125. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health when the review of the model of care for eating disorders will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24140/25]
Topics / Eating Disorders
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEating Disorders
92 questions from 33 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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90 written, 2 oral
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| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 6 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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169. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that adult-specific services for eating disorders remain significantly under-resourced and overly centralised in Dublin; the rationale for limiting specialist inpatient treatment to a small number of beds in one hospital; the action her Department will take to expand adult eating disorder services, both inpatient and community-based, in regional …
197. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of in-patient beds for eating disorders in north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24141/25]
239. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of an eating disorder team for Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24094/25]
1057. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the actions she is taking to support children with eating disorders (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23561/25]
262. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a review of the effectiveness and availability of community-based services for adults with eating disorders; and if so, to provide the findings and planned follow-up actions. [21661/25]
263. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number and location of inpatient beds currently available for adults with eating disorders; the average occupancy rate of each facility over the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21662/25]
264. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to adult eating disorder services in each of the past five years; the amount of funding drawn down and spent in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21663/25]
265. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand adult-specific eating disorder treatment centres in regional areas outside of Dublin; the proposed timeline for such developments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21664/25]
2060. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health for a comprehensive and detailed update in addressing the lack of anorexia beds for the mid-west only; the timeline for when an eating disorder team will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19039/25]
831. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of eating disorder teams; the funding allocated to the rollout for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15850/25]
833. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults that presented to accident and emergency departments with eating disorders in 2024 and to date in 2025. [15853/25]
385. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how much money the HSE has spent on the treatment of eating disorders by private providers in Ireland from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14760/25]
386. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how much money has been spent by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for the treatment of eating disorders by private providers from the years 2018 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14761/25]
387. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how much money has been spent by the HSE on the treatment of eating disorders in the United Kingdom from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14762/25]
388. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health how much money has been spent by the National Treatment Purchase Fund for the treatment of eating disorders in the United Kingdom from the years 2018 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14763/25]
795. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will follow through on the promise made by the former Minister for Health to provide 20 hospital beds for people with eating disorders, given that the current allocation of three beds does not meet requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13897/25]
1467. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health to establish a special Oireachtas committee on eating disorders to ensure real accountability and that all commitments made under any new model of care are delivered in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10583/25]
1499. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she intends to increase the number of public inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10717/25]
1659. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when a dedicated public specialist unit will be provided for Limerick and the mid-west to treat children and adolescents with eating disorders; if she will provide an update on the newly established consultant-led multidisciplinary team in CHO 3 Limerick to diagnose and treat children and adolescents with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the…
1675. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals funded by the Health Service Executive for care for eating disorders by private providers, from the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11566/25]
1676. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people admitted to acute medical hospitals for treatment for eating disorders in the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11567/25]
1678. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no public dietitian service for young people with eating disorders in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11596/25]
1694. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health to clarify the exact details for the new eating disorder unit in Mallow General Hospital; the number of staff required; to provide a timeline on when she plans to open the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11677/25]
1810. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is mandatory training for all in-patient staff in psychiatric services on the management and treatment of eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12146/25]