287. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if any dedicated capital funding from the €1.6 billion budget 2026 mental health allocation has been ring-fenced for CAST expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38241/26]
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
Which departments get asked most
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 | 3,955 | 152 | 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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288. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of Risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38242/26]
289. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses delivering chemotherapy treatment at each of the relevant hospitals in HSE Dublin and North East; to provide a comparison with the optimum staffing required to ensure timely access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38243/26]
290. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses delivering chemotherapy treatment at each of the relevant hospitals in HSE Dublin and Midlands; to provide a comparison with the optimum staffing required to ensure timely access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38244/26]
291. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses delivering chemotherapy treatment at each of the relevant hospitals in HSE Dublin and South East; to provide a comparison with the optimum staffing required to ensure timely access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38245/26]
292. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses delivering chemotherapy treatment at each of the relevant hospitals in HSE Mid West; to provide a comparison with the optimum staffing required to ensure timely access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38246/26]
293. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses delivering chemotherapy treatment at each of the relevant hospitals in HSE South West; to provide a comparison with the optimum staffing required to ensure timely access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38247/26]
294. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses delivering chemotherapy treatment at each of the relevant hospitals in HSE West and North West; to provide a comparison with the optimum staffing required to ensure timely access to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38248/26]
295. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses registered as competent to deliver chemotherapy in each hospital delivering chemotherapy in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [38249/26]
296. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details on the strategic infrastructure programme; to plan for replacement and expansion at public radiation oncology services (details supplied), including timelines on the development of this programme; the details of the stakeholders that will be involved in the consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38250/26]
297. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she or the Food Safety Authority have concerns regarding Brazilian beef being sold and consumed in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38251/26]
298. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the reason the Food Safety Authority did not name outlets where contaminated beef from Brazil was sold in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38252/26]
299. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a hip operation in the State; the number of operations undertaken weekly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38254/26]
300. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home help in each healthcare office in Kerry; the number receiving home help care; and the number waiting for additional home help care. in tabular form. [38259/26]
301. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38284/26]
302. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if any policy or regulatory provision exists that restricts the ability of general practitioners to prescribe hormones to transgender patients; and, if so, the legal basis for this restriction. [38288/26]
303. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38289/26]
304. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of guidance on mixed-gender wards and accommodation in hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38290/26]
305. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health her views on a patient with a history of osteoporosis who is faced with a wait of over a year for a publicly funded DEXA scan while being offered immediate access on payment of €100 (details supplied); whether this practice undermines the principle of care being provided on the basis of medical need rather than ability to pay; and the action she will take to ensu…
306. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the expected completion date for the new hospice facility in Drogheda; whether an interim community palliative care model will be funded and operational in the Ardee-Drogheda-Dundalk corridor pending its opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38307/26]
307. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against healthcare workers, by incident category in each of the years from 2021 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, by region, in tabular form. [38417/26]
308. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for braces through or funded by HSE dental services, by region and by waiting time; the number waiting at the start of 2021; and the number waiting at the latest available data point, in tabular form. [38418/26]
309. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for dentures through or funded by HSE dental services, by region and by waiting timer; the number waiting at the start of 2021; and the number waiting at the latest available data point, in tabular form. [38419/26]
310. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for chronic pain management through or funded by the HSE, by region and by waiting time; the number waiting at the start of 2021; and the number waiting at the latest available data point, in tabular form. [38420/26]
311. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for an endometriosis specialist appointment through or funded by the HSE, by region and by waiting time; the number waiting at the start of 2021; and the number waiting at the latest available data point, in tabular form [38421/26]