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Health Service Executive

1,008 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.

1,008
questions
1,008 written, 0 oral
120
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
7
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20252
February 202531
March 202532
April 202543
May 202536
June 202550
July 202540
August 20250
September 202567
October 202527
November 202572
December 202562
January 202637
February 202674
March 202663
April 202665
May 2026118
June 202675
July 202633
August 20260
September 202645
October 202636

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.

  • 100% RDR1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú49 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil145 from 28 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael72 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party7 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent62 from 9 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland309 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party94 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity14 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin180 from 32 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 303
  2. 55
  3. 47
  4. 47
  5. 43
  6. 20
  7. 19
  8. 16

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Pearse Doherty Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1200. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health her plans for the derelict HSE building in Pettigo, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48056/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1269. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health to outline the relationship the HSE has with an company (details supplied). [48500/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1281. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if the HSE funds fissure sealant treatment to children through the school dental programme. [48611/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1282. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthoptists employed by HSE in CHO7 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48612/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1297. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE stated in an April 2024 freedom of information request that no serious incident review existed in relation to the murder of a person (details supplied) given that their clinical file shows a review was initiated. [48690/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1298. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason persons and the relevant Ministers failed to acknowledge correspondence (details supplied). [48691/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1299. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether Garda letters and search warrants were requested by or supplied to the HSE/Central Mental Hospital for risk management of a person (details supplied); and if not, the reason Garda homicide-risk warnings were excluded from the persons medical record and care planning. [48692/25]
John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
1856. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will request a review of the amount of the financial contribution being sought by the HSE under the fair deal scheme in respect of a person (details supplied). [46121/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
1993. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount that has been allocated by the HSE for respite services in Kerry in 2024 and 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46584/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
2002. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding provided in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to the children’s disability network team in CHO9, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46910/25]
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
2021. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which resource allocations are determined for CDNT and primary care by the HSE; if they are determined on population numbers; and how often the allocation is reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47289/25]
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
2024. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the incentives being offered by the HSE to entice people to work in disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47292/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2054. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on plans to sell HSE lands (details supplied); the stage the sale is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44481/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2064. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive look at hiring more invigilators in county Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44564/25]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2094. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE's gender identity skills training was withdrawn; and when it was withdrawn. [44660/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2246. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to clarify who is responsible for the indemnity insurance in instances where a public patient is treated by a private clinic-doctor from the waiting list; and if these patients are covered under the HSE insurance, private doctor-clinic insurance or other. [45304/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2286. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45470/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2287. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Sligo University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45479/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2288. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists in old age based in Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45480/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2289. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the vacancies currently, by job title within Carlow-Kilkenny mental health services; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [45481/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2290. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric endocrinologists based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45482/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2291. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in epilepsy based at St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45483/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2292. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists based in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45484/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2294. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric haematologist registrars based at CHI Crumlin in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45486/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the rationale for HSE funding and promoting pronoun awareness training modules which state that “biological sex can change over time, in light of the established scientific consensus that biological sex is determined by chromosomes and does not change during a person’s lifetime. [45611/25]