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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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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Martin Daly Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
912. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Roscommon waiting for an appointment with a psychiatry of old age community team; the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [7695/25]
Martin Daly Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
913. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Roscommon waiting for an appointment with a general adult community service mental health team; the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [7696/25]
David Cullinane Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
917. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting longer than four months for an appointment date (active list) for surgery on the CHI spinal surgery waiting lists at the end of 2024. [7707/25]
David Cullinane Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
918. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the target of no more than 20 children waiting longer than four months for an appointment date with CHI spinal surgery was not achieved at the end of 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7708/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
921. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for elective surgery appointments at Cavan Monaghan hospital, by procedure type, and the corresponding waiting lists in February of each year from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7730/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Children
190. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on a waiting list for assessment of need appointments, by county and length of time waiting, in a tabular form. [6554/25]
Gary Gannon Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Health
220. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on waiting lists for specialist vascular surgery care nationwide, including those awaiting initial consultation in outpatient clinics and those awaiting surgical procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6545/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
756. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5864/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Health
294. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for primary and community healthcare services at the end of each year from 2019 to 2024, by service, CHO, age and wait time, in tabular form (details supplied). [5213/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1026. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the psychology appointment for a child (details supplied). [2156/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1055. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the current number of children on waiting lists for a first outpatient appointment across all specialties in CHO 8; and the number who have been waiting 3-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18-24 months and in excess of 24 months, in tabular form. [2234/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1058. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown for children currently waiting to access psychology services for CHO 8 and specifically for County Louth; the number of these children who have been waiting 3-6, 6-12 and 12-15 months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2237/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1279. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy, by CHO, and age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3319/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1280. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3320/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1281. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3321/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1282. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3322/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1283. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry, by CHO, and age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3323/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1284. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3324/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1285. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3325/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1286. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3326/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1287. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3327/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1366. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline to reduce the waiting list for children requiring urgent scoliosis surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3583/25]
Paul Lawless Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1295. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the total number of people currently waiting for speech and language therapy in Mayo; the number who have been waiting three months, six months, one year and two years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1444/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1300. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in the Tralee and west Kerry area; the number of staff available to manage the list; and the waiting time for initial assessment in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [2098/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1301. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children who are on the waiting list for paediatric occupational therapy services in the Kerry area; the number of staff who are available to manage the list; and the waiting time for initial assessment in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [2099/25]