1124. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of orders for detention in places of care sought from the High Court by the HSE in 2023, 2024 and 2025 through a firm (details supplied); and the related public expenditure. [10046/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
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
Browse the questions
1,184 questions match, newest first.
1125. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the services that are available for a child who has a brain tumour and requires a full-time nurse while attending preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10113/26]
1126. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health for a further update with regard to a reply received to a query regarding a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a much-needed hip replacement. [10123/26]
1127. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided to the national treatment purchase fund in 2026, by funding purpose; if there is a stay on funding for outsourcing or any other service provided, or organised by, or through the national treatment purchase fund in general, or for any specific institutions, clinics, or provider otherwise, in tabular form; if so, the reason; and if…
1128. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason funding is not available to Tallaght University Hospital for outsourcing inpatient procedures through the National Treatment Purchase Fund; whether this is due to funding not been sanctioned for the year; if there is a reason the hospital is prevented from accessing such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10146/26]
1129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under her remit. [10157/26]
1130. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to resolve the ongoing industrial action involving physiologists; the assessment of the impact of this dispute on diagnostic capacity, waiting lists, and service sustainability at Sligo University Hospital; and if she will engage with the union (details supplied) and the HSE to address pay inequities and support recruitment and retenti…
1131. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to outline when she received the Nayagam report (details supplied); when it will be published; and whether any redactions will be limited to only protecting patient confidentiality. [10166/26]
1132. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the rationale for access to medical cards in Ireland remaining subject to a means test, particularly in light of the system in the United Kingdom where access to healthcare is not means tested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10179/26]
1133. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered the experience of Irish citizens returning from the United Kingdom who encounter differences in access to healthcare supports, including eligibility for medical cards; whether guidance or information is provided to assist such individuals in understanding the Irish system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10180/26…
1134. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if, in view of a significant number of healthcare workers continuing to suffer from long covid as a result of their work in the Irish Health Service during the covid pandemic, she will reconsider her stated position in relation to the recognition of long covid as an occupational injury; if she has discussed this important issue with her colleague, the Minister …
1135. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when a NCPE re-commenced assessment will be completed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10188/26]
1136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved, funded, filled, and vacant posts at University Hospital Waterford associated with emergency PPCI as of 8 April 2025; the level of current funding associated with the service; and the approved but unspent capital funding, if any, allocated for the service at that date. [10205/26]
1137. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional capital investment allocated to emergency PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; and the additional amount allocated since that date to progress 24/7 PPCI. [10206/26]
1138. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional current funding allocated to delivering 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; the purpose of same; and the timeframe to deliver the necessary amount to open 24/7 PPCI. [10207/26]
1139. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staffing posts required, sought, sanctioned, funded, and vacant or filled to deliver 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; the total inclusive of existing posts pre-8 April 2025, in tabular form; and the timeframe to deliver the full complement and open 24/7 PPCI. [10208/26]
1140. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new Breastfeeding Strategy; and the timeline for publication. [10209/26]
1141. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health to report on the progress made with establishing the review of the Medicinal Cannabis Access Programme; if she will provide a timeline for the review and recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10221/26]
1142. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a case where a person approved under the long-term illness scheme for continuous glucose monitoring supports was unable to access these devices due to the creation of a duplicate LTI number on the HSE system (details supplied); the controls in place to prevent duplicate LTI records being created for the same PPS number and date of birth; wh…
1143. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her views on calls for the reinstatement of a 24-hour chaplaincy service at hospitals across the State from concerned citizens. [10223/26]
1144. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients leaving without being seen via the emergency department at Navan Hospital; the average time to admission; the waiting time distribution, from 2022 to 2025, and to date in 2026, with separate figures for all patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form. [10237/26]
1145. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients leaving without being seen via the emergency department at Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the average time to admission, the waiting time distribution, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; with separate figures for all patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form. [10238/26]
1146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that initiated scheduled care cancellations at Navan Hospital, broken down by appointment of procedure type and by adult and child from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10239/26]
1147. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals initiated scheduled care cancellations at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, broken down by appointment of procedure type and by adult/child, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10240/26]
1148. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days at Navan Hospital, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10241/26]