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Health Services Staff

2,097 questions from 136 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

2,097
questions
2,094 written, 3 oral
136
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 202527
February 202581
March 202596
April 202596
May 2025103
June 202594
July 2025145
August 20250
September 202596
October 202549
November 2025116
December 202568
January 202676
February 202696
March 2026138
April 2026143
May 2026162
June 2026215
July 202662
August 20260
September 2026148
October 202686

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% RDR17 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú87 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil370 from 36 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael158 from 21 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party19 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent144 from 13 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland333 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party152 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity39 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin562 from 35 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 314
  2. 93
  3. 77
  4. 74
  5. 70
  6. 50
  7. 45
  8. 43

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3029. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of child physiotherapists in CHO6 and CHO7, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42889/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3045. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns that St. James's hospital took in the United Kingdom to attract Irish trained nurses, doctors, speech and language therapists and so on, to work at the hospital in the years 2023 to 2024 and to-date in 2025; the number of jobs offered per recruitment campaign, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3091. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43208/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3092. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43209/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3093. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiologists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43210/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3094. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of oncologists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43211/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3095. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of dermatologists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43212/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3096. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43213/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3097. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of neurologists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43214/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3098. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of gastroenterologists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43215/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3099. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of pulmonologists in CHO 7 and specifically in Dublin South-West in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43217/25]
Pa Daly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health for a list of all consultants that have been engaged as part of the South Kerry CAMHS lookback review, the dates of their engagement, the nature of their work, any reports produced and the cost associated with their services. [43412/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3150. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce specialist public health nurses; if so, the number and the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43492/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3151. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the positions unfilled in primary care and the number on waiting lists in each county, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43493/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3152. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the positions unfilled in CAMHS; the number on waiting lists in each county, broken down by team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43494/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3153. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the positions unfilled in CAMHS intellectual disability, ID, teams broken down by county, team and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43495/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3154. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan and timeline in Louth to have a fully populated CAMHS-ID multi-disciplinary team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43496/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3204. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the WTE staffing allocation for CAMHS; the number of which are vacant; by CHO area, in quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43848/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3205. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the current allocated WTE for dental and orthodontic posts in County Monaghan; the current number vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43849/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3206. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of funding trainee counselling and educational psychology posts on the same basis as trainee clinical psychologists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43917/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3211. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has formally notified her Department that the national biological treatment service for rabies, specifically the service responsible for assessing persons potentially exposed to rabies and delivering critical biologic prophylaxis, has ceased operations as of July2025 due to retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43926/25]
Liam Quaide Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3226. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of current CAMHS staffing levels across each health region; and the breakdown of how these compare with staffing levels benchmarked per population of 12,500 young people across disciplines, as set out in the HSE's national model of care for paediatric healthcare services. [43983/25]
Liam Quaide Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3227. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of current staffing levels across each health region for eating disorder services; and the breakdown of how these compare with staffing levels across disciplines benchmarked in the HSE's national clinical programme for eating disorders. [43984/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3257. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists currently assigned to CHO area 9; and if there are plans to increase this number. [44129/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3283. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists designated in a full-time capacity to the Carrigaline primary care centre; if there are locums; and her plans to recruit further in this regard. [44291/25]