2883. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the approved workforce model for Heather House Community Nursing Unit, including the dementia-specific unit, is expected to be finalised; and whether she will provide the total approved whole-time equivalent staffing complement required for the facility as a whole and for the dementia-specific unit in particular. [24701/26]
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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110
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86
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
2885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external fire safety, regulatory, or risk assessment was carried out in relation to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit, prior to its closure in late February 2025; and if so, the date and outcome of that assessment. [24703/26]
2886. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the criteria used to determine the geographic allocation of SCAN posts; whether allocation is based on population, deprivation index, suicide incidence or service demand; and whether a formal allocation model exists. [24716/26]
2887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the counties or CHO areas currently without a SCAN service; and the interim arrangements in place for patients in those areas. [24717/26]
2888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average caseload per SCAN post; the number of referrals received annually; and any maximum caseload thresholds applied. [24718/26]
2889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the outcome measures used to assess SCAN services, including emergency department diversion rates, repeat presentations, and time to assessment. [24719/26]
2890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the projected quarter-by-quarter timeline for recruitment and deployment of the 12 additional SCAN posts funded under Budget 2026. [24720/26]
2892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the minimum governance, reporting, and accountability standards required by her Department for non-statutory bodies in receipt of public funding; and whether these standards are formally documented and applied consistently across all such bodies [24723/26]
2895. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-statutory bodies that have received direct Exchequer funding from her Department in each year since 2020; and the total amount of funding allocated to such bodies over that period [24726/26]
2897. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any internal audit, review, or evaluation of the governance and oversight arrangements applied to non-statutory bodies receiving funding since 2020; and, if so, to provide details of the findings. [24728/26]
2921. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of deaths associated with adverse incidents in the HSE in 2025; the way this compares to the 469 deaths recorded in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24774/26]
2922. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the Category 1 incidents recorded in 2025 by the HSE, and the number of these incidents that resulted in permanent disability or death. [24775/26]
2923. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of serious incidents referred to the National Independent Review Panel in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the status of the recruitment campaign for a new expert panel to oversee these reviews. [24776/26]
2924. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of medication-related adverse incidents reported on the National Incident Management System in 2025; and the specific interventions planned for 2026 to reduce errors in high-risk settings such as emergency departments. [24777/26]
2925. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of notifiable incidents reported to HIQA since the Patient Safety Act 2023 commenced in September 2024; and if she will provide a breakdown of these incidents by type for 2025, in tabular form. [24778/26]
2933. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse cardiac events, including myocarditis, reported to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) for each of the past five years and the clinical protocols in place to monitor long-term cardiac health following COVID-19 infection or vaccination. [24805/26]
2961. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the past five years. [25008/26]
2962. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time and the number of people on waiting lists for lung cancer diagnosis and treatment. [25009/26]
2963. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to early detection programmes for lung cancer. [25010/26]
2964. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist lung cancer centres currently operating. [25011/26]
2965. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the availability of advanced treatments such as immunotherapy and targeted therapy. [25012/26]
3142. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department holds up-to-date data on the number of people currently living with Alzheimer’s disease in the State; if so, to provide the most recent figures available; and if she will outline any trends in prevalence over recent years. [26097/26]
3279. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 years-of-age with mental health challenges that are waiting for an appointment with a consultant; the number of children under the age of 18 years-of-age with mental health challenges that are waiting for longer than a year for an appointment with a consultant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26701/26]
3280. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the barriers to training and provision of doctors, GPs and consultants in Ireland; the number of students that are studying medicine in Ireland for each of the past ten years; the number which have graduated for each of the past ten years; the number of those students that are still working in Ireland five years, ten years 20 years, 30 years, and 40 years after…
3281. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the barriers to training and provision of nurses, OTs and physiotherapists in Ireland; the number of students which are studying these disciplines in Ireland for each of the past ten years; the number which have graduated for each of the past ten years; and the number of those students that are still working in Ireland five years, ten years 20 years, 30 years, …