402. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation following their request for an urgent meeting (details supplied). [66195/26]
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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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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 | 2,628 | 1,479 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,516 | 179 | 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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403. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer drug clinical trials operated in acute hospitals for each of the years from 2019 to date in 2026. [66194/26]
404. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the funding provided to each approved provider of home care in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and the amount spent on home care provided directly by the HSE in each of those years. [66193/26]
405. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to list the pilot cancer screening programmes in operation; the start date and end date for each, in each of the years between 2019 and 2026. [66192/26]
407. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3889 of 28th July 2026, to provide a copy of the job specification for a role (details supplied); and the date at which this job specification was published. [66198/26]
408. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of acute voluntary hospitals that have yet to sign off on their service level agreement for 2026. [66205/26]
409. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of new roles approved by the HSE between January and August 2026, by month and grade. [66204/26]
411. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the projected growth in demand and associated cost, across all existing acute health services for 2027. [66202/26]
413. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the HSE Telehealth Roadmap 2024–2027; the number and percentage of outpatient consultations delivered via telehealth to date, by HSE health region and hospital group; the clinical grades involved in delivering these consultations in each region; and the specialties or care pathways in which telehealth adoption remains lo…
414. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the reimbursement of belzutifan, for the treatment of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, by the HSE; whether the application is being assessed on the most up to date information on the performance of the drug and subsequent patient outcomes; and when a final decision is likely. [66250/26]
415. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in the State in receipt of dialysis treatment in each of the years 2021-2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by type of treatment, in tabular form. [66249/26]
416. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether the pharmacoeconomic and reimbursement assessment of belzutifan for von Hippel Lindau disease takes account of the full long-term healthcare costs associated with the natural progression of the disease and repeated treatment of VHL-associated tumors including renal surgery, loss of renal function, chronic kidney disease, dialysis, renal transplantation…
417. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant registered general nurses within the Kildare area as of 8 September 2026; and the steps being taken to fill these vacancies. [66276/26]
418. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists specialising in substance use disorder posts filled within CHO 7 as of 8 September 2026, in tabular form. [66273/26]
419. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes currently receiving insulin-pump therapy through the public health service, by adults and children, HSE health region and hospital at which their diabetes care is provided, in tabular form. [66269/26]
420. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development and implementation of a national care pathway for Huntington's disease, including the estimated annual cost of fully implementing the proposed pathway; and whether funding has been sought for implementation in 2026 and 2027. [66287/26]
421. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether the proposed national care pathway for Huntington's disease provides for the establishment of regional specialist multidisciplinary services; the proposed number and locations of such services; and the disciplines that will comprise each multidisciplinary team. [66286/26]
422. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes currently awaiting commencement of insulin-pump therapy, by HSE health region and hospital; the number waiting less than three months, three to six months, six to 12 months and more than 12 months; and the median and longest waiting time for commencement of therapy in each location, in tabular form. [66267/26]
423. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to list each acute hospital diabetes service in the State which currently has the capacity to initiate adult patients with type 1 diabetes onto insulin-pump therapy; to provide details of each hospital which can provide ongoing pump management and aftercare but cannot initiate patients; and to provide details of each hospital providing neither service, in tabu…
424. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation framework to complement The Diabetes Policy and Services Review; A strategy for Better Care. [66259/26]
425. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with type 1 diabetes ordinarily resident in County Offaly who are currently receiving insulin-pump therapy, by adults and children; the hospitals at which those patients receive insulin-pump initiation and follow-up care and the number who are required to travel outside of County Offaly for such care, in tabular form. [66263/26]
427. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on recruiting foreign doctors through the HSE relocation package for both EU and non-EU applicants in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66315/26]
428. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health in the context of the current cost-of-living pressures cited by health sector unions (details supplied) in the lead-up to planned industrial action, the extent to which her Department and the HSE have assessed the potential to reduce commuting costs and time for clinical nursing grades by facilitating telemedicine-enabled remote or blended working for appropr…
429. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that clinical nursing grades (details supplied) are equally facilitated in accessing blended working and telemedicine-enabled remote consultation arrangements, in line with the HSE blended working policy; whether guidelines exist to assess which nursing-delivered patient contacts are appropriate for remote delivery; the extent …
430. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the 74 posts identified for agency conversion in the 2026 HSE National Service Plan, the number that have been converted to HSE posts to date. [66161/26]