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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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Conor D McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
628. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses, by grade based at Dungarvan primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49947/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
629. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO5 awaiting podiatry appointments within primary care service on 12 September 2025. [49948/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
630. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade based at Waterford primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49949/25]
Colm Burke Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
631. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme (SLWP), and that some form of long term support will be put in place for these workers, particularly given that approximately 166 employees of the HSE are affected by long-Covid since 2020 as a result of working on the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a stateme…
Marie Sherlock Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
632. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason a private operator has been chosen for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area while the National Ambulance Service already operates an ICV service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49968/25]
Emer Currie Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
633. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering classifying long-Covid an occupational illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49973/25]
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
634. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied); if speech and language therapy for down syndrome children is funded directly by her Department; if she will allocate funding to DSI on a national or regional basis to allow the organisation to source and pay for the cost of services required for individual down syndrome …
Rory Hearne Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
635. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health for the make-up of audiology service provision in HSE Dublin and North East region, broken down by former LHO area, detailing the number of services provided by the HSE directly, the private sector and charities/voluntary organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49994/25]
Duncan Smith Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
636. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to clarify if CAR T-cell therapy is available in Ireland (details supplied); if so in which hospitals; and if not, if she plans to introduce it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50005/25]
Joe Cooney Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
637. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the full-year cost to fund services for specialised pelvic floor physiotherapy following a referral from a general practitioner. [50009/25]
Joe Cooney Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
638. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists that are only treating public patients at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50010/25]
Joe Cooney Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
639. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of staffing all emergency departments with liaison psychiatrists for two years, in tabular form. [50011/25]
Joe Cooney Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
640. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the full-year costs to fund three extra continence clinics to tackle the waiting list for surgery through specialised small units and enable general access to pelvic physiotherapy when required. [50012/25]
Joe Cooney Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
641. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the recent decision to award a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider; if there are further plans to privatise non-emergency patient transport in other healthcare regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50013/25]
Joe Cooney Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
642. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider including inflammatory bowel disease in the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50014/25]
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
643. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a progress report and timeline on the delivery of a new primary care centre at a location (details supplied) which was listed as a priority project in the capital programme two years ago; if the preferred option as expressed by the GPs concerned for the primary care centre to be delivered on a new site at the location is the option being de…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
644. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the case of a young person with complex needs (details supplied); if she will acknowledge that their parents have coped with the intensity of their care since they were a child but now urgently need the help and support of extra hours as a matter of priority; if she will take steps to ensure they are provided; and if she will make …
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
645. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [50036/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
646. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will approve the use of CAR T-cell therapy for a patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50037/25]
Emer Currie Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
647. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide a further update on an issue (details supplied), to outline whether an organisation has engaged with a local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50039/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
648. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that 'family carer' is formally included as an occupation option on the HSE’s iPass system, given that there are over 500,000 family carers in the State who provide essential care, and given that the system is currently being updated. [50090/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
649. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason CAR-T cell therapy treatment has not been approved for patients over the age of 26 in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50097/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
650. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1144 of 13 May 2025, the status of the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services, which was due to be completed by Q3 2025; if it has been completed; if not, the date on which it is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50100/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
651. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of limb prosthetic services includes children’s provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50101/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
652. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a campaign for reform in paediatric prosthetic provision (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address the issues identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50102/25]