Parliamentary questions
Every parliamentary question asked in the 34th Dáil within the archive window, browsable by the department it was addressed to. Department names appear as printed in the official record. Questions also carry the questions paper's own subject heading. Browse those on the Topics page.
Questions by department
| Addressed to | Questions | Oral | Written | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 25,558 | 130 | 25,428 | |
| Education | 12,997 | 131 | 12,866 | |
| Transport | 10,233 | 127 | 10,106 | |
| Justice | 9,003 | 122 | 8,881 | |
| Housing | 8,661 | 147 | 8,514 | |
| Children | 8,209 | 116 | 8,093 | |
| Finance | 5,489 | 139 | 5,350 | |
| Social | 5,425 | 121 | 5,304 | |
| Agriculture | 4,588 | 123 | 4,465 | |
| Foreign | 3,683 | 177 | 3,506 | |
| Enterprise | 3,667 | 126 | 3,541 | |
| Climate | 3,601 | 98 | 3,503 | |
| Public Expenditure | 3,420 | 151 | 3,269 | |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,269 | 127 | 3,142 | |
| Taoiseach | 2,476 | 1,354 | 1,122 | |
| Defence | 2,455 | 162 | 2,293 | |
| Culture | 2,221 | 131 | 2,090 | |
| Rural | 2,199 | 121 | 2,078 | |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 | |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Legislative Measures
978. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if legislation is planned to ban the practice of vaping from public gathering places in the same way as the actual smoking ban; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4019/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Hospital Charges
979. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated via car parking fees at St. Lukes Hospital Kilkenny in 2023, 2024, 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4020/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Hospital Charges
980. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated via car parking fees at University Hospital Waterford in 2023, 2024, 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4021/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Hospital Staff
981. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade employed in general medicine at St. Lukes Hospital in Kilkenny; the number of staff vacancies currently within the department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4026/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Hospital Staff
982. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade employed in general medicine at University Hospital Waterford; and the number of staff vacancies currently within the department. [4027/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Hospital Services
983. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended each outpatient clinic at St. Lukes Hospital Kilkenny, in 2025; the frequency in which each clinic is held; and if the clinics are consultant or nurse led, in tabular form. [4029/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Mental Health Services
984. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of patients presenting to St. Luke's Hospital accident and emergency department with mental health issues; the number of those were admitted to mental health unit, by month for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4032/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Dental Services
985. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment to open in James Connolly Hospital a general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients. [4066/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Dental Services
986. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for paediatric general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients in each CHO. [4069/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Dental Services
987. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for a general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients in each CHO. [4070/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Dental Services
988. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the locations for each paediatric general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients. [4071/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Dental Services
989. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the locations for each adult general anaesthetic dental service for special care patients. [4072/26]
Niamh Smyth
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Hospital Waiting Lists
990. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting since June 2025 for results from Cavan General Hospital. [4082/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
991. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when capital approval will be granted to transition a medical facility, Radharc na Sléibhte, Carndonagh, County Donegal, from a residential model to a recovery focused crisis intervention/set down facility, supported with 24-hour staff cover, as requested by the HSE's Donegal mental health management team. [4083/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
992. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if additional services will be provided to Kenmare following the closure of dental and physiotherapy services in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4084/26]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Climate Action Plan
993. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health when an agency (details supplied) and the Medicines Management Programme will produce a Climate Action Roadmap, detailing how they will meet the latest Climate Action Mandate (including undergoing a 50% reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030); the way in which in the future they will formulate a robust and visible sustainability pr…
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Healthcare Policy
994. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health her Department's plans to expand surrogacy support in Ireland to same-sex couples who are currently excluded from the State's IVF scheme; the timeline and the potential steps necessary to expand the scheme; if interim measures will be introduced by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4095/26]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Departmental Programmes
995. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2668 of 8 September 2025, if she will clarify where responsibility lies for the potential risk to older patients from possible suboptimal medication management as well as the potential unnecessary expenditure on medications, given that both the Health Service Executive and the her Department have been …
James Geoghegan
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Primary Care Centres
996. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 3 December 2025, if a reply will be furnished from the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4161/26]
Ryan O'Meara
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Healthcare Policy
997. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to consider introducing a ban on single use vapes in indoor public spaces, to coincide with proposed changes to the Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4162/26]
Pat the Cope Gallagher
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Home Help Service
998. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the exceptional delays in providing home support services, to those already approved for such services in County Donegal; the steps she proposes to take to have the committed services provided immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4169/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Mental Health Services
999. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in cognitive behavioural therapy and advanced nurse practitioner in psychotherapy posts that were filled at Swords adult mental health teams in the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [4173/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Mental Health Services
1000. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist mental health teams that are in place within the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital between the hours of 6pm and 8am during the week and for the whole of the weekends. [4174/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Ambulance Service
1001. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of emergency department handover at Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2025, in tabular form. [4175/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-01-20 · to Health ·
Hospital Waiting Lists
1002. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ophthalmologist at the Mater Hospital for the first time. [4176/26]