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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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Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
929. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the proportion of people who accessed urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics within the recommended 10 days, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14121/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
930. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who accessed urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics regardless of waiting time, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14122/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
931. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who accessed lung rapid access clinics within the recommended 10 days, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14123/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
932. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the proportion of people who accessed lung rapid access clinics within the recommended 10 days, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14124/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
933. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who accessed lung rapid access clinics regardless of waiting time, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14125/26]
Ged Nash Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
934. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE chiropody cards are currently only available to individuals living in Dublin and Kildare; if her Department plans to expand the availability of these cards countrywide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14126/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
935. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who accessed prostate rapid access clinics within the recommended ten days, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14127/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
936. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the proportion of persons who accessed prostate rapid access clinics within the recommended ten days, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14128/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
937. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who accessed prostate rapid access clinics regardless of waiting time, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14129/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
938. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons who were referred for an urgent colonoscopy, nationally and by hospital, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [14130/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
939. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who accessed an urgent colonoscopy within the recommended 28 days, nationally and by hospital, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [14131/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
940. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the proportion of persons referred for an urgent colonoscopy who accessed an urgent colonoscopy within the recommended 28 days, nationally and by hospital, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [14132/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
941. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the shortest, median and longest waiting time for accessing an urgent colonoscopy following referral, nationally and by hospital, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [14133/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
942. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who were waiting for diagnostic imaging in Q4 2025 by imaging type (e.g. CT, MRI, CT, VUS) nationally, and by hospital, in tabular form. [14134/26]
Colm Burke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
943. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health whether the Government has examined the feasibility of introducing in Ireland a "generational smoking ban" (that is a permanent prohibition on the sale of tobacco products to persons born on or after a specified year), similar to that proposed in the UK Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024-2025; whether she considers such a measure will be legally and constitutionally permi…
Grace Boland Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
944. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the measures currently in place across health services to support women who have experienced traumatic childbirth and who are presenting with post-natal mental health difficulties, including community-based specialist perinatal mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14158/26]
Grace Boland Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
945. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the level of funding, staffing and referral pathways allocated nationally for specialist post-traumatic birth mental health support, including psychological therapies, psychiatric assessment and specialised midwifery support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14159/26]
Grace Boland Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
946. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the current status of plans to establish a dedicated mother and baby unit, an inpatient specialist unit where a mother can be treated for severe perinatal mental health illness together with her baby, including projected timelines for design, planning approval and opening; the sites under consideration, and any published clinical model of care; and if she will ma…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
947. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) has an urgent operation as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14162/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
948. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1038 of 20 January 2026, the total number of babies, from 2019-2025, who have been born alive after abortion procedures in cases where no major congenital anomaly was diagnosed; the gestation of the babies in these cases, broken down in categories (less than 16 weeks, 16-21 weeks, 22-27 weeks, 28-31 weeks, 32-36 weeks; 37 o…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
949. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the HSE rehabilitation services lists and costs, on an in-patient basis and, separately, in an outpatient basis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14179/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
950. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if her Department will reimburse the full cost of the treatment abroad scheme in-lieu of The National Rehabilitation Hospital being unable to provide for outpatient rehabilitation services in a timely manner, where the service is one that the HSE provides in Ireland and the fee charged is below the €194 cap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
951. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the sources of referrals to the National Rehabilitation Hospital including referrals from specific hospitals and units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14181/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
952. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if all patients that receive treatment abroad under the treatment abroad scheme are eligible for care packages such as assigned carers and other supports the same as those that received rehabilitation treatment through The National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14182/26]
David Cullinane Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
953. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for deep brain stimulation; the number of locations providing services; the equipment needs of the existing deep brain stimulation service to provide sufficient capacity to reduce waiting lists; the capacity which has been requested for this service in each of the past five years; the details of business cases submitted b…