572. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of feasibility study for the new renal dialysis unit at Sligo University Hospital; and an update on the Development Control Plan (DCP) for Sligo University Hospital. [66614/26]
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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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573. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of delays in progressing the National Ambulance Service Student Paramedic Apprenticeship competition (NRS14980), which opened in September 2025; the reasons aptitude tests and interviews have not yet commenced; whether training places in affiliated colleges risk remaining vacant as a result; the impact on National Ambulance Service workforce pla…
574. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the delay with a person (details supplied) in receiving a hospital bed at home. [66585/26]
575. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the total number of home support workers employed, by CHO area under the home support service for older people; and the number of vacancies, by CHO area. [66642/26]
576. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to consider an organisation (details supplied) submission and ensure adequate funding to support the measures outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66696/26]
577. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people in Donegal waiting for approved home support hours, by area; the length of time they are waiting; and reason for delay, in tabular form. [66641/26]
578. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will include asthma to the long-term illness scheme; to ensure better supports and access to medications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66695/26]
579. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health to provide the current stage on the HSE assessment of a medication (details supplied); to confirm when the HSE's Drugs Group will issue their recommendation to the HSE Senior Management Team to progress the reimbursement decision on this medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66640/26]
580. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to allow for free MART combination inhalers, starting with young people aged 12–17 years-of-age and progressing towards wider community access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66694/26]
581. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who completed specialist training in public health medicine in 2026; the number currently employed in consultant public health medicine posts; whether a recruitment embargo is affecting the filling of such posts; and when any such restrictions will be lifted. [66638/26]
582. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist neurology nurses who are employed at Tallaght University Hospital in comparison with the national guidelines. [66715/26]
583. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times to see a consultant rheumatologist at St James's Hospital for a first appointment. [66714/26]
584. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when approved home support will commence for an older person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she is aware a community hospital bed is taken up because of the delay; and if recruitment or capacity within current HSE staff and other providers in the area is being considered. [66625/26]
585. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has commenced research into the development of a safe medical staffing framework; the work carried out to date; and the timeline she is working towards. [66621/26]
586. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health her views on a pre-budget submission (details supplied). [66719/26]
587. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of days per week CT scanning services are operational and fully facilitated for patients at Ennis hospital; the operating hours of the service on those days; and if there are any specific capital, staffing, or operational plans currently in place to increase the number of days or daily hours that CT scans are provided in Ennis hospital. [66707/26]
588. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Health the reason tirzepatide (Mounjaro), despite being authorised for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, is not currently covered under the medical card, long-term illness scheme or drugs payment scheme; and if she will outline the current position regarding access to this medication through the State schemes. [66674/26]
590. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment to see a consultant neurosurgeon at Cork University Hospital; and the average waiting times to see the consultant neurosurgeon. [66733/26]
591. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrar in anaesthetics posts filled at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital as of 1 September 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 1 September 2023, in tabular form. [66732/26]
592. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for approval to take up a nursing community post in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66724/26]
593. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of approved posts which are unfilled, by location and grade for each region by service in tabular form; and the length of each vacancy. [66740/26]
594. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of major hospital equipment stock which has a use in diagnostics, such as various scan or lab test machines, and the level of throughput for each for each public hospital, in tabular form; the difference between potential full capacity and actual throughput; and the rate of breakdown for each and equivalent days lost due to breakdown. [66739/26]
595. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of use of virtual ward technology across each public hospital, requested from each hospital, including the amount of units available, the average amount deployed at any time, and the equivalent to traditional capacity, for 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [66738/26]
596. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of CAMHS consultations which are conducted in person and remotely for each year 2020-2026, by CAMHS team, in tabular form; and the extent of telemedicine across each CAMHS team. [66737/26]
597. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrists working in each CAMHS team by contract type and tenure, in tabular form; the number of whole time equivalent; and the headcount. [66736/26]