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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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John Brady Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2371. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Ambulance Service Strategic Plan; if a copy of this can be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20519/25]
John Brady Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2372. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if any draft or finalised documents for the National Ambulance Service Strategic Plan will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20520/25]
John Brady Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2373. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for the publication of the National Ambulance Service Strategic Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20521/25]
John Brady Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2374. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown for posts to be delivered in the National Ambulance Service; the date by which she expects recruitment to be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20522/25]
Sean Fleming Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2375. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the drug Palforzia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20524/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2376. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to publish a national policy on adult safeguarding for the health and social care sector. [20531/25]
John Brady Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2377. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health her plans to extend temporary registration licenses to stamp 4 non-EU dentists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20540/25]
John Brady Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2378. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand access to a mentorship programme and period of adaptation to all eligible non-EU dentists residing in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20541/25]
John Brady Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2379. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the frequency and intake capacity of the Dental Council’s registration examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20542/25]
Emer Currie Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2380. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for speech and language therapy, psychology, and occupational therapy in primary care services in CHO9; the corresponding average waiting times in weeks, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20544/25]
Emer Currie Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2381. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical sessions typically offered to children and adolescents attending CHO9 primary care speech and language therapy services; whether clients are placed on a further waiting list following discharge if ongoing support is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20545/25]
Emer Currie Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2382. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the total number of speech and language therapists currently employed within the HSE orthodontic services in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20547/25]
Emer Currie Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2383. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacant speech and language therapist posts currently within CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20548/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2384. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she intends to implement the recommendations of the Mental Health Commission’s report into the level of mental health services provided in hospital emergency departments across all health regions in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20549/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2385. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the total number of clinical status 1 calls (Echo and Delta) per the advanced medical priority dispatch system (AS1s) requiring an advanced paramedic (AP) response, total AP advised calls not receiving an AP response and the percentage of AP-advised calls not receiving an AP response for each of the 12 months for the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in …
Claire Kerrane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2386. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients identified with severe pain and the number of patients with a reduction in pain score of at least three points for each of the 12 months for the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20563/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2387. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department took to arrive at the conclusion that reimbursement was not possible in respect of HRT purchased before 1 June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the rationale for not reimbursing such purchases. [20564/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2388. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the reason for excluding some dosages from the free HRT scheme; the reason for excluding some brands not listed on the DPS reimbursable list managed by PCRS from the free HRT scheme; an if she will amend the scheme to include all brands and all dosages, respectively. [20565/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2389. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of times she has met with an organisation (details supplied); the agenda and minutes of each meeting; if she has further meetings scheduled with the organisation; ad if she will make a statement on what is proposed for discussion at further meetings. [20566/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2390. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will take steps to introduce legislation for adult safeguarding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20580/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2391. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if there are any schemes that individuals can avail of to recoup money when they have been forced to go through private healthcare providers for their medical care due to inadequate public services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20587/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2392. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health her views on the incident that occurred in St. Joesph’s adolescent psychiatric unit; the number of children who were left without placement; the measures being taken on the issue; when it is envisioned all the children will be offered alternative placements; the steps that will be put into place to ensure that where another situation such as this arises, the mo…
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2393. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she believes that it would be important to routinely collect data on the job vacancies within CAMHS to ensure the effective delivery of services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20632/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2394. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health what immediate actions are being taken to address the significant disparities in mental health emergency care across hospitals, as highlighted by the Mental Health Commission’s recent report indicating that children with acute mental health crises are left in emergency departments for extended periods without appropriate care; and if she will make a statement …
Barry Heneghan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2395. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline what concrete actions are being taken to urgently address the ongoing failure to provide adequate care and follow-up for individuals in mental health crisis, who are often forced to leave overcrowded and understaffed emergency departments without a care plan and, subsequently, return in a revolving-door pattern; and if she will make a state…