467. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that patients, especially senior citizens, are not left lying on a trolly overnight in a corridor in University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23307/26]
Topics / Emergency Departments
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEmergency Departments
151 questions from 46 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 6 |
| March 2025 | 11 |
| April 2025 | 11 |
| May 2025 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 7 |
| July 2025 | 11 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 2 |
| October 2025 | 20 |
| November 2025 | 14 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 11 |
| April 2026 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| June 2026 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 3 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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501. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons and the number of persons aged over 75 years-of-age respectively, who presented at an emergency department who spent more than 12 hours waiting for admission at CUH and MUH in each of the past 12 months; and the number waiting greater than or equal to 36 hours and 48 hours, in tabular form. [23454/26]
502. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission for those under 75 and 75 plus years-of-age for emergency department attendances, at CUH and MUH; the number of attendances and presentations; the percentage admission rates; the number and percentage of patients admitted with a PET of six or less hours, six-nine hours, nine-12, and 12 or more hours; and i…
926. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21849/26]
2142. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive has commissioned, received, or reviewed any internal audit, external audit, or independent validation report concerning the accuracy and reliability of patient experience time data used to record emergency department waiting times; the date of the most recent such review; and if she will make a statement on t…
2143. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive has quantified the error rate, margin of error, or data reliability level associated with patient experience time data used to measure emergency department waiting times; whether any formal statistical assessment of data accuracy has been undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20359/26]
2144. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the governance framework currently in place governing the collection, validation, correction, and publication of patient experience time data used to measure emergency department waiting times at national and hospital level; and whether formal national standards exist governing data accuracy and reporting in this regard. [20360/26]
2145. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national policy, guidance document, or standard operating procedure exists governing the way hospitals record, amend, or retrospectively enter timestamps used to calculate patient experience time in emergency departments; and whether such procedures are subject to oversight or compliance review by the Department or the Health Service Executive. [20361…
2146. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or the Health Service Executive publishes, or intends to publish, any data quality assurance reports, validation summaries, or audit findings relating to the accuracy of emergency department waiting time statistics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20362/26]
345. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether each emergency department has a designated separate waiting area or appropriate safe assessment space for patients presenting in mental health crisis; and to identify the hospitals where such facilities are not currently available. [17786/26]
972. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; and the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times. [17228/26]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]