1236. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the amount spent by the HSE in procuring medicines each year, and the amount spent per individual medicines supplier, from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [48342/25]
Topics / Departmental Data
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Data
4,236 questions from 140 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
4,236
questions
4,233 written, 3 oral
140
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
This is one of the catch-all headings the Oireachtas uses for how a department runs rather than what a question is about, so it is left out of the range and focus figures.
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 34 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 109 |
| April 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| June 2025 | 294 |
| July 2025 | 286 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 289 |
| October 2025 | 144 |
| November 2025 | 345 |
| December 2025 | 296 |
| January 2026 | 192 |
| February 2026 | 284 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| June 2026 | 310 |
| July 2026 | 260 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 124 |
| October 2026 | 118 |
Who asks, by party
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
1254. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric gallbladder removal surgeries that were carried out in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48406/25]
1261. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the number of cases in County Longford which have been moved from disability services to primary care in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48454/25]
1262. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the reason for transferring cases from disability services to primary care in County Longford in 2023 and 2024; the impact on waiting lists and service delivery for both disability services and primary care in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48455/25]
1270. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers that were filled within primary care system CHO2 in each of the years from 2023 to date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form. [48512/25]
1272. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE podiatrists, by grade, employed by the HSE working in older persons services within CHO2 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48514/25]
1280. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in paediatric anaesthesiology with exposure to paediatric intensive care medicine based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48610/25]
1284. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric clinical nursing specialists, psychiatric advanced nurse practitioners and psychiatric non-consultant hospital doctors assigned in each emergency department in each model 3 and model 4 hospital here, in tabular form. [48640/25]
1285. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE chef grade 2 and grade 1 that are employed by the HSE working in St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48650/25]
1308. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the number of full adult post-mortems carried out per year from 2015 to date in 2025 in University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48721/25]
1314. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented to the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda either by ambulance, through GP referral or self-presentation who subsequently left the emergency department before their treatment was completed, by method of presentation, in each month inclusive since January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a…
1315. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that presented to the emergency department of Cavan Hospital, by ambulance, through GP referral or self-presentation who subsequently left the emergency department before their treatment was completed, by method of presentation, in each month inclusive since January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [488…
1327. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health to clarify the locations from which Westdoc operates in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48923/25]
1328. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of house calls completed by Westdoc in 2023 and 2024; the cost of the Westdoc service over those two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48924/25]
1329. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will consider modernising the Westdoc services in Westport and Knock to improve accessibility for those travelling from all areas in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48925/25]
1330. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will consider relocating the Westdoc service more centrally in County Mayo, to Castlebar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48926/25]
1342. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered and children seen following the audit into pelvic osteotomies at Children's Health Ireland; whether any surgeries have been determined as unnecessary; whether any effort has been made to determine whether any surgeries were necessary or unnecessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49001/25]
1344. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to list all of the handover dates for the new children’s hospital, in chronological order, from the original target date, in tabular form. [49003/25]
1352. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on medications available under the long-term illness scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49057/25]
1353. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the availability of the Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery system in Ireland; the current status of its approval and reimbursement process; and the timeframe for its expected roll out, in view of its availability in other European countries and the growing demand among Irish diabetes patients for access to advanced insulin d…
1354. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for breast cancer and the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49062/25]
1355. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for lung cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49063/25]
1356. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for prostate cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49064/25]
1357. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who had surgery for pancreatic cancer; the percentage of patients seen within NCCP target surgery timeframes, as outlined in the National Cancer Strategy, in each of the years 2017 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [49065/25]
1360. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the current age profile of radiotherapy LINAC machines under the HSE; the replacement schedule in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49084/25]