693. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals who received breastfeeding supports in 2024 per public health nurse services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73529/25]
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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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The questions
697. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of activities carried out under a heading in the midlands region in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of autopsies carried out in Mullingar, Tullamore and Portlaoise; the number of histologies carried out in each of the three hospitals; the number of consultants working on these works in each of these hospitals; and if she will make a statement on t…
698. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, waiting-time distribution, and the number leaving without being seen via emergency departments, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, statewide and by hospital, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73600/25]
699. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025,, by hospital and appointment/procedure type, with adult/child breakdowns, in tabular form. [73601/25]
700. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [73602/25]
701. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals, and the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in model three and model four hospitals, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73603/25]
702. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff in HSE facilities for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73604/25]
703. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status one incidents, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, nationally and by region, in tabular form. [73605/25]
704. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of ED handover, by hospital, quarterly from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [73606/25]
705. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of outsourcing for children’s spinal surgery and paediatric orthopaedics; the details of participating hospitals, including international hospitals; and the number of children treated or seen at clinics at each hospital, for each year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form [73607/25]
706. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service, age, and length of wait from December 2022-2025 (or latest other comparable date), in tabular form. [73623/25]
707. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support, and those receiving less than their allocated hours, from December 2022-2025 (or latest other comparable date), in tabular form. [73624/25]
708. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS and Jigsaw waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, quarterly from 2012–2025, in tabular form. [73625/25]
716. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation, including settlements, awards, and legal fees, annually from 2014–2025, in tabular form. [73633/25]
745. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of claims which were not settled in the period 2015-2020 for the Midwest region and are still outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73723/25]
748. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health whether the independent panel, as required under the Human Tissue Act 2024, has been created; if so who the members of this panel are; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73729/25]
74. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) on the value of unclaimed deposits; the level of unclaimed deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72916/25]
75. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the recycling Ireland exported in the years 2020 to 2025, by year; the measures the Government is taking to reduce this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72917/25]
85. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the three new actions and 28 legacy actions due, as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the state of the progress to date; and a timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72969/25]
91. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a break of total capital and current funding allocated to the solar PV scheme under subhead b4 of the Revised Estimate in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and to provide a breakdown of the allocation under this scheme dedicated to domestic and non-domestic solar PV respectively. [73008/25]
92. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the average cost to install domestic solar PV under the solar PV scheme; the average size of systems installed on homes in kWp, in each of the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73009/25]
151. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of concerns regarding the use of commercial drones; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72921/25]
156. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his plans to progress active travel both in urban and rural Ireland; his plans for Kerry in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72927/25]
167. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide ticketing data on a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73200/25]
189. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the circumstances in which each Government Department, State agency or semi-State agency can allow employees to stay on in employment beyond retirement age. [73127/25]