2378. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of the project board that will consider the services which will remain at the UHL site and the services that will be relocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43817/26]
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
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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 | 2,665 | 1,495 | 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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2379. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases that Cork University Hospital submitted to HSE regarding additional capacity within the neurosurgery department of CUH over the past three years; the current status of each business cases, in tabular form. [43842/26]
2380. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to project home; the specific strategies being taken to promote careers in the HSE to Irish graduates overseas; the countries being targeted; if any partnerships have been established with Irish diaspora organisations or overseas professional networks to support this initiative. [43843/26]
2381. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant medical oncologists with a special interest in genetics based at University Hospital Limerick as of 1 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 1 June 2024, in tabular form. [43844/26]
2382. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has sought a report from the HSE on the two incidents since 2020 in which ambulance allocation or dispatch delays were identified as contributory factors in system analysis reviews; whether she will provide the dates of those incidents, the nature of the contributory findings, and the recommendations arising; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
2383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health or HSE has considered establishing a national framework to routinely analyse the relationship between ambulance dispatch and allocation delays and patient outcomes, including mortality, morbidity, adverse incidents and serious reportable events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43860/26]
2384. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the absence of a central national dataset recording elapsed time from receipt of a 999 call to allocation of an ambulance resource permits adequate national oversight of dispatch performance and patient safety risks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43861/26]
2385. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health when a medication will be available for people with medical cards (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43870/26]
2386. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if national guidance exists for schools, sports clubs, youth organisations and other voluntary bodies on the administration by staff or volunteers of prescribed medicines and emergency adrenaline auto-injectors; if she will consider developing a standard national framework to support staff and volunteers in responding to medical emergencies including when off-si…
2387. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the current status and timeline for the national model of care for allergy services; the departments or agencies involved; to provide a description of the work carried out to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43884/26]
2388. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if gynaecologists in the private health system can refuse to sign insurance forms that would enable patients to undergo endometriosis treatment abroad on certain grounds (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43922/26]
2389. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment could be given for surgery for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43943/26]
2390. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure that the HSE prioritises a conclusion to the skyclarys reimbursement negotiations, given that it is the only available treatment for this progressive disease, which currently can be classed as having an ‘unmet need’ as outlined in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030. [43946/26]
2391. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the current delay aligns with the "equitable access" promised in the newly launched National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030, given that persons in the Friedreich’s ataxia community in Ireland are being left behind waiting for a decision regarding the skyclarys reimbursement, while patients across Europe gain access to skyclarys (detail…
2392. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding CORU-registered internationally trained physiotherapist not being able to enter clinical practice; the steps she is taking to address existing barriers to employment; the engagements she has had with the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in respect of this issue; and if she…
2393. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide clarification regarding the lifting of the recruitment freeze on physician associates (PAs); the steps being taken to facilitate the recruitment of PAs into the HSE again; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44002/26]
2394. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans with respect to the proposed salary structures for physician associates to address concerns related to the proposed reductions (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44003/26]
2395. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to concerns related to the proposed scope of practice for physician associates (details supplied); her plans to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44004/26]
2396. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a new national policy on palliative care for children; the timeline being worked towards; if the findings from the Evidence for Children’s Palliative Care in Ireland launched in May 2026 will be reflected in the policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44006/26]
2397. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a statutory home support scheme, specifically the work carried out to agree a funding model and define the level of legal entitlement; the timeline being worked towards for introducing the statutory scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44012/26]
2398. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 21 April 2026, to provide an update on an application for pricing and reimbursement (details supplied); if the company has submitted a proposal to the HSE’s corporate pharmaceutical unit; if the company has met with the HSE since making an offer; the steps being taken to urgently progress a decision on this applicatio…
2399. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to an issue concerning some female same-sex couples from Northern Ireland who undergo fertility treatment in this jurisdiction (details supplied); if guidance will be issued to fertility clinics to ensure that they are informing the relevant couples from Northern Ireland that they will fall outside the scope of the UK’s 2008 Emb…
2400. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to assist a married couple (details supplied) who require some tax relief or other payment to allow them to cope with the significant costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44015/26]
2401. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if funding is available from her Department or the HSE so that GP surgeries can be equipped for patients with mobility issues and disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44025/26]
2402. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce regulation and registration of healthcare assistants; the work carried out to date in this regard; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44030/26]