483. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the proposed European Common Training Framework for physiotherapy; if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding their concerns to ensure that the standard of physiotherapy care in Ireland is safeguarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48583/26]
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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484. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding implementation of the dementia model of care; the status of each of its recommendations; the funding provided to delivery of this model of care in each of the years since its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48584/26]
485. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all HSE-funded memory clinics in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48585/26]
486. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the dementia model of care recommendation to provide five regional specialist memory clinics (RSMCs) nationally has been delivered; the location of each of the RSMCs; the staff complement by grade in each RSMC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48586/26]
487. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to increase ringfenced home care hours and funding for dementia intensive home care packages; the funding and hours provided for dementia specific home care in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48587/26]
488. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the need for coordination of primary dental care with secondary and tertiary dental care provided through the dental schools and the lack of a specialist clinical lead for dentistry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48591/26]
489. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of sites where hospital sessions for dental treatments are available for special needs patients under general anaesthetic here; the relevant waiting lists for each; the number of patients treated in each unit under general anaesthetic in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48593/26]
490. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health in relation to dental hospital waiting lists, the waiting list numbers and waiting times for all specialist services in Dublin and Cork dental schools between oral surgery and oral medicine; the number that are waiting more than six months for assessment; the number that are waiting more than one year, two years, three years, four years and five years or longer…
491. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to issue a full medical card to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48595/26]
492. Deputy Michael Cahill 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…
493. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the specific staffing resource shortages in County Kerry/University Hospital Kerry; if extra funding will be made available for the new posts identified in the National Diabetes Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48597/26]
494. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine documents (details supplied) in relation to children who are suffering with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48598/26]
495. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases that have been brought against the State’s Claims Agency in relation to abortion provision in each year since 2018; the number of adverse incidents that have been recorded in relation to abortion provision in Ireland in each year since 2018. [48604/26]
496. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made by her Department to social media or online marketing companies about specific online posts or accounts for each year from 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [48615/26]
497. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health when chiropody services (details supplied) for the elderly in Cootehill, County Cavan will reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48633/26]
498. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether consideration is being given to reviewing policies in maternity hospitals regarding overnight access for partners or a nominated support person following childbirth; whether guidance has issued to maternity services on this matter, particularly in cases involving traumatic births or caesarean sections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48…
499. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current list of conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme; if consideration is being given to the inclusion of Crohn’s disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases, in light of their chronic and lifelong nature and the ongoing medication requirements associated with their management; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
500. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE intend organising information sessions on the fair deal nursing home scheme for the general public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48644/26]
501. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health her views on the role of innovative medicines, national registries and other key system enablers in informing the development of the next National Cancer Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48649/26]
502. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of raising the medical card basic weekly rate for a married or co-habiting couple to €1,000, €1,250, €1,500, €2,000 and €2,500 and in proportional amounts for the other thresholds; the number of estimated eligible people in each bracket; the number of currently eligible people in the current brackets; and the estimated cost at expected uptak…
503. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of raising the GP visit card basic weekly rate for a married or co-habiting couple to €1,000, €1,250, €1,500, €2,000 and €2,500 and in proportional amounts for the other thresholds; the number of estimated eligible people in each bracket and the number of currently eligible people in the current brackets; and the estimated cost at expected u…
504. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €60, €40, €20, €15, €10, €5 and €0, in tabular form. [48653/26]
505. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing universal primary care services in line with Sláintecare, by service, in tabular form. [48654/26]
506. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the Sláintecare report in full, by measure, in tabular form. [48655/26]
507. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing upfront car parking charges for hospital parking; and the amount raised by each statutory and voluntary hospital in car parking charges or otherwise raised by third parties providing car parking services on behalf of such hospitals. [48656/26]