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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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Emer Currie Written 22 Apr 2026 · to Health
237. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address a backlog for ultrasound injections at Connolly Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29024/26]
Willie O'Dea Oral 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
123. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for inpatient waiting times in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28345/26]
Willie O'Dea Oral 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
136. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for outpatient waiting times in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28346/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
728. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for dermatology treatment in Donegal, by type of treatment, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27939/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
729. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for audiology treatment in Donegal, by type of treatment, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27940/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
730. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients in Donegal that receive day-case chemotherapy within the target time of three weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27950/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
842. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of outpatient appointments classified as "did not attend" in each week from January 2025 to date in 2026, broken down by hospital group. [28182/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
843. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the methodology used by the HSE to record and classify the reasons for outpatient non-attendance. [28183/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
844. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether patients are required to explicitly state a reason for non-attendance in order for it to be recorded as attributable to a specific cause. [28184/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
845. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any guidance or instruction was issued to HSE staff in April 2026 regarding the categorisation or reporting of non-attendance figures. [28185/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Health
846. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient non-attendance cases attributed to transport issues, cost of living pressures, or protest-related disruption in each week from January 2025 to date. [28186/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 15 Apr 2026 · to Health
343. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the infrastructural challenges which result in people waiting longer than the recommended timeframe to access colonoscopies nationally; the proposed solutions to best address these challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27427/26]
Ciarán Ahern Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2976. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients on trolleys in each of the past 24-months in Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25081/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3028. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for all CT scans at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25502/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3029. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for all CT scans at Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25503/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3030. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for colonoscopies at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25504/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3031. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for colonoscopies at Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25505/26]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3047. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ENT surgeon at University Hospital Kerry for a first appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25535/26]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3048. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the ENT waiting list in University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25536/26]
David Cullinane Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3060. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the particularly high volume and long waiting times for children on paediatric respiratory medicine and ophthalmology waiting lists at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25593/26]
Martin Kenny Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3073. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients that are waiting to have access to an MRI scan; the length of time they been waiting in CHO1, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25710/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant oral and maxillo-facial surgeon at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. [25978/26]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3190. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the scoliosis waiting list; the number that are awaiting spinal surgery; the number of surgeries that took place in Ireland in 2025; the number that took place under the treatment abroad scheme; the number of new cases that joined the waiting list in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26409/26]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3191. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the scoliosis waiting list, awaiting spinal surgery for two months, four months, six months, eight months, ten months, 12 months and longer; the measures that are being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26410/26]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3192. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the scoliosis waiting list, that had spinal surgery in Ireland or under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; the steps being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26411/26]