458. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual and capital costs associated with providing 24-hour mental health crisis assessment services in all acute hospitals; and if she will provide details of the staffing, infrastructure and operational costs included in those estimates. [48529/26]
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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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459. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the indicative timeline for extending GP visit card eligibility to children aged eight to 12 years, in line with the Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48531/26]
460. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the preparatory work underway to support the extension of free GP care to children aged eight to 12 years, including engagement with GPs and system planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48532/26]
461. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health whether Budget 2027 will include provision for the extension of free GP care to children aged eight to 12 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48533/26]
462. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health whether GP workforce capacity has been assessed as sufficient to support the proposed extension to children aged eight to 12 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48534/26]
463. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming budget to support the implementation of National Diabetes Strategy; and if she will make a s…
464. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will be providing funding for Regional Diabetes Clinical Leads to ensure consistent and accountable delivery of the “Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care” across all six regional health areas in line with national standards and models of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48537/26]
465. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will make a commitment to providing sustained, ring-fenced, multiannual funding to ensure full implementation of the “Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care” report; if she will be establishing a National Diabetes Office to oversee implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48538/26]
466. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the reason skyclarys has not been included on the agenda for the recent HSE Drugs Group meeting held in June 2026; when the drug will be considered by the Drugs Group; the timeline for a decision on its prioritisation within the reimbursement process; and the measures being taken to ensure there are no further avoidable delays in progressing access to skyclarys f…
467. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the national rollout plans for the HSE community neuro-rehabilitation teams, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the areas which do not currently have a CRNT in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48541/26]
468. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by her Department to establish a dedicated neurology service in the south-east Tipperary University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48542/26]
469. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to establish a community neuro-rehabilitation team within the south-east region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48543/26]
470. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on development of managed clinical rehabilitation networks across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48547/26]
471. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for regional diabetes clinical leads to ensure consistent and accountable delivery of the “Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care” across all six regional health , in line with national standards and models of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48559/26]
472. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health if she will make a commitment to providing sustained, ring-fenced, multiannual funding to ensure full implementation of the “Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care” report; if she will establish a national diabetes office to oversee implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48560/26]
473. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health whether implementation of the “Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care” has been identified as a Ministerial priority within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; if new funding will be provided in the upcoming Budget to support the implementation of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [485…
474. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if the HSE have collated data on the number of individuals living in the south-east health region who have been referred outside the health region for specialist neurological services; if this data has been used to assess demand for regional services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48566/26]
475. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of patients located in south-east health region who have been referred outside the health region for neurological services for the past five years, by county origin and year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48567/26]
476. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of patients located in south-east health region who have been referred outside the health region for neurological services for the past five years, by hospital/service to which they’ve been referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48568/26]
477. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurses currently in post; the regions they cover; the number of referrals received in the past 12 months; and the plans to expand the service. [48570/26]
478. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has concluded the local bargaining phase of the current public service pay agreement (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48576/26]
479. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to any other breaches of the public only consultant contract within other specialities other than obstetrics in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital; if so, to identify the specialities and the nature of the breaches; the engagement she has had with the Rotunda Maternity Hospital about such breaches; the enforcement action taken; and if …
480. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of gynaecologists working in the HSE, by contract type and site, in tabular form. [48580/26]
481. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of endometriosis surgeries carried out in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by site; and the number that were private patients undergoing surgery in public facilities, in tabular form. [48581/26]
482. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the procedures in place to ensure that common surgical waiting lists in public hospitals for all gynaecology patients is in line with the terms of the 2023 public only consultant contract, the 2012 consultant contract and the 2008 consultant contract, respectively (details supplied); if audits are carried out by hospitals or HSE regions; and if she will make a st…