424. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve workforce planning and the treatment of doctors in our hospitals so that experienced clinicians choose to remain in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54209/26]
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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425. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason the vascular medicine service at St James’s Hospital has been allowed to close; the reason no replacement consultant has been funded to re-open the service; the interim arrangements in place for patients requiring such care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54210/26]
426. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason patients previously under consultant care in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital are not being returned to those consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54211/26]
427. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason referrals correctly sent to consultants in the vascular unit in St. James’s Hospital are not resulting in scheduled appointments or initial in-person outpatient assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54212/26]
428. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals that have been returned or left without appointment scheduling in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54213/26]
429. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken to ensure public patients receive safe and timely consultant review in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54214/26]
430. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to ensure public patients are not forced into private practice simply to access the same consultant in the vascular unit of St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54215/26]
431. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the level of investment currently being made by her Department and the HSE in the diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS); the specific services available to women with PMOS within the public health system; whether women diagnosed with PMOS are eligible for assessment and treatment through ambulatory gynaec…
432. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54221/26]
433. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has investigated if public-only consultants in laboratories in other public hospitals are engaged in private work on site (details supplied); if other public laboratories have service level agreements in place with private facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54258/26]
434. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the average processing time for Garda vetting in Cork currently. [54259/26]
435. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update in relation to the developments relating to staff cuts and cancellation of English classes in GRETB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53814/26]
436. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the range of topics covered and the outcome of his discussions in Cork with Members of the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53923/26]
437. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 293 of 7 July 2026, the reason researchers in technological universities are prevented from accessing the single pension scheme; whether their equivalents in universities can access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54030/26]
438. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students expected to enrol in Cork universities in September. [54165/26]
439. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of purpose built student accommodation units available in Cork city in September. [54166/26]
440. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the sums which remain in dormant accounts funding, if the fund is due to cease to exist, the plans for replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53945/26]
441. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on funding for men's sheds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53949/26]
442. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when town centres first applications will reopen; the amount of funding provided, by town under the scheme; and his views on whether the scheme is having the desired impact. [54083/26]
443. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the CLÁR application for club (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53813/26]
444. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the range of topics covered and the outcome of his discussions in Cork with Members of the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53921/26]
445. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for a list of the projects approved and funding allocated under LEADER in Dublin for Lucan north and Castleknock since 2020. [54019/26]
446. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to review and give consideration to funding in Budget 2027 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54849/26]
1. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht as the Minister with responsibility for rural proofing and Our Rural Future, the engagement his Department has with State agencies and semi-State bodies to ensure that transport services adequately meet the needs of rural communities. [53140/26]
2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will approve capital funding for a community centre in Citywest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53391/26]