1330. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to address issues in relation to student nurses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39284/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
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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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,951 | 148 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,683 | 1,513 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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1331. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when she expects to see an on-site pharmacy at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39302/26]
1332. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of patients seen in Southdoc, Blackpool in the first four months of each of the years 2019, 2022 and 2026. [39309/26]
1333. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 917 of 6 May 2026, the reason individuals (details supplied) in County Sligo who attend day care centres are being charged a €4 daily fee for using HSE funded transport operated by the Local Link; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39326/26]
1334. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a capital project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39339/26]
1335. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the completion of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39340/26]
1336. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the treatment abroad scheme maintains any dataset identifying the highest-cost individual referrals funded annually; and if she will provide the ten highest annual individual treatment costs since 2020 in anonymised form. [39341/26]
1337. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a central register of high-cost treatment abroad scheme approvals; and if so, the criteria used to classify cases as high-cost. [39345/26]
1338. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health with reference to the framework agreement on the supply and pricing of medicines 2026-2029's commitment to develop an early access scheme for rare diseases; if she will consider the equity of creating a fast-track for patients with rare diseases versus the track for patients whose diseases may not be rare but may have a greater clinical need; if she will conside…
1339. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to give a detailed breakdown of home care waiting lists and waiting times across north Louth CHN; the measures being put in place to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39364/26]
1340. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to give a detailed breakdown of home care waiting lists and waiting times across south Louth and Bettystown CHN; the measures being put in place to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39365/26]
1341. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to give a detailed breakdown of home care waiting lists and waiting times across north Meath and Ardee CHN; the measures being put in place to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39366/26]
1342. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to give a detailed breakdown of home care waiting lists and waiting times across central Meath CHN; the measures being put in place to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39367/26]
1343. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to give a detailed breakdown of home care waiting lists and waiting times across east Meath CHN; the measures being put in place to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39368/26]
1344. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to give a detailed breakdown of home care waiting lists and waiting times across southwest Meath CHN; the measures being put in place to address same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39369/26]
1345. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in rheumatology based at the Mater Hospital as of 18 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39375/26]
1346. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39376/26]
1347. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant histopathology and consultant colorectal surgeon posts filled at the Supra-Regional Endometriosis Centre at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39377/26]
1348. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric dermatologists based at CHI Temple Street as of 18 May 2026, in tabular form. [39385/26]
1349. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the current waiting times for cardiology services; the current number of persons on cardiology outpatient waiting lists, by hospital group; and the actions being taken to address these waiting times. [39386/26]
1350. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE adult physiotherapists and adult speech and language therapist posts filled at Donabate health centre as of 18 May 2026, in tabular form. [39387/26]
1351. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health , the specific measures being undertaken by HSE to encourage greater participation in the dental treatment scheme in north County Dublin; and the effectiveness of these measures to date. [39388/26]
1352. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the medical report submitted by a consultant (details supplied) will be urgently reconsidered with a view to approving a patient for CGM via a dexcom device; if the patient's consultants recommendation to approve the device will be fast tracked; and if she will expedite a positive response. [39439/26]
1353. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) whose application for approval of a prescribed weight-loss medication under the medical card scheme and has been awaiting a decision from the HSE since February 2026, despite supporting documentation from both her GP and consultant orthopaedic surgeon; and if she will make a statement on…
1354. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health to outline the recruitment campaigns that have been rolled out in 2024, 2025, and 2026, to recruit additional home help carers for the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39459/26]