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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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Pearse Doherty Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1700. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant occupational therapy posts in Donegal; the length of time these posts have been vacant; the number of posts expected to become vacant within the next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11701/25]
David Cullinane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1707. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current position regarding the vacancy since 5 October 2024 of an ophthalmologist for Tipperary south; the current stage of the recruitment process concerned; the expected timeframe for said post to be filled; the measures put in place in the interim to enable a resumption in services locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11719/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1716. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of posts at the HSE surgical hub south Dublin, by grade, in tabular form; and the number of posts which are vacant. [11743/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1773. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurological specialists, by title, by CHO region for each month since January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11983/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1774. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for WTE neurological specialists, by title, by CHO region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11984/25]
Paul Lawless Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1797. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists who have retired from the HSE, by county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [12082/25]
Ged Nash Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1806. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of diabetes specialist nurses/dietitians/chiropodists/psychologists presently working in Dundalk diabetes clinic; if these posts are specifically dedicated for people with type 1 and type 2 or other types of diabetes; if they are located exclusively in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12116/25]
Seán Canney Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1847. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1108 of 2 February 2025, if there has been a change to the criteria since 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12452/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1856. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 374 of 27 February 2025, if she is aware of an issue with the advertisement of posts for speech and language therapists (details supplied). [12483/25]
Jen Cummins Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1863. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dementia advisers based in CHO 7 in the years 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [12545/25]
Jen Cummins Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1865. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE funded substance misuse liaison nurses in CHO7 in the years 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [12547/25]
Charles Ward Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1875. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health if funding and recruitment is approved or currently advertised for all the 11 vacant occupational therapy posts in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12606/25]
Charles Ward Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1876. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health when the three vacancies currently in social care in Donegal will be considered for funding and advertised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12607/25]
Gary Gannon Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1883. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health when she anticipates that social care workers will be required to register with CORU; the steps being taken to ensure that the necessary regulatory framework is in place to facilitate this registration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12632/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1897. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints about the behaviour of nurses that have been made to the HSE, the Nursing and Midwifery Board and the Office of the Ombudsman in 2023 and 2024; and if she is satisfied that the current system for overseeing and acting on complaints against health and social care staff in the HSE is adequate. [12950/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
69. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she plans to meet the demands for pay restoration and pay parity for section 39 workers given the ballot for industrial action by section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10164/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will immediately lift the pay and numbers strategy to ensure that all health services can be staffed to safe and adequate levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10163/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
109. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is specialist training for all staff in in-patient psychiatric services in this country on the management and treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10128/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
120. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the projected impact of the HSE's pay and numbers strategy on disability services provided directly by the HSE or through sections 38 and 39 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10102/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
128. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if the decommissioned child psychologist post at Athenry primary care centre will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9425/25]
Paul Murphy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
133. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health when section 39 workers will begin receiving equal pay for work in line with their counterparts in the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9943/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
154. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts for public health nurses in Dublin 8, 10 and 12; the length of time each post has been vacant; and the effect on local services as a consequence of same. [8896/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
156. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to replace the ophthalmologist in Clonmel following the retirement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9145/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
424. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10391/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
425. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant non-consultant hospital doctor posts, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10392/25]