1873. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are funded by the HSE to avail of treatment for eating disorders in private facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12592/25]
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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1874. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations of people with an eating disorder were recorded in the past decade, per annum. [12593/25]
1895. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently review and address the severe inadequacies in Ireland’s eating disorder services, particularly the lack of inpatient beds and the absence of integrated community-based supports; if he will commit to increasing the number of dedicated public inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment; and the immediate steps being taken to ensure those suf…
79. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to deliver on the previous Government commitment from 2018 to increase the number of specialist public eating disorder adult in-patient beds to 23; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10127/25]
95. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on supports for people with eating disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10214/25]
747. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of psychiatrists working in the HSE that specialise in eating disorders; the number of psychiatrists working privately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9623/25]
748. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to list the counties currently not served by eating disorder teams. [9624/25]
749. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide the vacancies in each of the existing eating disorder teams; and what the vacancies are for, in tabular form. [9625/25]
979. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 22 January 2025, when a substantive reply will issue from the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8125/25]
206. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the acute lack of beds for anorexia patients in the mid-west region (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6466/25]
724. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist teams and dedicated inpatient beds in County Cork for patients suffering from eating disorders. [5735/25]
796. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of beds currently available for patients diagnosed with eating disorders nationwide, and in County Dublin; the number of beds that have been available for each year from 2014 to 2024 inclusive; the monthly rate of occupancy of these beds, from 2014 through February 2025; the services or facilities patients are referred to when one of these designated b…
1140. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of eating disorders services, including regional team staffing levels and inpatient bed numbers, in the south west regional health area, in tabular form; and how this provision corresponds to or falls short of the HSE's Model of Care for Eating Disorder Services. [2592/25]
1342. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully staffing three new eating disorder teams. [46412/24]
1399. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the cost barriers that exist for those who are looking for help with an eating disorder; if he will ensure that support is made easily accessible for all those who need it, not just those who can afford it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46677/24]
1559. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation towards National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [1475/25]
1668. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide detail on proposals to increase the number of adults inpatient beds for eating disorder treatments; and to detail where it is expected to place these beds and a timeline for their provision. [1964/25]