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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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Louise O'Reilly Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1055. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce screening for prostate cancer via the PSA test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6119/26]
Máire Devine Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1056. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health for assistance in the case of a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6128/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1060. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine issues raised in respect of University Hospital Limerick and the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6206/26]
Thomas Gould Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1061. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an address in Cork on the CHI paediatric surgery waiting list for scoliosis who have been waiting longer than four months. [6208/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1065. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the end of quarter 4, 2025, in tabular form. [6227/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1066. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment service in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [6228/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1067. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation, including settlements, awards, and legal fees, in each of the years 2014 to 2025, in tabular form. [6229/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1068. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, waiting-time distribution, and the number leaving without being seen via emergency departments, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, statewide and by hospital, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 years and over, in tabular form. [6230/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1069. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, by hospital and appointment/procedure type, broken down by adult and child, in tabular form. [6231/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1070. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [6232/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1071. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals; the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in Model 3 and Model 4 hospitals, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, in tabular form. [6233/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1072. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff in HSE facilities, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, in tabular form. [6234/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1073. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status 1 incidents, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, nationally and, by region, in tabular form. [6235/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1074. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of ED handover, by hospital, quarterly 2023–2025, in tabular form. [6236/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1075. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service, age, and length of wait at end December 2022-2025. in tabular form. [6237/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1076. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support, and those receiving less than their allocated hours, at December 2022-2025 or latest other comparable date, in tabular form. [6238/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1077. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS and Jigsaw waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at December 2025, in tabular form. [6239/26]
David Cullinane Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1078. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has given consideration to providing drug payment scheme cover for GLP-1 receptor agonists and similar for metabolic management for PCOS and similar endocrine conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6250/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1079. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will outline the specialist treatment options or referral pathways available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6253/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1080. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the status of a reimbursement application for the drug vyloy zolbetuximab which is used for gastric and gastroesophageal cancers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6270/26]
Paul Murphy Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1083. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the external expert panel review of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out in CHI has commenced; if not, when it will commence; and the reason for the delay. [6279/26]
Liam Quaide Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1089. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the percentage of children with complex needs that receive dietetic input as part of their assessment and intervention plan. [6302/26]
Liam Quaide Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1090. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether there are any CHOs where dietetic services are provided only through private contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6303/26]
Sean Fleming Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1092. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of patients transferred to the list of a consultant from other consultants during the past 36 months; the consultants involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6306/26]
Sean Fleming Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1098. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the rationale for transferring additional spinal patients to the care of a person (details supplied) while children already under his care have been waiting more than four months for surgery; if she will provide details of who authorised these transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6314/26]