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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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Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
898. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ophthalmologists and paediatric ophthalmologist registrars based at CHI Temple Street in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [51836/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
909. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies on the North Tipperary CDNT team; when the vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51922/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
910. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists on the North Tipperary CDNT team; if this number can be increased to combat the current waitlist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51923/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
912. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health for an update on the 37 healthcare assistants and 18 staff nurse vacancies in older care services in CHO7 which are currently subject to approval; the expected timeframe for approval of the positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51932/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
919. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies in primary care in counties Roscommon and Galway. [51940/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
920. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies in CAMHS in counties Roscommon and Galway. [51941/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
921. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of vacancies in CDNTs in counties Roscommon and Galway. [51942/25]
Martin Kenny Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Health
356. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the public health nurse service in the Sligo-Leitrim area is being reduced, with a move to a priority status service and will no longer deliver child health and development services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51092/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
169. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to introduce advanced practice posts for medical scientists; the work carried out to date to progress this role under the HSCP Advanced Practice Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50612/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
181. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no dietician in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50690/25]
Robert Troy Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
182. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason podiatrists associated with the diabetes clinic are unable to take on non-diabetic patients (details supplied). [50719/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
183. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapist posts, by grade that were filled at Ardee health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50726/25]
Paul Murphy Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
599. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who have left before their regular retirement age, in St. James’ Hospital, Crumlin Hospital and Temple St. Hospital, in tabular form. [49768/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
626. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists, by grade that were based within older persons services in Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49945/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
630. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade based at Waterford primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49949/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
336. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the counselling and psychological supports that are available for medical staff, including doctors, nurses and operating theatre staff, who participate in abortion procedures; whether specific supports were offered to staff involved in the 12 cases in 2022 in which babies were born alive; and the details of how staff are informed about these supports and the level…
Ann Graves Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
342. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers, by grade posts that were actually filled within the primary care system in CHO9 in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49396/25]
Ann Graves Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
343. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists posts that were actually filled in Swords CAMHS in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49397/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
345. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of approved play specialist posts in Cork University Hospital; the number of posts that are in place and filled; the number that are vacant; if there are plans for recruitment to vacant posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49399/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1123. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce specialist public health nurses as proposed in the national early years policy framework; the number and the cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47634/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1154. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist neurology nurses in each CHO, since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47822/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1171. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current position in relation is to appointing an optometrist in south Tipperary to assist with the backlog that has been building since the retirement of a doctor (details supplied); if a business case has been submitted for this position; if so, the position in relation to same; when an optometrist will be appointed; the position in relation to the newly …
Niamh Smyth Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1175. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will examine issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if she is aware of the gap in service provision caused by the vacant consultant orthodontist post in the Navan/Dundalk area; if she considers the situation acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47933/25]
Michael Murphy Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1176. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 17 July 2025, and her Department’s reply of 23 July 2025 indicating that a successful candidate for the ophthalmologist post in Clonmel would commence duty in August 2025; the reason that no ophthalmologist is currently in place; the steps being taken to immediately fill this critical vacancy; the interim measures b…
Tom Brabazon Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1203. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine, consultants in critical care and emergency medicine registrars on duty each night within the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital between the hours of 8pm to 8am between 24 and 31 August 2025 inclusive. [48115/25]