1418. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health her views on the importance of establishing good dental habits early on life; if her Department has examined the possibility of providing free dental check-ups for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65621/26]
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
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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 | 2,628 | 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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1423. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the safeguards that are in place to ensure there is consistency of referral decisions for the health referral scheme. [65649/26]
1425. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the HSE has tested the way in which major AI chatbots respond to Ireland-specific questions about unintended pregnancy and abortion; whether users are directed to accurate information, including the HSE’s My Options service; whether she will arrange such testing if none has been undertaken; and if she will publish the findings. [65529/…
1427. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the relocation financial assistance available to EU and non-EU candidates recruited to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology posts; the number of eligible candidates in each profession in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number offered the assistance; the number who received it; the total e…
1428. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed whether the annual number of graduates from Irish physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics programmes is sufficient to replace staff leaving the HSE and also meet planned service expansion; the projected additional workforce requirement in each discipline to 2030; and the proportion of that requir…
1429. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to ensure that diabetic retinopathy screening appointments under the RetinaScreen programme are scheduled in a timely manner; and if she will address the issue of recurring delays experienced by patients who require annual screening for occupational reasons. [65735/26]
1431. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if GP's are permitted to limit patient appointments to 12 minutes (details supplied). [65718/26]
1432. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide additional home help supports (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65741/26]
1433. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE or a public hospital contracts for cleaning services, who verifies the contractor’s compliance with the employment regulation order; if a contractor is required, at tender or during a public contract, to demonstrate that mandatory safety training is provided as paid working time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65713/26]
1436. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the existing grant supports for persons with mobility issues to make private homes accessible are fair, specifically in terms of the means testing applied. [65768/26]
1437. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health If her attention has be drawn to a case (details supplied); if she will clarify whether Roscommon Injury Unit is currently equipped and authorised to assess acute eye injuries in children: if so, the reason the child was directed elsewhere for assessment; and if not, the reason HSE information indicates that injury units can treat objects stuck in the eye and …
1439. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians currently on HSE recruitment panel within CHO5; and when does this panel expire. [65747/26]
1440. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist registrar in dermatology posts filled at Cork University Hospital. [65746/26]
1441. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of funded vacant posts in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology at the latest available date; the number of applicants for those posts who were CORU-registered and required employment sponsorship; the number deemed appointable or offered posts; and the number whose appointment did not proceed because…
1442. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients estimated to be eligible for treatment with skyclarys (omaveloxolone); if additional clinical appointments or resources are being provided to the National Ataxia Clinic at Tallaght University Hospital or other relevant services to facilitate the assessment and treatment of eligible patients; whether any capacity constraints that could delay…
1443. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE has engaged with a company (details supplied) and the relevant neurology and ataxia services regarding the roll-out of skyclarys (omaveloxolone) following its approval for reimbursement; if a national implementation or treatment pathway has been agreed; the arrangements being made to ensure eligible patients can be assessed and presc…
1444. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation and availability of skyclarys (omaveloxolone) for patients with Friedreich’s ataxia following its approval for reimbursement; the date on which it is expected that the first patients in Ireland to commence treatment; the steps that must be completed before prescribing will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
1446. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if agency workers who take up employment with the HSE do not have their experience as agency workers taken into consideration and effectively start again on the pay scale; to confirm that this was not always the practice; and if she will consider reverting to the previous practice of taking experience into consideration regardless of if it is with an agen…
1447. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the criteria needed for a referral for a breast clinic appointment to be classed as urgent at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65772/26]
1448. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an urgent appointment at the breast clinic at University Hospital Waterford; the average waiting time for a non-urgent appointment; her plans to reduce these waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65771/26]
1450. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to outline the formal pathway for a child in County Roscommon who suffers an acute eye injury (details supplied). [65766/26]
1451. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed whether the annual number of graduates from Irish physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics programmes is sufficient to replace staff leaving the HSE and also meet planned service expansion; the projected additional workforce requirement in each discipline to 2030; and the proportion of that requir…
1452. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and dietitians who left HSE employment in each year from 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number newly recruited in each profession in each year; the number of new graduates from Irish higher-education programmes in each profession who entered HSE employment; and the …
1453. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology who were offered HSE posts in 2025 and to date in 2026 but were unable to take them up because they required an employment permit or employer sponsorship; the figures by profession and HSE Health Region; and the reasons sponsorship was not provid…
1454. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of funded vacant posts in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology at the latest available date; the number of applicants for those posts who were CORU-registered and required employment sponsorship; the number deemed appointable or offered posts; and the number whose appointment did not proceed because…