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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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Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
801. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently on waiting lists for essential care in outpatient, inpatient and day case treatment in public hospitals; the estimated total cost of clearing these waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51321/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
802. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing 1,000 additional acute beds in a public hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51323/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
803. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing 100 additional level 3 ICU beds in a public hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51324/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51327/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
805. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully subsidising all GP care and eliminating primary care fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51328/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
806. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of abolishing emergency department charges for public patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51329/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
807. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €10 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51330/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
808. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of scraping prescription charges for medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51331/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
809. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated revenue from all parking charges at public hospitals in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51332/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
810. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of introducing a fully funded universal contraception scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51333/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Health
1002. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's legislative and policy reform agenda as regards medicinal cannabis. [45783/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
1758. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the position regarding legislation governing the addition of non-natal parents of children conceived through donor-assisted human reproduction; and where the process was carried out in jurisdictions other than Ireland, to the birth certificate of the child. [41491/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to provide an in person assessment by CAMHS for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42760/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy. [42771/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2161. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for an update on any legislative provisions for assisted dying currently under consideration by her Department. [43050/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
508. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to recent comments (details supplied), to provide details of the Strategic Infrastructure Programme to plan for the replacement and expansion at public radiation oncology services currently under development. [40967/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
538. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to the recent comments of the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance (details supplied), for details of the strategic infrastructure programme to plan for replacement and expansion at public radiation oncology services currently under development. [40968/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1466. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39994/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 May 2026 · to Health
520. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to intervene to ensure that a person with diabetes (details supplied) is given access to appropriate tools to manage glucose levels. [33698/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Health
955. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for an overview of the regulation and oversight of private home-care companies. [32421/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Health
956. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the auditing of allocated homecare hours that is delivered by private home-care companies; and whether the HSE has any way to know that it is not paying for hours not delivered. [32423/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Health
957. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the protections that exist for home care staff in HSE-funded services regarding excessive hours, pressure from management, and lack of accountability. [32425/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Health
958. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether the management teams of private homecare providers receive commission for taking on HSE-funded clients; and the oversight that exists of these funding arrangements. [32427/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
179. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that PET-CT scanners are available in every public hospital providing cancer treatment services and reduce reliance on private healthcare providers for this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28467/26]