Emergency Departments
An official questions-paper heading. 140 questions (0 oral, 140 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-07.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 7 |
| Feb 2025 | 6 |
| Mar 2025 | 11 |
| Apr 2025 | 11 |
| May 2025 | 7 |
| Jun 2025 | 7 |
| Jul 2025 | 11 |
| Sep 2025 | 2 |
| Oct 2025 | 20 |
| Nov 2025 | 14 |
| Dec 2025 | 8 |
| Jan 2026 | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 11 |
| Apr 2026 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 3 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 140 |
The questions
Joe Cooney
written
2026-02-19 · to Health
568. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to provide the weekly urgent and emergency care reports for each ED from 1 January 2026 to-date; the reason these reports are not available publicly on the HSE website as was previously the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13477/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-02-17 · to Health
1051. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of patients presenting to hospital accident and emergency departments (details supplied) with mental health issues; and the number of those who were admitted to mental health units, by month for 2025. [11613/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-02-17 · to Health
1188. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients presenting to each accident and emergency department, per county, with mental health issues; and the number of those admitted to a mental health unit, by month for 2025, in tabular from. [12549/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-02-04 · to Health
1004. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of emergency department admissions per each emergency department in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7598/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-02-04 · to Health
1005. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of presentations per each emergency department that do not have a GP referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7599/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-02-04 · to Health
1006. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the share of presentations per each emergency department that do not have a GP referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7600/26]
Carol Nolan
written
2026-02-04 · to Health
1072. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the impact of the HSE's winter plan on emergency department overcrowding in 2025; the additional resources allocated to support front-line staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7853/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
920. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the annual share of emergency department admissions that do not have a GP referral, per each emergency department nationwide. [3541/26]
Pa Daly
written
2026-01-15 · to Health
510. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, the waiting-time distribution, and the number of patients leaving without being seen via the emergency department at University Hospital Kerry, by year from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form. [2911/26]
Cathal Crowe
written
2026-01-13 · to Health
2126. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the clinical guidelines for assessment and treatment of kidney patients who present in emergency departments; if this is in use in all hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74187/25]
Conor Sheehan
written
2026-01-13 · to Health
2203. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when she will bring a memo to cabinet to outline the implementation plan and period for option C of the review of an organisation (details supplied) into emergency care capacity at UHL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74604/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
862. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the emergency department waiting time targets under the HSE Winter Plan; the extent to which Naas General Hospital is meeting these targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69109/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
872. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department patients who waited more than twelve hours on trolleys in each of the past six months, by hospital, based on verified HSE TrolleyGar data, and to outline any discrepancies identified between internal reports and the daily published HSE urgent and emergency care reports. [69147/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
873. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of emergency department patients who waited more than twenty-four hours on trolleys in each of the past six months, by hospital, and to set out the maximum trolley wait recorded at each hospital during that period. [69148/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
874. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of additional senior clinical decision maker hours rostered in emergency departments, medical assessment units and inpatient wards since the introduction of the public only consultant contract, including evening, weekend and public holiday hours separately for each hospital group. [69149/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of patients transferred from emergency departments to surgical hubs, rapid access clinics, ambulatory care clinics, crisis cafes, virtual wards, reablement services or expanded rehabilitation services in each of the past six months, and the percentage of these transfers that prevented an emergency admission. [69151/25]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
1025. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new emergency department for Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69922/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
1076. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people on average that attended the emergency department in Mullingar hospital in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70233/25]
Pádraig Rice
written
2025-12-03 · to Health
240. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has concluded her consideration of HIQA's review of urgent and emergency healthcare services in the Mid-West region; if she will announce a decision on the options put forward by HIQA by the end of 2025, as per her previous commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68216/25]
Cathal Crowe
written
2025-11-18 · to Health
1005. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the procedures that are in place at University Hospital Limerick in cases in which a person is at high risk of suicide and self-presents at the accident and emergency department, particularly out-of-hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62982/25]
William Aird
written
2025-11-18 · to Health
1030. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the estimated expenditure required over a two-year period to provide liaison psychiatry staffing within the emergency department at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise in County Laois, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63116/25]
Denise Mitchell
written
2025-11-13 · to Health
439. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the progress to date on the provision of a new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; when it is envisaged construction will begin; the planned timeline for completion; when the new department will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62371/25]
Ciarán Ahern
written
2025-11-12 · to Health
992. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to the accident and emergency department of CHI Crumlin between the hours of 5 p.m. on 31 October 2025 to 1 a.m. on 1 November 2025; of the those that presented to accident and emergency department, the number that were walk-in patients, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6135…
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-11-12 · to Health
1005. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the capital investment planned for Beaumont Hospital’s emergency department compares with other major Dublin hospitals in terms of per-bed or per-patient capital spend; if additional funding is being considered given population growth in the catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61417/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-11-12 · to Health
1006. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if the design and planning stages for Beaumont Hospital’s emergency department planned redevelopment have been completed; if planning permission has been lodged or approved; when tendering for construction is expected to begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61418/25]