870. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that patients approved for insulin pump therapy are not experiencing delays in accessing pumps due to insufficient staffing or capacity to provide the necessary patient training; the position regarding waiting times for insulin pump commencement in the HSE West and North West region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
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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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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,342 | 145 | 27,197 |
| Education | 13,896 | 145 | 13,751 |
| Transport | 11,008 | 139 | 10,869 |
| Justice | 9,783 | 135 | 9,648 |
| Housing | 9,020 | 160 | 8,860 |
| Children | 8,676 | 129 | 8,547 |
| Finance | 5,833 | 153 | 5,680 |
| Social | 5,830 | 135 | 5,695 |
| Agriculture | 4,888 | 136 | 4,752 |
| Enterprise | 3,878 | 139 | 3,739 |
| Foreign | 3,856 | 190 | 3,666 |
| Climate | 3,825 | 114 | 3,711 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,685 | 167 | 3,518 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,394 | 127 | 3,267 |
| Taoiseach | 2,585 | 1,436 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,499 | 162 | 2,337 |
| Culture | 2,376 | 147 | 2,229 |
| Rural | 2,331 | 140 | 2,191 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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874. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who presented for treatment with gambling as their main problem in each of the years 2021 to 2025, by HSE region; the average waiting time for gambling addiction treatment in the HSE south-west area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72371/26]
875. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the provision in Budget 2027 that has been made within the health budget for ongoing lung fibrosis funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72400/26]
876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 70766 of 2026, if she will confirm whether the home support authorisation scheme contains any requirement for approved providers to reimburse workers for mileage, as distinct from travel time; if so, the minimum rate per kilometre specified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72411/26]
877. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted or commissioned any review of the mileage rates paid by approved home support providers to staff using their own vehicles since 2023; the findings of any such review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72414/26]
878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the core hourly rate of €32.73 paid to approved home support providers applies uniformly in all areas, including Cork north central; whether any change to that rate has taken effect in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72417/26]
879. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the urgent or routine waiting list. [72421/26]
880. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the status of funding under Budget 2027 for an organisation (details supplied) particularly in terms of utility costs offsets, medical cards, and its continued funding at 2026 bracket levels equivalent to €500,000. [72423/26]
881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE monitors or collects data on the hourly pay received by frontline home support workers employed by approved providers; if the HSE has set minimum expectation for the share of the €32.73 hourly rate that goes to worker pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72419/26]
882. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the funding being provided in Budget 2027 for an organisation (details supplied). [72433/26]
883. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the business case, needs assessment, approval documentation and decision record relating to the HSE mid-west procurement for Community Rehabilitation and Transitional Beds published in March 2026; the reason for the subsequent decision to cancel that procurement within days of its original publication; and if she will set out the circumst…
884. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE withdrew the procurement process for the Provision of Community Rehabilitation and Transitional Beds for HSE Mid-West, published in March 2026; the date on which the decision to withdraw the procurement was made; and whether clinical, operational, financial or procurement considerations informed the decision. [72469/26]
885. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the progress regarding the purchase by the Health Service Executive of a building (details supplied); and to outline the services that will be provided in the short, medium, and long term. [72449/26]
886. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if there has been a provision in Budget 2027 for medical cards to be issued to lung fibrosis patients as a matter of routine care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72392/26]
887. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health whether her Department provides support to home care workers with mileage costs and the cost of fuel (details supplied); whether there are tax credits which home care workers can avail of to assist with the cost of fuel associated with their work as a home carer. [71970/26]
888. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71356/26]
889. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to review correspondence (details supplied); and whether he is satisfied that Gaza students holding full scholarships from Irish institutions were refused visas, while Government of Ireland scholars submitting comparable documentation were granted them. [71363/26]
890. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis), in tabular …
891. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a university student who has been refused progression to fourth year. [71587/26]
892. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science If he will review the case of a person (details supplied) and provide an update on their SUSI application. [71676/26]
893. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on his recent visit to China. [71730/26]
894. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement his Department or the HEA has had with China General Technology Research Institute. [71728/26]
895. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reasons ICOT have been removed from the Interim List of Eligible Programs. [71682/26]
896. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the projected increase of student enrolments over the next five years; and the anticipated additional funding that will be required to meet this demand. [71735/26]
897. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of proposals to close a college (details supplied) in north Dublin; the engagement he has had with the board of management and staff at the college on the matter; and the steps he is taking to avoid the closure of this education and training centre. [71944/26]