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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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Ken O'Flynn Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
776. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether PCRS reimbursement prescribing data is integrated with any national respiratory disease monitoring or forecasting systems. [36451/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
777. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has assessed the extent to which high-frequency salbutamol dispensing may indicate gaps in preventative asthma or COPD management in primary care. [36452/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
778. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has identified any supply-chain, pricing or reimbursement pressures affecting nebulised respiratory medications since 2024. [36453/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
779. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health her assessment of the reasons for the increase in outpatient waiting times in most hospitals since the start of 2025; the main factors contributing to the increase; the actions being taken to address the increase; the targets in place for the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36463/26]
Brendan Smith Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
780. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the measures she will implement to ensure there are no disruptions to the National Ambulance Service throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36464/26]
John Lahart Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
781. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the specific steps being taken to ensure the HSE considers the "time-critical" nature of Friederichs Ataxia during the current price negotiations for Skyclarys; the way in which the commitments in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030 and the 2026 IPHA Framework Agreement (which aims for a 180-day decision timeline) are being applied to this specific case, …
John Clendennen Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
782. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of the past five, including a breakdown by medium that is radio, television, social media, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36492/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
783. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 22 October 2025, to provide a breakdown of vacant posts in the HSE, by staff category (details supplied); the number that are new service developments from 2024, 2025 and 2026 which have not yet commenced; the number that are previously filled posts, arising as vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a stateme…
Pádraig Rice Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
784. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 22 October 2025, the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 by staff category, in tabular form. [36505/26]
John Lahart Written 14 May 2026 · to Health
785. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the progress being made under the Programme for Government in the area of endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36878/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
786. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate places available in each university medical school for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number of those places allocated to Irish, EU, and non-EU students respectively in each of those years; the fee charged to each category of student in each of those years; and if he will mak…
Paul Lawless Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
787. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate places available in each university dental school for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number of those places allocated to Irish, EU and non-EU students, respectively, in each of those years; the fee charged to each category of student in each of those years; and if he will mak…
Paul Lawless Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
788. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate places available in each university pharmacy school for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number of those places allocated to Irish, EU and non-EU students, respectively, in each of those years; the fee charged to each category of student in each of those years; and if he will m…
Paul Lawless Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
789. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate places available in each physiotherapy programme for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number of those places allocated to Irish, EU, and non-EU students respectively in each of those years; the fee charged to each category of student in each of those years; and if he will make …
Paul Lawless Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
790. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of undergraduate places available in the veterinary medicine programme for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the number of those places allocated to Irish, EU, and non-EU students respectively in each of those years; the fee charged to each category of student in each of those years; and if he will …
Paul Lawless Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
791. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has assessed the cumulative impact of non-EU student intake across undergraduate medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy, veterinary medicine programmes on the supply of these professionals in Ireland; if he has examined whether the allocation of places to higher-fee-paying non-EU students in cont…
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
792. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company (details supplied); the duration and cost of the contract; and the services they avail of from the company. [35867/26]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
793. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding the status of payments between his Department and an investment account (details supplied); if he supports providing the US-Ireland Alliance with the balance needed for this endowment so that it may resume selections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35921/26]
Barry Ward Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
794. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding a scholarship (details supplied) and the funding for it; if he is supportive of the aims and continuation of this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35923/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
795. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students undertaking a university degree (details supplied) that is fully delivered online are not receiving the €500 reduction in the student contribution, while students who do the exact same programme on campus do receive the €500 reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3…
Ged Nash Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
796. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to his Department referred to in media reports (details supplied); if he will provide details of the percentage reduction(s) in spending in his Department referenced in the …
Paul Lawless Written 14 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
797. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will establish a national apprenticeship or traineeship programme for thatching, given the urgent need to preserve this endangered heritage craft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36465/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 14 May 2026 · to Rural
799. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on a grant application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35896/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 May 2026 · to Rural
800. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department or any bodies and agencies under its aegis use, or have in the past used, software and or products from a company (details supplied); the duration and cost of the contract; and the services they avail of from the company. [35872/26]
Ged Nash Written 14 May 2026 · to Rural
801. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to his Department referred to in media reports (details supplied); if he will provide details of the percentage reduction(s) in spending in his Department referenced in the correspondenc…