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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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David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
522. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing a crisis resolution team. [48673/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
535. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the full rollout of managed clinical rehabilitation network teams in each area; the staffing complement required in each area; the estimated cost of the full rollout of the national neurorehabilitation strategy, by measure; and the associated staffing complement required, in tabular form. [48692/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
538. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 1% uplift in the percentage of nurses which are advanced nurse practitioners. [48695/26]
Colm Burke Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
546. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether her Department is proposing to split the alignment in pay scale between the management (ADON/assistant director of nursing) and clinical grades (ANP) in an upcoming pay review; the rationale for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48710/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
555. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the total number of opticians operating in each county at present and compared with five years ago; and the future projected number, in tabular form. [48746/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Health
264. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the turnover of psychiatrists within the community mental health team in County Donegal for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47929/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Health
265. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have access to a community mental health nurse in addition to a psychiatrist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47930/26]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Health
293. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the status of the pay review for advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs); to clarify the decision-making process behind the proposed separation of pay scales between clinical and managerial nursing grades, considering the historical alignment established by the 2004 Labour Court ruling and the advanced qualifications and responsibil…
Pádraig Rice Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Health
295. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to identify the role which carries technical engineering responsibility in acute hospitals, where critical engineering systems provide life-essential support to patients (details supplied); the qualifications required of the person in that role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48152/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Health
312. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a date on which the ANP-ADON pay link will be formally protected (details supplied); if she will provide the reasons for the prolonged delay in resolving this matter; the basis on which any proposed limitation of back pay is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48219/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
661. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of WTE consultants based at the National Maternity Hospital that are currently on public only contracts, in tabular form. [46834/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
662. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants applicants, interviewees and appointees arising from advertisements placed in a journal (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2025, and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [46835/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
663. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE perfusionists based at CHI Temple Street as of 15 June 2026, in tabular form. [46836/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
750. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of the 110 dedicated eating disorder clinicians from the National Clinical Programme that are working full time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47308/26]
Paul Lawless Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
755. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to outline the current recruitment status for all posts at the Ballina injury unit; to detail the number of offers, particularly at advanced nurse practitioner level, that have been declined; the reasons for same; the measures being taken to address recruitment challenges and ensure sufficient staffing levels are in place for the planned opening; and to confirm w…
Seán Kyne Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
763. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health to provide data regarding the number of WTE registrar's in ear nose and throat services based at Galway University Hospital as of 16 June 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47373/26]
Seán Kyne Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
764. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data regarding the number of WTE audiologists working within older persons services in CHO2 area as of 16 June 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47374/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
778. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to private practice consultants offering or giving gifts to public only contract consultants in return for handling their patients on days which they are absent from work or not rostered, or similar practices involving the gift or favour-giving to public only consultants for work which would have typically been billed as private…
Shane Moynihan Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
809. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric occupational therapists by grade posts filled at Lucan Health Centre as of 12 June 2026 in tabular form. [47556/26]
Daniel Ennis Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
810. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff by job title currently working within ophthalmology services at Grangegorman primary care centre as of 15 June 2026, in tabular form. [47576/26]
Daniel Ennis Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
811. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologists based at the Mater Hospital as of 15 June 2026, in tabular form. [47577/26]
Daniel Ennis Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
812. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists, by grade posts filled at Summerhill primary care centre as of 15 June 2026, in tabular form. [47578/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
813. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify the manner in which consultants on public-only consultant contracts, POCC, and those on the non-POCC are rostered in Cork University Maternity Hospital during the weekends; if separate rosters are in place (details supplied); if HSE south west has investigated if public-only consultants are delivering the babies of private patients and engaging in simi…
John Clendennen Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
823. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the current status of recruitment for the multidisciplinary teams required for the Birr primary care centre; if all clinical and administrative posts have been filled ahead of the anticipated Summer 2026 opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47597/26]
John Clendennen Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
824. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment process for the additional 12 posts that were confirmed to be allocated to the midlands integrated healthcare area, in the Dáil chamber on 27 January 2026, including posts to address vacancies in occupational therapy and physiotherapy for children’s services in Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47605/26]