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Health 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
2
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 202511
February 202527
March 202534
April 202542
May 202518
June 202531
July 202598
August 20250
September 202525
October 202540
November 202561
December 202540
January 202618
February 202631
March 202647
April 202618
May 202650
June 202625
July 202620
August 20260
September 202629
October 202618

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% RDR2 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú11 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil145 from 22 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael57 from 14 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent20 from 7 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland45 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party20 from 5 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity3 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin266 from 31 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 74
  2. 39
  3. 39
  4. 33
  5. 29
  6. 28
  7. 27
  8. 26

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The questions

Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2984. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for podiatry services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42714/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2987. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she has a long-term plan to increase capacity in the Health Service Executive community audiology to address the long waiting lists in some regions, which are reaching up to three years for some children, with permanent hearing loss to be seen and many children waiting for hearing aid reviews; if she will lift the recruitment freeze; and if she will make a st…
John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3020. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number currently on the waiting list for child physiotherapy in CHO 6 and CHO 7, County Wicklow, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42865/25]
Pa Daly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3039. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42930/25]
Carol Nolan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3046. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that waiting lists for access to pain medicine are approximately 24-months at Tallaght University Hospital; the measures she is taking to address this waiting time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42954/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3107. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the average wait time patients for an appointment in the endometriosis hubs once referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43230/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3108. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of patients referred for surgery from the endometriosis hubs waiting on a date for surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43231/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3126. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category, the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, for CHO2, as of 1 July 2025 or latest date available, in tabula…
John Clendennen Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3238. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on treatment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44068/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3264. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting appointment by speciality in primary care services, in each LHO in Cork, in tabular form. [44155/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3274. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of persons over 65 awaiting an appointment, by speciality for primary care services in Cork, in tabular form. [44280/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3277. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of young people on the CAMHS waiting list in Cork City for less than 3 months; for 3-6 months; for 6-9 months; for 9-12 months; for 12-18 months; for 18-24 months; and for over 24 months, in tabular form. [44285/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3278. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in Cork for a hip replacement, broken down by persons waiting 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years. [44286/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3279. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in Cork for knee replacement, broken down by persons waiting 6 months, 1 year, 2 years, 3 years. [44287/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3287. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists to be seen by a psychiatrist at the Carrigaline primary care centre, by waiting times of three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively. [44365/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3288. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists to be seen by a psychologist at the Carrigaline primary care centre, by waiting times of three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively. [44366/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3289. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists to be seen by mental health services including CAMHS at the Carrigaline primary care centre, by waiting times of three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months, respectively. [44367/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3295. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the waiting list for CAMHS in south and north Lee, by three, six, nine, 12, 18 and 24 months. [44373/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
537. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people on occupational therapy waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40353/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
539. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in Donegal, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40355/25]
Pa Daly Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Children
218. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category, the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, for each local health area, as of 1 Ju…
Pa Daly Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
283. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people with diabetes on a waiting list in Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of those waiting less than six months, between 6 to 12 months and more than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40039/25]
Pa Daly Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
284. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting for assessment for endometriosis in Kerry, in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of those waiting less than six months, between 6 to 12 months, and more than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40040/25]
Pa Daly Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
285. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for electric powered wheelchairs from the HSE within CHO4; and the average waiting time for same. [40041/25]
Pa Daly Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
298. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 8 May 2025 the proportion of this funding that was spent to address waiting lists in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40090/25]