833. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the status of negotiations regarding belzutifan; whether she will expedite the assessment and approval process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51584/26]
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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 | 27,764 | 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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834. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the review she intends to take of Ireland's system for approving access and funding for new drugs and medical treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51585/26]
835. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to make an exception on behalf of a constituent (details supplied) who is in need of a new set of dentures. [51590/26]
836. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the adequacy of diagnostic equipment in maternity hospitals; and the quality of imaging, in particular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51598/26]
837. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure adequate healthcare for persons in disadvantage; and her plans to expand the Inclusion Health programme between the Mater and St. James’s Hospitals, Dublin. [51599/26]
838. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in scheduling an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51601/26]
839. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when section 226 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 will be commenced. [51602/26]
840. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expedite the assessment and approval of belzutifan for patients with Von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) disease to ensure timely access for eligible patients; if she will engage with clinicians and patient groups regarding barriers to access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51615/26]
841. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her views on matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51616/26]
842. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the steps being taken by her Department to ensure healthcare professionals suffering from long-Covid can qualify for a critical illness payment; if she is aware that there are currently over 150 such employees of the HSE suffering from long-Covid who have been deemed ineligible for this payment recently (details supplied). [51620/2…
843. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 995 of 19 May 2026, the number of minors referred from Ireland to NHS children and young person gender services in the United Kingdom from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by age and sex, as this information was not provided in the response of 30 June 2026. [51622/26]
844. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1809 of 9 June 2026, the number of minors referred outside the State for gender-related assessment, consultation, intervention, or treatment in the years 2021 and 2022; the jurisdictions involved in all such referrals from 2021 to date in 2026; and the multidisciplinary assessment requirements applying prior to referral abroad…
845. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1809 of 9 June 2026, whether any State-funded mechanism other than the treatment abroad scheme has been used to refer minors outside the State for gender-related assessment, consultation, intervention, or treatment in any of the past five years, as this information was not provided in response to the question of 30 June 2026. …
846. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1820 of 9 June 2026, the terms of reference, membership, and findings of the expert group convened by the HSE Chief Clinical Officer in 2024 to consider the implications of the Cass Review for gender healthcare services in Ireland; the date this work concluded; and whether the findings will be published, as confirmed in the HS…
847. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to urgently review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will allocate an appointment urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51638/26]
848. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will introduce a specific field within the National Incident Management System to identify patient safety incidents involving agency, panel, or locum staff where a service user was harmed; the reason this distinction is not currently recorded centrally; if the HSE can produce an aggregate figure of such incidents using local records, notwithstanding the…
849. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to expedite an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [51646/26]
850. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an outpatient orthopaedic appointment for a person (details supplied); and if the case will be reviewed in order to determine if an earlier appointment can be facilitated. [51647/26]
851. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE provides financial assistance, reimbursement, or funding supports to families where a child is on a waiting list for assessment and intervention through a children's disability network team, is not expected to receive an assessment until December 2026, and where the family has no reasonable option other than to access private assessment or therapeuti…
852. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether it is her intention to commence Section 226 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; to outline the work conducted by her Department on this issue to date; and to provide a timeline for commencement. [51701/26]
853. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a hospital transfer for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51705/26]
854. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid assessment spaces currently available within the Accident and Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51715/26]
855. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric urology registrar posts filled at University Hospital Limerick as of 29 June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51716/26]
856. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene with the HSE to urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) in Killarney Community Hospital; if consideration will be given to extending the persons stay pending the provision of adequate home supports; if she will ensure that the necessary home help package, twice daily, seven days per week, is expedited to facilitate a safe d…
857. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if a pricing and reimbursement application has been received by the HSE for zolbetuximab (vyloy); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51755/26]