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was discontinued durin…
Emer Currie Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
870. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason funding to an organisation (details supplied) did not increase in budget 2025; if he is aware of a reduction in places; if he will review the allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35510/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
871. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of abolishing tuition fees for postgraduate and repeat students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35662/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
872. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of ensuring all postgraduate research students receive a full-year €30,000 stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35663/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of doubling maintenance grants and restoring the grant adjacency rate to 24 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
874. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of increasing mental health supports on campuses to ensure one counsellor per 1,000 students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35665/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
875. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to fully fund the provision of 30,000 additional student beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35666/25]