530. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence, details supplied, regarding proposals to develop additional respite supports for children with additional needs through facilities operated by an organisation. [70495/26]
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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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531. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the supports available to assist an organisation in sustaining and further developing services for children with additional needs. [70494/26]
532. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress being made in reducing the number of children on the Swords CDNT waiting lists; the number of staff recruited to Swords CDNT to September 2026; and which vacancies remain. [70655/26]
533. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Dublin North area of CHO 9 who received an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe in the years 2020 to date; and the number who have not. [70652/26]
534. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is familiar with the remit of the UK Office of Public Guardian; and which Irish statutory body performs the same or similar functions by investigating allegations of mistreatment of elderly people at the hands of family members who may have powers of attorney over their affairs. [69764/26]
535. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the funding challenges facing an organisation and the proposals submitted to the HSE to support the continuation and expansion of services for children with additional needs. [70491/26]
536. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number children and families whose scoliosis care predates January 2019 will fall outside module 1; and if she will reconsider the timeframe in order that relevant children are not excluded simply because their experiences occurred before January 2019. [69770/26]
537. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health in relation to the Commission of Investigation and module 1, the reason the timeframe for module 1 set to commence from January 2019. [69766/26]
538. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current number of anorexia and other eating disorder beds in the midwest HSE region; the number in each other HSE region; the number per head of population in each region for each year from 2020 to date, in tabular form; the status of plans to increase the number of anorexia and other eating disorder beds in the HSE midwest region; if there is an eating d…
539. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when she plans to publish the complete report of the National Disability Needs Analysis 2026. [69817/26]
540. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of all the hospitals which provide dermatology services in Ireland. [69816/26]
541. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the engagement she has had with the HSE in relation to the proposal to add the shingles vaccine to the reimbursement scheme. [69821/26]
542. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists on site in a hospital (details supplied). [69804/26]
543. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current average waiting time for a first appointment at a symptomatic breast disease clinic; the number of urgent referrals seen within the two-week target in each of the past 12 months; the number of women currently waiting beyond that target, broken down by hospital; and the steps she is taking to ensure all urgent referrals are seen on time. [69774/26]
544. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason for a delay of up to nine months for the HSE to reimburse patients availing of the EU cross border directive; the action being taken to help patients who avail of loans in order to access speedy healthcare due to growing waiting lists here and who find themselves considerably out of pocket as a result of the delays in reimbursement; and the re…
545. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of shingles (varicella zoster), by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69750/26]
546. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health her plans to make the shingles vaccine (shingrix) available through the HSE. [69824/26]
547. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects that are under way to ensure that every sample in Ireland is not sent abroad, including the amount of equipment and machinery needed; and the stages of current procurement. [69841/26]
548. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the number of staff positions that are currently vacant in the testing of cervical smear samples; and the full complement of staff required in order to test every sample in Ireland and not be sent abroad. [69840/26]
549. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the current pathway to reducing the number of cervical screening samples being tested outside of ireland. [69839/26]
550. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 16642/26 (details supplied), if she is aware that graduate paramedics are currently being redeployed from understaffed stations close to where they live, to other more distant stations that are fully staffed against their will and under the threat of unemployment; her views on this regarding previous commitments made …
551. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if a replacement has been recruited for a senior psychologist from Ennis Day Hospital who retired in 2025; the number of psychologists of each grade currently in Ennis Day Hospital; the number of vacancies there are; and when vacancies are likely to be filled. [69845/26]
552. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the average turnaround time for results of a cervical check; and where they were tested, in the past five years, in tabular form. [69844/26]
553. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the equipment related to processing cervical check samples that is not currently in use; the location in which such equipment is being stored; and the reason for such equipment lying idle. [69843/26]
554. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologists and WTE paediatric gastroenterologist registrar posts filled at CHI Temple Street as of 28 September 2026, in tabular form. [69860/26]