2016. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a person awaiting a speech and language therapy in-person appointment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18779/25]
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
2
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 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
2020. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a patient (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18802/25]
2152. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of students were on waiting lists for mental health services in the years 2020-2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19541/25]
2153. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the average length of time for waiting lists for higher level students wanting to access mental health services in the years 2020-2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19543/25]
2196. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the current average and maximum waiting times for access to mental health services under the HSE, including CAMHS and adult community mental health teams, broken down by CHO area; and the number of cases currently awaiting first appointments in each category, in tabular form. [19685/25]
2203. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in each month of 2025 in Meath, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19708/25]
2204. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for carer funding and for a carer provision for HSE home support in CHO 8; the average wait time per case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19709/25]
2205. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in CHO 8 for longer than one month, longer than three months, longer than six months, and longer than twelve months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19710/25]
2208. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when a County Donegal-based person (details supplied) will be given an appointment for a DaTscan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19719/25]
2224. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to advise how many people were on the waiting list referred to the primary care psychology in Roscommon who will now not be able to access the service. [19799/25]
2225. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to advise how many people were on the waiting list for cognitive behavioural therapy in primary care psychology in Roscommon. [19800/25]
2241. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list in each county for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19843/25]
2242. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health what the average waiting time to access occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology is in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19844/25]
2243. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of children who received an appointment for occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and psychology in each quarter of each year from 2023 to March 2025, by length of wait and by age, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19845/25]
2286. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for audiology services by community health organisation, local health office and length of time waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20083/25]
360. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for initial appointment with the national gender service for each of the years 2020 to date. [18088/25]
377. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of weeks each child listed as suspended on Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal service waiting list has been waiting, by category (details supplied), in tabular form. [18161/25]
394. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in CHO 8 for longer than one month; longer than three months, longer than six months and longer than twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18198/25]
915. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Dublin and North East Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and as part of this data, the longest wait-tim…
916. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the West and North West Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and as part of this data, the longest wait-time …
917. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the South West Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and as part of this data, the longest wait-time in years …
918. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Dublin and Midlands Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and as part of this data, the longest wait-time …
923. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Mid West Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and the longest wait-time, in years and months, as of Marc…
924. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Dublin and South East Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and the longest wait-time, in years and month…
948. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to outline the waiting lists for primary care psychology care in each primary care centre in the country, in tabular form. [16987/25]