1217. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of the options available to an individual who has been denied home care support but requires community support (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10443/26]
Topics / Community Care
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsCommunity Care
76 questions from 36 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 15 October 2026.
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76 written, 0 oral
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 1 |
| March 2025 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 11 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 2 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 6 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 2 |
| March 2026 | 6 |
| April 2026 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 6 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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349. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which his Department is advancing digitalisation of public services; the specific supports being provided to ensure rural communities in Laois have equitable access to online government services, given ongoing broadband challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7034…
551. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports available for a community garden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68620/25]
106. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to ensure the opening of all residential beds for older people in community units in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64093/25]
125. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to report on the progress of the development of the community nursing unit, Midleton Community Hospital, Midleton, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64356/25]
653. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the locations of all community nursing units in CHO2; e the bed capacity of each unit; the current occupancy of each unit, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65006/25]
654. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the bed capacity of the community nursing unit (details supplied); the current occupancy of the unit; the staffing cohort currently employed at the unit; the future development plans for the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65007/25]
1922. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for development of the enhanced community care centre in Mallow; the location; the services which will be provided from there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59210/25]
1986. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if she will carry out a review of the Community Pharmacy Agreement to ensure that the most vulnerable i.e. people who have reading difficulties, people with mobility difficulties and elderly disadvantaged people will not be impacted by the ceasing of phased dispensing in January 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [595…
341. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55907/25]
910. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if she will address the urgent need for a dedicated MS Ireland community worker to serve more than 300 people living with multiple sclerosis in Sligo and Leitrim; if she is aware that counties Sligo and Leitrim are the only counties in the State without a dedicated MS Ireland community worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55449/25]
1964. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an estimate of the average annual cost of moving individuals from institutional, or congregated, settings to their own homes in the community with the support they need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46009/25]
2244. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to confirm when the long overdue new community nursing unit in Killarney, County Kerry will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45277/25]
3185. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the cost of running a community café to provide free out-of-hours adult mental health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43774/25]
935. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if there are any financial supports for communities where they provide services and activities for older people in community centres; if any organisations for older people support this financially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37435/25]
696. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital and current cost of 10 community nursing unit beds. [35356/25]
816. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health when the new wing of Midleton Community Hospital will be officially open; the date for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35960/25]
818. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if it is possible to give the kitchen area in the old Midleton Community Hospital to the local meals and wheels in Midleton (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35962/25]
842. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of long-stay and short-stay beds that remain unused in Kenmare Community Hospital County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36103/25]
843. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if all the beds in Kenmare Community Hospital Kerry have ever been used since it was opened; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36104/25]
844. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the complement of nursing staff required in Kenmare Community Hospital, Kerry in order to open all the beds there. [36107/25]
845. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of beds used at one time for respite in Kenmare Community Hospital, Kerry. [36108/25]
846. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant beds in the district Killarney community hospital Kerry during April and May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36109/25]
848. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the opening of the community hospital Killarney; if this opening will be expedited; the current expected date for opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36112/25]
654. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to a Topical Issues debate on the subject of the Citywest hotel sale in Dáil Éireann on 17 June 2025, to specifically outline the areas where the community engagement team "is already working closely with local community leaders, community groups and stakeholders"; the community leaders, community groups and stakehold…