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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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Joe Cooney Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
790. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland that access the Omnipod tubeless insulin pump and consumables through the HSE's exceptional hardship scheme or have done so since 2018. [15622/25]
Ged Nash Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1476. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide details of grant schemes available through her Department and the HSE to support frontline community-based health responders such as Irish Red Cross branches to access support for investment in equipment etc; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10598/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1481. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when she expects the free hormone replacement therapy scheme will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10650/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1482. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when she intends to implement the proposed HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1502. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the free hormone replacement therapy scheme; to provide an approximate date of the roll out of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10722/25]
Seán Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1512. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the date by which the free HRT scheme will be commenced; the reasons the commitment of a roll out in January 2025 was missed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10779/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1514. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding the rental of breast pumps and attachments to the long-term illness scheme for tube fed children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10789/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1576. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on when the free hormone replacement therapy scheme will be available; the reasons for the delays in the scheme announced under Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11032/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1584. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she will extend the long-term illness scheme to people suffering from the condition fibromyalgia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11046/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1606. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when she intends to implement the proposed hormone replacement therapy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11229/25]
Thomas Gould Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1646. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the criteria required to claim reimbursement under the treatment abroad scheme. [11411/25]
Catherine Ardagh Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1648. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the reason the roll out of free hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been delayed since January 2025; the commencement date for the roll out of free HRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11426/25]
Catherine Ardagh Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1649. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide information on any plans to reimburse those using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for any costs incurred from January 2025, when the roll out of the free HRT scheme was due to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11427/25]
Paul Murphy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1691. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the delays regarding the free hormone replacement therapy scheme, which was announced in Budget 2025 and was due to begin in January 2025; when this will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11652/25]
Michael Cahill Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1711. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when hormone replacement therapy will be made available for free (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11737/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1835. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the dialysis-at-home scheme; if she is aware that the scheme is a valuable tool to ensure that patients can remain in their home and not have to attend hospital; if she is aware that the scheme only facilitates a rebate for those paying tax (or living in a household with a taxpayer); if she will agree that this could potenti…
Barry Ward Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1845. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a target launch date for the rollout of State-funded hormone replacement therapy (details supplied); the efforts being made to ensure that this deadline is met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12392/25]
Seamus Healy Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
640. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health to designate Alzheimer’s disease as a qualifying illness under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9046/25]
George Lawlor Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
652. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health her plans to roll out the free HRT scheme following the announcement in Budget 2025 of additional supports for HRT measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9109/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Health
392. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the reason that the free HRT scheme announced under Budget 2025 is delayed; the timeframe in which she intends for it to be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8759/25]
Natasha Newsome Drennan Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Health
415. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the vaccine damage scheme for Covid-vaccine injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8891/25]
Seán Fleming Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
898. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health with regard to people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus who have required insulin from the outset but have not received reimbursement from her Department under the continuous glucose monitoring in respect of the system for continuous glucose monitoring sensors which came into effect on the 1 December 2023 will receive reimbursement; and if she will make a statement o…
Paul Murphy Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Health
687. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the hardship scheme will be expanded to allow for forms and prescriptions from GPs to be accepted in place of those from paediatricians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4679/25]
Robert Troy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1446. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if there is any financial assistance towards the of oxygen cylinders for people dependant on same, specifically those with a diagnosis of COPD; and if no assistance is currently available, if he can include oxygen cylinders in the drugs payments scheme. [46856/24]