982. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the progress on the delivery of the six new planned surgical hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17302/25]
Topics / Health Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth 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.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 56 |
| February 2025 | 78 |
| March 2025 | 73 |
| April 2025 | 110 |
| May 2025 | 158 |
| June 2025 | 127 |
| July 2025 | 135 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 193 |
| October 2025 | 56 |
| November 2025 | 157 |
| December 2025 | 147 |
| January 2026 | 238 |
| February 2026 | 102 |
| March 2026 | 141 |
| April 2026 | 243 |
| May 2026 | 222 |
| June 2026 | 290 |
| July 2026 | 123 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 73 |
| October 2026 | 87 |
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
983. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health to report on the delivery of free HRT products-medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17303/25]
1009. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently intervene and examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17452/25]
1016. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in extending the bowel cancer screening programme to people aged 50 to 74 years; if she is still committed to completing this programme expansion by 2026 [17510/25]
291. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on what is being done to ensure that current patients at HSE Louth Community Care, Dundalk, County Louth continue to receive treatment in the absence of orthodontists at this Dundalk clinic (details supplied). [16329/25]
292. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to general inpatient hospital wards with a primary diagnosis of mental health difficulties in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the average length of time children spent in general wards with this diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16330/25]
296. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people seen by the Psychology in Primary Care children's service in 2024 and to date in 2025, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16335/25]
298. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health how the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics is funded; its annual expenditure; if it is funded per application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16349/25]
300. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline and publish the terms of the service level agreement between the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16351/25]
301. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if there is a 90-day timeline on the carrying out of health technology assessments on the part of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics's key performance indicators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16352/25]
304. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the HSE is adhering Schedule 1 of the IPHA Agreement in making and implementing reimbursement decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16355/25]
309. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a request can be expedited (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16385/25]
316. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a centre of excellence for the treatment of amyloidosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16451/25]
317. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when her Department will fund the amyloidosis model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16453/25]
319. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure timely access to diagnostics and treatment for rare diseases such as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16457/25]
326. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health whether in light of HIQA’s determination that the shingles vaccine is not cost-effective for those over the age of 50, she will consider instead offering the vaccine free of charge to those over 65; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16482/25]
328. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of dual diagnosis services in CHO9. [16489/25]
294. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); if this individuals' referral can be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16001/25]
324. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address and provide the urgent and necessary care to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16147/25]
325. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health her plans for a health centre in Fermoy, County Cork (details supplied); if she will engage with the local community regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16155/25]
629. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will adopt a standard criterion for the diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15021/25]
720. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health to intervene to provide adequate speech and language therapy services at a school (details supplied), to stop the erosion of this much needed resource at the school, which has been consistently downgraded over the last number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15105/25]
760. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason there are no publicly funded routes to access diagnostic services in the southeast for autistic and ADHD adults, especially as public diagnostic services are seen elsewhere in the country, and private diagnosis can cost thousands of euro; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15373/25]
761. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the plans to ensure that neurodivergent adults can access public healthcare no matter which county they are from and live in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15374/25]
787. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to outline plans to extend opening hours of the local injuries unit at Ennis Hospital; to provide details of progress being made on the expansion of the medical assessment unit at Ennis Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15619/25]