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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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Louis O'Hara Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
874. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO2 where HSE substance misuse teams are located; and the number of WTE staff, by job title working in each of those teams, in tabular form. [65658/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approved 2024 HSE development posts that are currently filled by temporary staff and by agency staff, broken down by staff grade; the reasons these figures were not included in the HSE’s reply (details supplied). [65766/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average length of time taken for an applicant for a 2024 HSE development post to complete the clearance process before being placed on payroll; the number of applicants currently in clearance for more than 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months; and the operational reasons for these delays. [65767/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the impact of the 2024–2025 HSE employment control measures on the staffing targets approved for 2024; the number of posts for which recruitment was paused or deferred as a result; and the expected timeline to lift remaining restrictions in order to fill all outstanding development posts. [65768/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the performance targets set by her Department for the HSE regarding recruitment timelines for both replacement vacancies and newly funded service development posts; the monthly metrics used to monitor progress toward these targets; the current national performance against each target; and the expected timeframe to eliminate the reported gap of 6,852 funded WTE pos…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
941. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE will provide current funding for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66166/25]
Carol Nolan Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
947. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will direct each HSE community healthcare organisations and hospital group to provide information with regard to HSE clinicians undertaking overseas training or observerships related to complex termination of pregnancy care where such training overseas has been approved and undertaken from 2020 to date in 2025; if she will direct that such information will …
Darren O'Rourke Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
123. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of Regional Health Authority in Dublin north-east; the date on which issues with referral pathways between primary care and CDNTs will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63332/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of outstanding audit recommendations across all HSE-funded service providers as of the most recent reporting cycle, and the number rated as high risk. [64921/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
645. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Section 38 and Section 39 organisations that have not yet adopted the full suite of HSE governance standards, and the timeline for achieving full compliance. [64922/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
646. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the external oversight mechanisms in place for private providers delivering State-funded health or social care services, and the number of providers subject to sanctions or enhanced monitoring in the past five years. [64923/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
647. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of internal warnings, escalation notices or risk flags issued by the HSE to funded agencies since 2020, and the number that remain unresolved. [64924/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
648. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the process by which her Department verifies financial transparency and accountability in non-statutory bodies receiving public health funding, and if she will outline recent compliance issues identified. [64925/25]
Máire Devine Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Health
353. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if training is mandated by the HSE for student doctors and nurses to recognise signs of domestic, sexual, gender violence and coercive control in patients and family members; the details of the training; the number which have attended the training per year since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64148/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Health
364. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health to outline the amount of HSE funding paid to a company (details supplied) from 2020 to 2025 to date; to provide a breakdown of funding per HSE area, per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64313/25]
Albert Dolan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Health
963. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the internal oversight or review process that exists to assess the realism of performance targets before publication in the HSE National Service Plan; and whether her Department provides direction, approval, or challenge to the HSE in relation to the achievability of such targets. [62788/25]
Albert Dolan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Health
964. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the accountability measures applied when the HSE fails to meet service plan targets by such significant margins; whether these missed targets are escalated to the Department or reported to the HSE Board; and the corrective actions required or taken. [62789/25]
Carol Nolan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Health
995. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 894 of 14 October 2025, if she will direct the HSE to provide an answer to the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62944/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Health
1081. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE assumes the cost of providing qualified sign language interpreters for treatment abroad under the Cross Border Directive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63352/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Health
1108. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will pause the sale of lands at a HSE-owned site (details supplied) until the HSE decides on the services which it will provide on the lands to be retained to ensure any future sale of lands will align with the use of the lands being retained and developed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63663/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Health
427. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to review the answer to a previous parliamentary question (details supplied) regarding the sale of a property. [62301/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Health
428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to review a matter detailed in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the sale of a property. [62302/25]
Emer Currie Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Health
493. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health if full funding has been ring-fenced for the implementation of the HSE Strategy for Laboratory Services 2025-2029; if not, which components remain unfunded; and the associated risk to the delivery timeline. [62607/25]
Albert Dolan Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Health
1050. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the most up-to-date position on all supplier-related financial liabilities for the HSE, including outstanding bills, trade creditors and accruals; and to provide a clear and comprehensive breakdown and methodology (details supplied). [61763/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Health
1110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total number of defamation cases, where litigation has been paid by the HSE, taken against family members of persons with disabilities where the person is a ward of court, over the past ten years; the breakdown of the category of litigation, to include injunctions, defamation proceedings and any other relevant details; and if she will make a statement on t…