967. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average time people were waiting to be seen in each emergency department in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17188/25]
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
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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 |
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
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The questions
1039. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review case of a person (details supplied); if you can provide an update on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17584/25]
297. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time and length of the waiting list for children to access insulin pumps for the management of diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16336/25]
306. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for audiology appointments and treatment in CHO Areas 6, 7 and 9, broken down by children and adults, in tabular form; the length of time each has been waiting for an appointment; the number of staff vacancies in audiology in each CHO Area; the steps being taken to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the m…
274. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health whether she has spoken to the Health Service Executive on the topic of waiting lists for MRI scans under sedation for children; if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied); if she considers the delay and expense incurred to be acceptable; if she will raise this case specifically with the Health Service Executive; if she wil…
628. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average length of time of assessments of needs nationally, in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the number of assessments that took 80 hours or longer. [15012/25]
633. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current wait times for a child to receive an initial assessment for autism in the Cork city HSE area. [15075/25]
693. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health since the introduction of the national access policy in 2022, the number of children placed on the waiting list for autism assessment by a primary care team in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14986/25]
719. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the PCAAT based at the HSE primary care unit in Callan, County Kilkenny, currently waiting for an assessment; the average waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15102/25]
752. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list time for counselling in the HSE national counselling service in the Louth/Meath area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15313/25]
814. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for her plans to outline her plans to reduce excessive waiting times for accessing genetic counselling services for individuals discharged from hospital care with a genetic diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15747/25]
637. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the number of children aged zero to 18 in each of the integrated healthcare areas (IHA) by individual area, awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the number on the public list; the number on the children's disability network team list in each IHA; and the length of time awaiting i…
687. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently on the waiting list for primary care child and adolescent services in south Lee. [13330/25]
701. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13366/25]
702. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13367/25]
703. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13368/25]
704. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13369/25]
705. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13370/25]
706. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13371/25]
707. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13372/25]
708. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13373/25]
709. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13374/25]
739. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the current waiting times for appointments with the speech and language therapist service following initial assessment in counties Longford and Westmeath. [13622/25]
756. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a person waiting on a hearing test (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13688/25]
789. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a first appointment for ophthalmology services in Louth; the length of time these persons have been waiting for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13886/25]