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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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John Clendennen Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
421. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether the proposed national care pathway for Huntington's disease provides for the establishment of regional specialist multidisciplinary services; the proposed number and locations of such services; and the disciplines that will comprise each multidisciplinary team. [66286/26]
John Clendennen Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
422. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes currently awaiting commencement of insulin-pump therapy, by HSE health region and hospital; the number waiting less than three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and more than 12 months; and the median and longest waiting time for commencement of therapy in each location, in tabular form. [66267/26]
John Clendennen Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
423. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to list each acute hospital diabetes service in the State which currently has the capacity to initiate adult patients with type 1 diabetes onto insulin-pump therapy; to provide details of each hospital which can provide ongoing pump management and aftercare but cannot initiate patients; and to provide details of each hospital providing neither service, in tabu…
John Clendennen Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
424. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation framework to complement The Diabetes Policy and Services Review; A strategy for Better Care. [66259/26]
John Clendennen Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
425. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes ordinarily resident in County Offaly who are currently receiving insulin-pump therapy, by adults and children; the hospitals at which those patients receive insulin-pump initiation and follow-up care and the number who are required to travel outside of County Offaly for such care, in tabular form. [66263/26]
Michael Cahill Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
427. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on recruiting foreign doctors through the HSE relocation package for both EU and non-EU applicants in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66315/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
428. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health in the context of the current cost-of-living pressures cited by health sector unions (details supplied) in the lead-up to planned industrial action, the extent to which her Department and the HSE have assessed the potential to reduce commuting costs and time for clinical nursing grades by facilitating telemedicine-enabled remote or blended working for appropr…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
429. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that clinical nursing grades (details supplied) are equally facilitated in accessing blended working and telemedicine-enabled remote consultation arrangements, in line with the HSE blended working policy; whether guidelines exist to assess which nursing-delivered patient contacts are appropriate for remote delivery; the extent …
Pádraig Rice Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Health
430. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the 74 posts identified for agency conversion in the 2026 HSE National Service Plan, the number that have been converted to HSE posts to date. [66161/26]
John Brady Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
431. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66067/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
432. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether Government has undertaken an assessment of the potential implications of advances in artificial intelligence for Ireland’s future economic competitiveness and labour market; the skills, talent and workforce requirements identified; whether the capacity of the higher education sector to meet these re…
Séamus McGrath Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
433. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to consider the points raised (details supplied) in relation to the DARE scheme. [66139/26]
Paul Lawless Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Rural
434. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason the annual €3,000 grant scheme for men's sheds was not made available this year; the reason for its discontinuation; whether any alternative funding supports have been put in place for men's sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66260/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Rural
435. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht If he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the community investment fund application in question. [66316/26]
John Brady Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Rural
436. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66454/26]