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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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Duncan Smith Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1340. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on moving the refund process of the drugs payment scheme from paper based to digital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48972/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1341. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on the merits of providing grant funding for HEPA filters and similar filtering systems for residents frequently impacted by gorse fires and the related impact of smoke; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48974/25]
David Cullinane Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1342. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered and children seen following the audit into pelvic osteotomies at Children's Health Ireland; whether any surgeries have been determined as unnecessary; whether any effort has been made to determine whether any surgeries were necessary or unnecessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49001/25]
David Cullinane Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of a review (details supplied); the dates on which interim reports were or are due; the timeframe for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49002/25]
David Cullinane Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1344. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list all of the handover dates for the new children’s hospital, in chronological order, from the original target date, in tabular form. [49003/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1345. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of an ambulance base in Connemara; and the timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49006/25]
David Cullinane Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1346. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to confirm if the consultant working in a clinic (details supplied) has retired; if the vacancy has been filled; if children waiting to be seen need to be seen by a consultant; if a vacancy is causing delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49024/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1347. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme to ensure that people living with inflammatory bowel disease can be accommodated as part of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49046/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1348. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she will incorporate inflammatory bowel disease into the National Chronic Disease Management Programme, in recognition of the long-term and often debilitating impact of the condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49047/25]
Colm Burke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1349. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing an appointment to a person (details supplied) who urgently requires surgery and has received referral and an updated urgent request from their GP recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49053/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1350. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on an application for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in progressing this case; the expected timeline for approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49054/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1351. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the diet supplement for coeliacs, to assist them with the additional costs associated with a gluten free diet; her plans to re-introduce this scheme for new applicants; the alternative measures to assist coeliacs with the financial burden of their diet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49055/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1352. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on medications available under the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49057/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1353. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the availability of the Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery system in Ireland; the current status of its approval and reimbursement process; and the timeframe for its expected roll out, in view of its availability in other European countries and the growing demand among Irish diabetes patients for access to advanced insulin d…
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1354. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for breast cancer and the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49062/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1355. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for lung cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49063/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1356. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for prostate cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49064/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1357. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for pancreatic cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49065/25]
Colm Burke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1358. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme featuring ring-fenced annual funding to support a planned ten-year replacement cycle (details supplied) guided by international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49082/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1359. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish a National Radiotherapy Equipment Replacement Programme to ensure the timely upgrading of linear accelerator machines; the estimated timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49083/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1360. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the current age profile of radiotherapy LINAC machines under the HSE; the replacement schedule in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49084/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1361. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49085/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1362. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by a group (details supplied), that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes for patients, poorer access to clinical trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49086/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1363. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) and address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49088/25]
Michael Cahill Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1364. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person will be urgently addressed (details supplied) and a hospital appointment expedited, in light of the severe pain this person endures daily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49089/25]