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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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Jen Cummins Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
1219. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of children which have not received developmental checks by public health nurses in Dublin south central. [10472/26]
Jen Cummins Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
1220. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to recruit more public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10473/26]
Jen Cummins Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
1221. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts for public health nurses which exist in Dublin south central. [10474/26]
Jen Cummins Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
1222. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the burn out of public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10475/26]
Jen Cummins Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Health
1223. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts which exist for public health nurses, by county, in tabular form. [10476/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Health
403. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health whether a decision has been formally made regarding the future planned use of a premises (details supplied); whether the HSE has assessed potential alternative uses for the premises; the timeline for such an assessment to be completed; if consultation has taken place, or will take place, with local representatives, service users, families, staff, and co…
Grace Boland Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
933. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE recruitment model for senior speech and language therapists, particularly the exclusive use of regional panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8479/26]
Grace Boland Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
934. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to explore alternative recruitment pathways that would allow experienced speech and language therapists to apply for specific posts or locations rather than being restricted to regional panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8480/26]
Carol Nolan Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
995. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in eating disorder services nationally; the steps being taken to address these vacancies, particularly County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7572/26]
Keira Keogh Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1084. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant and filled psychologist posts respectively, with the HSE, in County Mayo; the measures her Department is taking to increase such jobs in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8022/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1092. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions in each county. [8134/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1093. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses who have resigned in each county over the past five years, in tabular form. [8135/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1094. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses working as public health nurses in each county, in tabular form. [8136/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1095. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that public health nurses in some counties are permitted to work four-day weeks, while others are not allowed any leeway in terms of working hours; the reason for this discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8137/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1096. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each county who are currently on sick leave; and the number of whom are citing stress as the reasoning for their leave. [8138/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1097. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse vacancies in each health centre; the number of weeks they have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8139/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1098. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of regular general nurse positions vacant in each health centre nationwide; and the number of weeks for which they have been vacant, in tabular form. [8140/26]
Alan Kelly Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1128. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed podiatrists, by grade, working within older persons services in CHO3 as of 28 January 2026, in tabular form. [8296/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1140. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade posts, filled at each primary care centre within CHO7 as of 27 January 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8371/26]
Joe Cooney Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1156. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE infection prevention and control clinical nurse specialist posts that have been filled for the County Clare area as of 23 January 2026, in tabular form. [8506/26]
Thomas Gould Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1162. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses based in the community do not receive a car and pay for their own car expenses. [8526/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Health
1170. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists assigned to local authorities, in particular for assessment of housing adaption grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/26]
Carol Nolan Written 29 Jan 2026 · to Health
448. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the costs associated with agency staffing in the health sector; the measures in place to reduce reliance on such staffing to ensure value for public money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7265/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 28 Jan 2026 · to Health
181. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of occupational therapists in County Meath for the period 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6789/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 28 Jan 2026 · to Health
182. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in primary care in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6790/26]