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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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Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3233. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44013/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
961. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to ensure broad and meaningful consultation on alcohol harm and its inclusion in the new national drugs strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39308/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
962. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if reducing and preventing alcohol harm is to be clearly named as a priority area with clear key objectives and actions in the next national drug strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39309/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
992. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health to list all national strategies, action plans or documents that may be described as such, which are currently in operation and under the remit of her Department. [39610/25]
John Lahart Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
777. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to promote uptake of the HPV vaccine, specifically amongst young men and boys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33780/25]
Duncan Smith Written 18 Jun 2025 · to Health
152. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to outline her Department's plans for the delivery of a care strategy for those with lung fibrosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32934/25]
James O'Connor Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
498. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Strategy on Genetics and Genomics, specifically the timeline for the establishment of the National Genomic Processing Service (NGPS); the current status of its development; the means by which the NGPS will support the retention and expansion of accredited genomic testing capacity within Ireland; and if she wil…
James O'Connor Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
499. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the Prior Information Notice issued by the HSE’s National Genetics and Genomics Office for a National Genomic Processing Service was conducted as an open competition; whether it was accessible to both public and commercial laboratories in accordance with HSE procurement policy and EU competition law; if not, the reasons for the exclusion of any potential ten…
James O'Connor Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
500. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s National Genetics and Genomics Office ensured that the principles of fair and open competition were upheld in the issuance of the Prior Information Notice for a National Genomic Processing Service; whether the process aligns with the commitment to value for money and equal access by all suitably accredited providers; and if she will make a statemen…
Brendan Smith Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
566. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, to introduce additional safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31723/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1285. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for housing, that are no longer being utilised and are surplus to requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29067/25]
Micheál Carrigy Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Health
1287. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure the continuation of home help support at a location (details supplied) where service users have been informed that this support will cease at the end of June 2025, following a decision by the HSE; if he will outline the rationale for this decision and confirm whether an alternative plan is being developed to maintain essential …
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1001. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to clarify the innovation and economic growth section of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland; whether she views the “diverse range of clinical disease characteristics” in Ireland as an opportunity for private profit-making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23193/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1002. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of reports that individuals’ genomic data may be at risk when private companies responsible for generating and storing the data are in distress (details supplied), the reason the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland makes no reference to either retaining genomic services in public ownership or bringing priva…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1003. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine’s commitment to building the genetics and genomics workforce for the future, for details of engagements with the Department of Further Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding raising PhD stipends in the life sciences to the living wage and granting PhD st…
Paul Murphy Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
952. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will prepare a ten year national allergy strategy, including the provision of appropriate training for GPs and those in education and care settings. [17006/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Health
240. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 4 March 2025, if she will provide further details regarding the actions which have not yet been fully implemented in respect of recommendation 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 of the National Maternity Strategy; the status of work to progress the remaining actions under these recommendation; and if she will make a statement on th…
Mairéad Farrell Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1491. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when she expects the National Cardiovascular Health Strategy to be published; the timeline in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10687/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
657. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation in the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026, in tabular form. [9116/25]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1418. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the lack of official recognition for babies who do not meet the criteria of a stillbirth as set out in the Civil Registration Act 2004, if the Minister is aware that this lack of recognition has significant consequences for affected families, both in terms of emotional and practical support; his views on the introduction of a "Certificate of Life" …