604. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to address the extensive waiting lists for children seeking appointments for speech and language therapy; the number of children currently on the waiting list in both primary care, and the Children’s Disability Network Teams, for IHA Dublin north county and IHA Dublin north city and west; the number of children waiting fo…
Topics / Health Services Waiting Lists
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Services Waiting Lists
683 questions from 97 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
683
questions
682 written, 1 oral
97
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 27 |
| March 2025 | 34 |
| April 2025 | 42 |
| May 2025 | 18 |
| June 2025 | 31 |
| July 2025 | 98 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 25 |
| October 2025 | 40 |
| November 2025 | 61 |
| December 2025 | 40 |
| January 2026 | 18 |
| February 2026 | 31 |
| March 2026 | 47 |
| April 2026 | 18 |
| May 2026 | 50 |
| June 2026 | 25 |
| July 2026 | 20 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 29 |
| October 2026 | 18 |
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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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
994. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the waiting lists for those awaiting assessment of needs, by time and county; the projected waiting list by the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47559/25]
995. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the waiting lists for those awaiting services with the CDNT, by time and county; the projected waiting lists by the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47560/25]
1248. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for a podiatry appointment at CHO2. [48381/25]
1249. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for an initial CAMHS appointment at north Galway CAMHS, west Galway CAMHS and south Galway CAMHS. [48382/25]
1251. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the current waiting times for access to HIV PrEP services; the number of individuals currently on waiting lists by RHA; the steps being taken to address barriers to timely access to PrEP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48398/25]
1289. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychology services in primary care in south Kildare; and the average waiting time for each service, in tabular form. [48659/25]
2043. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for occupational therapy services, broken down by waiting timeframes of less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months, in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47541/25]
2143. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the steps she and her Department are taking to increase availability of PReP appointments as the clinics in UHL and Dublin are currently not accepting new clients, due to being oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44851/25]
2153. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting psychological treatment in County Kerry, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44893/25]
2154. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting psychological treatment in each county in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44895/25]
2155. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans being put in place to address the large waiting lists for children that are awaiting psychological treatment in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44897/25]
2259. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding delays in the provision of an autism assessment for a child; if she will address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45362/25]
2284. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a child to access psychology services via primary care in County Kerry. [45449/25]
2293. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals currently waiting for complex menopause services in County Westmeath, by length of time waiting that is up to 3 months, between 3-6 months, between 6-12 months and over 12 months, in tabular form. [45485/25]
2306. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting surgical removal of their wisdom teeth in CHO8, in tabular form. [45529/25]
2333. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to access residential detox beds in CHO3; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45623/25]
2425. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health to outline the date in which the new ophthalmologist appointed in South Tipperary will take up their post; the number of children waiting to be seen by the ophthalmologist; the plan to reduce the waiting lists for those who have missed out on appointments while there was no ophthalmologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45939/25]
2607. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children since November 2022 on the waiting list to see the community orthoptist in the HSE mid-west area, by adult and children, and year, in tabular form. [46935/25]
2611. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the reforms being introduced to address long waiting times for paediatric surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46940/25]
2666. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for MRI scans at each hospital in Dublin, and nationally, in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47435/25]
2672. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for home help in the south Lee area of County Cork. [47505/25]
2292. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will increase funding for the waiting list initiative to clear the waiting list and backlog for the assessment of need process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41188/25]
2352. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of the number of children on waiting lists in the children’s disability network teams of Coolock, Kilbarrack and Clontarf for physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, psychology and assessment of need; the breakdown in years and months for children who are waiting over 52-weeks in each CDNT; the longest wait time i…
2353. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that are on the waiting list for an appointment for the children's disability network team for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and child psychology, broken down by waiting list timeframes less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months for CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow, in tabular form; and if…