2212. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of persons who have been involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act 2001 in each of the past five years whose primary or secondary diagnosis was autism spectrum disorder and severe or profound intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45121/25]
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
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| 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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
2219. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has recorded deaths in Ireland as a direct result of vaping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45170/25]
2231. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 11 June 2025, the full list of MRI scans available to medical card holders within the Navan Hospital MRI unit; the breakdown of the number of scans performed in 2024 and to date. [45217/25]
2247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health of all the legal medical claims made against the State in the past ten years, if any of these claims for operations or procedures were made through the TAS scheme; and if so, the number and what was the cost to the State. [45305/25]
2248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients with scoliosis that have presented each year for the past ten years; the number of these cases that were treated through the public system; and the number treated through private the TAS scheme. [45306/25]
2249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals for scoliosis treatment that have been put in for the TAS scheme; whether this referral done by the consultant-doctor; and whether the HSE have directed consultants to forward patients names and forms for this scheme. [45307/25]
2298. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to detail all the Department of Health and Health Service Executive owned sites in County Louth; the number of these sites currently in use; the purpose for which they are used; the number of these sites earmarked for proposed development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45499/25]
2434. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the gross exchequer allocation, the net allocation, the gross budget outturn, and the net budget outturn, for each public-voluntary hospital for each year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46104/25]
2435. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will detail the gross exchequer allocation and the net allocation for each public-voluntary hospital for 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46105/25]
2436. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of emergency department personnel currently on annual leave and sick leave from duty; the total number absent, by a categorisation of their leave type; the number and percentage of emergency department personnel on leave; and the breakdown of the length of leave, by categorisation of leave type. [46107/25]
2450. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the average time of a handover from ambulance staff to emergency department staff, broken down by hospital category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46158/25]
2451. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the total number of in-patients beds in each public/voluntary hospital including any beds currently/temporarily closed; the total number of day case beds in each including any beds currently/temporarily closed; the equivalent figures for both categories of bed in each public/voluntary hospital on 1 January 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement o…
2498. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will state whether or not she or her officials were fully aware of the connections between companies (details supplied) and the Department of Health during the 1950’s; if similar files on thalidomide are being withheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46390/25]
2499. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if agreement has been reached with an association (details supplied) on a health plan for its members; if thalidomide victims who are not members of that association will be approved for medical cards; if she will provide an update on this scheme; if she will outline the status of the general compensation scheme and explain the reasons for such an inordinate …
2500. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2101 of 29 July 2025, if the information is now available regarding the number of prisoners transferred to the central mental hospital from each prison in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the average wait time for transfer each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46407/25]
2520. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of services available at Sheil Hospital, Ballyshannon, County Donegal since it was reopened in February 2024; if all services will be listed; and the status of each. [46538/25]
2525. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a retirement home (details supplied) in Waterford was closed; the reason for its closure; if her Department plans to reopen the facility as a public nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46563/25]
2542. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of checks each year by BreastCheck (details supplied); if BreastCheck prioritises the persons missed in year one for screening in year two; the way in which BreastCheck rations the resources; the way in which and when the glitch in the register came to light; if BreastCheck has a formal protocol for contacting women who need further investigation o…
2546. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of chefs on the HSE Dublin north east region panel; When the panel will expire. [46699/25]
2547. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of staffing levels within the ophthalmology department of the Mater hospital. [46700/25]
2548. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full and partial knee replacement surgeries carried out at Beaumont hospital in the years 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [46701/25]
2555. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46776/25]
2556. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46777/25]
2557. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of orthoptists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46778/25]
2558. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46779/25]