3219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason certain items (details supplied) have been delisted from the drug payment scheme; if she will consider the financial impact this causes for those who are on low incomes but are ineligible for a full medical card, and often have to pay the full €80 DPS limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55259/26]
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
Which departments get asked most
Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,649 | 1,479 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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3221. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether she will introduce statutory restrictions on influencer and digital marketing of food and non-alcoholic beverages high in fat, salt or sugar to children. [55281/26]
3222. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the assessment her Department has made of the Safefood ClickBite research on children’s exposure to unhealthy food marketing online and the legislative action that will follow from the research. [55282/26]
3223. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether she supports the development of a mandatory nutrient-profile model to determine which food and beverage products may not be marketed to children online. [55283/26]
3224. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether she will seek a cross-departmental working group involving the Departments of Health, Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment together with the CCPC and Coimisiún na Meán, to develop legislation on digital unhealthy food marketing. [55284/26]
3225. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether she will examine a statutory prohibition on influencers promoting cosmetic surgery, invasive aesthetic procedures and unsubstantiated weight-loss or therapeutic products. [55285/26]
3226. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new ambulance base at Gorey. [55323/26]
3227. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if the case will be urgently reviewed and considered for prioritisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55324/26]
3228. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the way in which families affected by substance use are represented in the development and implementation of the new National Drugs Strategy; and whether consideration has been given to establishing a formal national advisory mechanism for affected family members. [55325/26]
3229. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to embed trauma-informed practice across HSE addiction, mental health and community services; the funding allocated for this work; and the implementation timeline. [55326/26]
3230. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether the Department intends to develop a national data collection framework on families affected by substance use, including the wider impacts on parents, siblings, partners and children. [55327/26]
3231. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the funding currently provided for community-based family support organisations working with families affected by addiction, broken down by county and by organisation. [55328/26]
3232. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to support frontline addiction workers experiencing secondary trauma and burnout, including access to clinical supervision and specialist trauma training. [55331/26]
3233. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists and speech and language therapist posts by grade that were filled at Wexford General Hospital as of 14 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55346/26]
3234. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional clinical specialist podiatrists and three additional podiatrists managers for the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55347/26]
3235. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health when the HSE representative for the Local Community Safety Forum for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will be appointed. [55373/26]
3236. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the need for increased and sustained funding for personal assistance services, PAS, to support people older people to live independently in their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55377/26]
3237. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55382/26]
3238. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if her Department is examining the case for increased investment in preventive diabetes technologies, such as continuous glucose monitoring as a means of reducing future demand on acute and chronic care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55388/26]
3239. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans for patients to access belzutifan (welireg) for patients living with von hippel-lindau disease in Ireland. [55391/26]
3240. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding that has been allocated to implementing the hereditary cancer model of care in each of the years since its launch, including 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55393/26]
3241. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the actual number and the percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to lung rapid access clinics, by hospital, in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55394/26]
3242. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to prostate rapid access clinics by hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55395/26]
3243. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the supports available for a person (details supplied); the way in which they can access counselling on a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55402/26]
3244. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of electronic referrals from a GP to urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics by hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55404/26]