867. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric osteotomies carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh in each of the years from 2010 to 2016, by location, in tabular form. [21558/26]
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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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1010. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of cancelled procedures at Portiuncula University Hospital in the past 12 months due to capacity constraints, in tabular form. [22340/26]
1703. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures that were cancelled by management at University Hospital Galway in 2025; the nature of the procedures cancelled; the reason for the cancellations, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18464/26]
1704. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures that were cancelled by medical consultants at University Hospital Galway in 2025; the nature of the procedures cancelled; the reason for the cancellations, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18465/26]
1705. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the protocol within University Hospital Galway to be followed in the cancellation of procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18466/26]
1881. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason an orthopaedic operation in February 2026 was cancelled in Letterkenny University Hospital for a person (details supplied); if a re-scheduled surgery date in March 2026 will go ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19402/26]
1956. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the practice whereby endoscopy units are temporarily shut and repurposed for other hospital pressures, including emergency department overflow, as highlighted by clinicians who note that this practice reduces diagnostic capacity at times of high demand. [19704/26]
1958. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the long term strategy to expand endoscopy services in line with rising demand driven by an ageing population and increased public awareness of the need for diagnostic testing. [19706/26]
2087. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of adult scoliosis surgeries that have been cancelled or postponed in each of the past three years; the reasons for these cancellations; the measures being taken to reduce delays for adult patients awaiting spinal surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20232/26]
2173. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting cardiac surgery in each hospital providing cardiac surgical services; the average waiting time in each hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20481/26]
2174. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac surgery procedures cancelled or deferred due to bed or intensive care capacity constraints in each cardiac surgery centre, in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20482/26]
2175. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for day case procedures in hospitals operated by the Health Service Executive, broken down by hospital and by length of time waiting less than three months; three to six months; six to twelve month; more than twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20483/26]
2176. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of scheduled day procedures that were cancelled or postponed in hospitals operated by the Health Service Executive in each of the past three years; the reasons for these cancellations, including staffing shortages, bed capacity, theatre capacity or equipment availability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20484/26]
2182. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments, including surgeries and procedures, carried out at Galway University Hospital on a Saturday from 2023 to date in 2026, broken down by appointment or procedure, per month, in tabular form. [20510/26]
270. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of, and reasons for, inpatient surgeries cancelled at Letterkenny University Hospital, per category, during the years 2024 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17377/26]
842. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason it is taking 12 months for a person (details supplied) to receive their medical records from Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16515/26]
869. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current c-section rate in each maternity hospital in Ireland; if she is aware that the WHO advises a c-section rate of no more than 15%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16653/26]
896. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a patient in Letterkenny University Hospital will be transferred to Beaumont Hospital for an urgent surgical procedure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16870/26]
271. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of percutaneous coronary intervention procedures including primary PCI and non-primary (elective or urgent) PCI carried out in Beaumont Hospital in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [15438/26]
996. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of cancellations of spinal surgery operations within Children’s Health Ireland in each hospital, for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [14506/26]
997. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the clinical reasons given for cancellation of spinal surgeries within CHI, for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [14507/26]
998. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cancellations of spinal surgeries within CHI, that were in relation to surgeons who were or are currently under review or investigation. [14508/26]
999. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeons who are under review or investigation within CHI; and the number of spinal surgery cancellations that can be attributed to surgeons or medics who were or are currently under review or investigation. [14509/26]
1211. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide the scheduled days and times of all HSE and NPTF "in-sourced" procedures in 2025, from 1 January to 31 December, broken down by specialist areas in St. James's Hospital (details supplied); if the patients treated via an insourcing procedure were on a validated active waiting list waiting in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1…
1212. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to provide the scheduled days and times of all HSE and NPTF "in-sourced" procedures in 2025, from 1 January to 31 December, broken down by specialist areas in Beaumont Hospital (details supplied); if the patients treated via an insourcing procedure were on a validated active waiting list waiting in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1274…