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.

  • Health 27,764
  • Education 14,148
  • Transport 11,178
  • Justice 9,962
  • Housing 9,139
  • Children 8,691
  • Social 5,914
  • Finance 5,884
  • Climate 3,915
  • Foreign 3,868
All 20 departments
DepartmentQuestionsOralWritten
Health 27,76414527,619
Education 14,14814514,003
Transport 11,17813911,039
Justice 9,9621359,827
Housing 9,1391608,979
Children 8,6911428,549
Social 5,9141355,779
Finance 5,8841535,731
Agriculture 4,8941364,758
Enterprise 3,9421393,803
Climate 3,9151303,785
Foreign 3,8681903,678
Public Expenditure 3,7371673,570
Further and Higher Education 3,4371403,297
Taoiseach 2,6651,4951,170
Defence 2,5991792,420
Culture 2,4921472,345
Rural 2,3611402,221
Environment 1,029261,003
Tourism 70331672

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Martin Kenny Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
530. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the emergency or crisis intervention pathways available for individuals experiencing severe deterioration due to anorexia nervosa in County Roscommon and surrounding counties. [40906/26]
Martin Kenny Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
531. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for eating disorder treatment received within HSE west and north-west in each of the past five years; the proportion accepted; and the proportion awaiting treatment. [40907/26]
Martin Kenny Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
532. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a review has been undertaken of eating disorder service provision and transition arrangements between CAMHS and Adult Mental Health services in rural counties including Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40908/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
533. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the rollout of the supra-regional service to manage severe and complex cases of endometriosis located at Cork University maternity hospital; the operational status of the service; the staffing in place to date; the number of staff yet to be recruited; the number of patients seen to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
John Paul O'Shea Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
534. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the rollout of the supra-regional service to manage severe and complex cases of endometriosis located at Tallaght University Hospital; the operational status of the service; the staffing in place to date; the number of staff yet to be recruited; the number of patients seen to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40918/…
Maurice Quinlivan Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
535. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who having had a mastectomy in July 2022, was referred to University Hospital Cork for a procedure and has yet to receive an appointment to have this surgery completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40941/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
536. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients currently …
Michael Healy-Rae Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
537. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if an application for the cross-Border scheme can be processed without delay (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40965/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
538. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to the recent comments of the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance (details supplied), for details of the strategic infrastructure programme to plan for replacement and expansion at public radiation oncology services currently under development. [40968/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff converted to permanent HSE employment under the Agency Control Framework in each Health Region to date in 2026, broken down by grade and service area. [40998/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated gross and net savings achieved to date from the HSE Agency Control Framework introduced under the National Service Plan 2026. [40999/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any Health Region has sought revised agency expenditure limits for 2026 due to operational pressures or staffing shortages. [41000/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
542. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of instances in which agency expenditure limits were exceeded by individual hospitals or services during January and February 2026. [41001/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
543. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any assessment regarding the operational or patient safety implications of attempts to reduce agency expenditure under the National Service Plan 2026. [41002/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE expects to remain within the €720 million agency expenditure target for 2026; and if not, the revised projected outturn for the year. [41003/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
545. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a centralised register or database identifying all non-statutory bodies receiving public funding either directly from the HSE or through intermediary grant, service arrangement, programme administration, regional allocation, or pass-through funding mechanisms; and if they will provide details of such a register. [41004/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can identify the total annual amount of public funding allocated to non-statutory bodies through indirect or intermediary funding arrangements in each year from 2020 to 2026. [41005/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether all non-statutory bodies receiving HSE funding, whether directly or indirectly, are required to comply with a common governance or financial reporting framework; and if they will provide details of same. [41006/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any mapping exercise or audit to identify all downstream recipients of public funding originating from the HSE but distributed through intermediary organisations or agencies. [41007/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE can provide the number of non-statutory bodies receiving funding through Section 38, Section 39, grant aid, commissioned service arrangements, programme administration arrangements, or regional allocation mechanisms in each year since 2020. [41008/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether adult mental health services receive specific training relating to trauma-informed engagement with care-experienced young adults transitioning from CAMHS or Tusla care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41017/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national policy, protocol or guidance exists governing continuity of care for young people transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health services where the individual has a history of State care, special care, institutional care or complex trauma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of PURPLE and RED emergency calls in 2024 and 2025 where no ambulance resource was immediately available at the point of call allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41025/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the duration for which emergency calls remain without an assigned ambulance resource after initial triage; and if so, the average and longest duration recorded in 2024 and 2025. [41026/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether repeated breaches of ambulance allocation time KPIs trigger any automatic operational review, executive escalation, or risk escalation process within the HSE or National Ambulance Service. [41027/26]