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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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Alan Kelly Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Health
437. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the list of all HSE hospitals and whether they have or have not got a changing places toilet, by hospital and the number of changing places/toilets, in tabular form. [75233/26]
Alan Kelly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
899. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of agency public health nurses who have had their posts converted to permanent posts without going on the transfer panel. [73669/26]
Alan Kelly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
901. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant/unfilled public health nurse posts in the country and in the midwest respectively. [73670/26]
Alan Kelly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1065. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when her Department last reviewed its policies, operations and handling of protected disclosures under all relevant protected disclosures legislation. [74441/26]
Alan Kelly Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
555. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list to see a consultant gastroenterologist for a first appointment at a hospital (details supplied); and the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times. [69809/26]
Alan Kelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
811. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason medical card holders who are non-insulin dependent diabetics prescribed contour next blood glucose test strips are only eligible to receive one box per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51375/26]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2379. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases that Cork University Hospital submitted to HSE regarding additional capacity within the neurosurgery department of CUH over the past three years; the current status of each business cases, in tabular form. [43842/26]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2380. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to project home; the specific strategies being taken to promote careers in the HSE to Irish graduates overseas; the countries being targeted; if any partnerships have been established with Irish diaspora organisations or overseas professional networks to support this initiative. [43843/26]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2381. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant medical oncologists with a special interest in genetics based at University Hospital Limerick as of 1 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 1 June 2024, in tabular form. [43844/26]
Alan Kelly Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1020. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the creation of the new Limerick Hospital Development Board, which she said would be put in place following her announcement in March of a new hospital in Limerick for the mid-west region. [36720/26]
Alan Kelly Written 6 May 2026 · to Health
1188. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting a home help package in Tipperary, by length of time, in tabular form. [33088/26]
Alan Kelly Written 6 May 2026 · to Health
1189. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrist posts currently filled within Tipperary mental health services. [33089/26]
Alan Kelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2771. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 will finally be commenced. [24127/26]
Alan Kelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3042. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title currently within the neurosurgery department of Cork University Hospital; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [25525/26]
Alan Kelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3043. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE employed suicide crisis assessment nurses based in Tipperary as of 31 March 2026, in tabular form. [25526/26]
Alan Kelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3044. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of minor procedures room currently in use at Tipperary University Hospital. [25527/26]
Alan Kelly Written 25 Mar 2026 · to Health
433. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels at the supra-regional endometriosis centre at Cork University Maternity Hospital; to provide a breakdown of the number of funded whole-time equivalent posts versus the number of filled posts; the current vacancies by role for example, consultant, clinical nurse specialist, physiotherapist; the current waiting times for a first outpatient…
Alan Kelly Written 24 Mar 2026 · to Health
879. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in recruitment for the specialist eating disorder team in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21620/26]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1815. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the process for public health nurses (PHN's) who have left PHN work but remain on the nursing register and wish to return to public health nursing. [19085/26]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1816. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which public health nurses (PHN's) who have left and wish to return to work as a PHN can be facilitated on a formal structure other than doing agency work, as there is a national transfer panel in place for PHN but this is only for PHN's to move around the country, and is only open to practising PHN's. [19086/26]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1817. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if each of the five health regions have implemented a regional transfer policy between acute and community services; if not, when will this policy be implemented. [19087/26]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
1886. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to make the treatment omaveloxolone available for suffers of Friedreich’s ataxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19427/26]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2084. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing new blind welfare allowance applications, and when this delay will be resolved. [20197/26]
Alan Kelly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Health
63. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the progress made on the implementation of options B and C from the HIQA review of acute HSE services in the midwest. [8231/26]
Alan Kelly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Health
538. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the Skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only available treatment for this progressive disease, which currently can be classed as having an ‘unmet need’ as outlined in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025 – 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17958/2…