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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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David Cullinane Oral 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
101. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her intentions regarding the provision of comprehensive endometriosis services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52532/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
102. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when Givinostat will be available to people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; if cross-border and early access programmes have been considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51163/25]
Martin Daly Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
103. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the proportion of HSE staff currently employed in acute services and the proportion employed in community health services; the equivalent figures at the end of 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52219/25]
Catherine Ardagh Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
104. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of GP posts currently vacant or unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52352/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
105. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a new model of care for transgender healthcare services; the current timeframe for competition of this work; if she will commit to increasing the funding provided to the development of this new model in budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52410/25]
Keira Keogh Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
106. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health the plans she has to engage further with Mayo University Hospital in relation to staff shortages in the accident and emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52391/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
107. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of the new community nursing unit at Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52008/25]
Matt Carthy Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
108. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a feasibility study into the provision of MRI and CT scanners at Monaghan hospital. [52348/25]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
109. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she has any concerns about Children's Health Ireland surgeons who may have performed unnecessary operations on children continuing to operate on them today; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52562/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
110. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if there are plans, within the next year, to increase resources nationwide to address the wait times for those seeking an oncology appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52564/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
111. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the bed capacity across the hospitals in Cork; if she will provide an update on the commitment made in 2024 to provide an additional 472 hospital beds across Cork by 2031; the timeline for their delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52196/25]
William Aird Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
112. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeframe for the funding for the construction of the next phase of the extension of Mountmellick Community Nursing Home, County Laois (St Vincent's Hospital) and the expected capacity of the facility when all phases are completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52181/25]
Paul Lawless Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
113. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in Mayo University Hospital who have been clinically discharged but remain in hospital; and the length of time such patients have been in that situation. [52242/25]
Joe Cooney Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
114. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies participating in the HRT scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52209/25]
Brian Stanley Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
115. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to resolve the issue of public patients in nursing home care being unable to access ambulance transfer to hospital appointments when necessary, including some who are a long distance away; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51532/25]
Richard O'Donoghue Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
116. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has in place a strategy to cut the waiting lists for speech and language therapy assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50452/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
117. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting lists for gynaecology outpatient and inpatient appointments and procedures. [52557/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
118. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the strategic review of general practice; and the bringing forward of a new, modern GP contract. [52362/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
119. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an overview of the health capital projects currently in construction and in design across Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52194/25]
Colm Burke Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
120. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether she has set a deadline for the finalisation of the design for the elective hospital in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, Cork; the deadline for the planning application submission for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52405/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
121. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the HSE on the recent approval of Belimumab for the treatment of lupus; if funding will be given in budget 2026 towards this treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52239/25]
Liam Quaide Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
122. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the proposed 50-bedroom mental health facility on the grounds of St Stephen’s hospital, Glanmire, is compliant with the UNCRPD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52504/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
123. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health for a status update on the funding required for the women's health unit in the Coombe Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52445/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
124. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the progress made on developing a successor policy to the national cardiovascular policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52431/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
125. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health for an update on the legislation being drafted to further regulate nicotine inhaling products and single-use vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52188/25]