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Health Services

2,809 questions from 142 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

2,809
questions
2,798 written, 11 oral
142
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
7
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 202556
February 202578
March 202573
April 2025110
May 2025158
June 2025127
July 2025135
August 20250
September 2025193
October 202556
November 2025157
December 2025147
January 2026238
February 2026102
March 2026141
April 2026243
May 2026222
June 2026290
July 2026123
August 20260
September 202673
October 202687

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% RDR9 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú75 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil616 from 33 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael281 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party16 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent166 from 14 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland421 from 4 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party222 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity85 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin676 from 38 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 407
  2. 140
  3. 137
  4. 101
  5. 79
  6. 78
  7. 53
  8. 49

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

David Cullinane Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
550. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of those treated for endometriosis abroad under the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [22649/25]
David Cullinane Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
551. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of those treated abroad for endometriosis with excision surgery under the Cross Border Healthcare Directive, from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [22650/25]
David Cullinane Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
552. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the members of the women's health taskforce. [22651/25]
David Cullinane Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
553. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline on the publication of the endometriosis framework, and her views on the current delay in publication. [22652/25]
Mark Wall Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
554. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the means by which patients and the parents/carers of young trans people will be consulted by the HSE on the new clinical model for the Gender Healthcare Programme; whether patient and civil society representatives will be invited to join the relevant working group for the new model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22683/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
557. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for delivering the 3.5 WTE radiation therapy practice tutor posts for which funding has been approved by her Department; if these posts will be filled this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22698/25]
Micheál Carrigy Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
560. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the current status of a residential care placement application for a person (details supplied), who was placed on a waiting list in April 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22724/25]
Frankie Feighan Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
561. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a report to Dáil Éireann on the availability of gastrointestinal ultrasound for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in Ireland; the number of IBD patients who received gastrointestinal ultrasound scanning in Ireland in 2024 or an equivalent year; if she recognises the pivotal role of this testing in raising the standards of care and q…
David Cullinane Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
568. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether younger-onset dementia is recognised within care standards as distinct to dementia in people over the age of 65; whether there is funding allocated specifically for age-appropriate dementia services for this cohort of people; if there are specific in-home and respite care supports for families where a person under 65 has dementia; and if she will make …
Pádraig Rice Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
569. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will confirm that this funding application has been received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22747/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
570. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has investigated the cost associated with enabling student health facilities to offer free blood tests and free prescriptions for hormones to trans and non-binary students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22779/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
571. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has investigated the costs associated with providing the student population with free HIV rapid testing and PrEP on-campus; if she intends to provide this service to students and the costs associated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22789/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
574. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the need for a generator on Clare Island; if HSE Estates are working to provide one; if there is a timeframe for the provision of the generator and other urgent repair works to the health centre on Clare Island; if the island GP can be involved in discussions regarding repair works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22810/25…
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
575. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the lack of appropriate transport for patients on Clare Island; if she is aware that when a patient needs to be transported to the helipad or lifeboat this is often by way of a farm or builders’ van; the plans in place to provide an ambulance service for the island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22811/25]
Paul Murphy Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
340. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the fact that there has been a seven-year pause on the mid-urethral sling for stress urinary incontinence in women; when this pause will be reevaluated, given the number of women who have been travelling abroad to avail of this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21749/25]
Michael Cahill Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
359. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to give favourable consideration to a request from an organisation (details supplied) to mandate for standardised breast density reporting for women who have public and private mammograms in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21876/25]
William Aird Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
362. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health if her Department will engage with a company (details supplied) that has completed a HTA, for the provision of treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21933/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
178. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of an elderly person (details supplied) who was recently removed from the public health nurse (PHN) service, and a nurse had been providing essential vitamin B12 injections on a three-week cycle; if, in view of these circumstances, she will confirm that the decision to remove this patient from the PHN service will be reviewed as a matte…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
190. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the expansion of IVF support to include secondary infertility as announced in Budget 2025; if a timeline for this can be shared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21350/25]
John McGuinness Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
192. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will respond to the extensive correspondence from a person (details supplied); if an unreserved apology and refund of fees will be issued by the HSE to the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21398/25]
James O'Connor Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
193. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21408/25]
David Cullinane Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
241. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, in direct comparison, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [21580/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
246. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the basis upon which the free contraception scheme excludes those aged over 35; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21598/25]
Liam Quaide Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
253. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the HSE of management consultancy services for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by CHO regional health area, in tabular form. [21638/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1812. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 253, 254 and 255 of 2 April 2025, the cooperation that exists between HSE-funded disability services and HSE-funded genetic services, including cooperation between disability services and genetic counselling services, cooperation between disability services and genetic …