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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

Seán Fleming Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
954. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health to reply to correspondence (details supplied) regarding HRT patches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8022/25]
John Clendennen Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
956. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to provide details of locations where patients can access 80cm MRI machines in Ireland; if none are available, where is a person requiring an urgent MRI of this particular specification to go; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8045/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
965. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the roll out of the National Framework for Perinatal Genetics. [8060/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
978. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the services that are available to a person (details supplied) will be explained to them. [8124/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Health
984. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the actions she is taking to expand specialist endometriosis services, including provision in north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8172/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
327. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health her views on whether audiology services in the south east are inadequate; when an audiologist will be appointed (details supplied); her views on whether repairs to hearing aids should only take place in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6822/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
342. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there is a mechanism, such as the individual funding request process used in the North of Ireland, to allow the HSE consider requests from clinical consultants for treatments for individual patients that fall outside the range of services routinely commissioned such as in the case of dual therapy medication for arthritis and ulcerative colitis; if such a …
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
381. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if her Department officials will work with their counterparts in the North of Ireland to examine the potential to deliver a thrombectomy service in the north west for stroke patients on both sides of the border, similar to the radiotherapy services provided at the North West Cancer Centre at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry. [7093/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
722. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to report on the waiting list for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in Corduff primary centre, Dublin 15; the measures she is introducing to lower waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5697/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
723. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the status of the works at the Ballygall health centre, Finglas; and the scope of works and the timeline for the project. [5726/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
769. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the national endometriosis framework; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5906/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
770. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the additional staff to implement the national endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5907/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
771. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the status of the five regional endometriosis hubs and two specialist endometriosis centres for complex care which have been established; where the staff recruitment process is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5908/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
773. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of women on waiting lists for excision surgery for endometriosis; the length of the waiting times in view of the fact that any undue delay to this type of surgery may impact severely on women's reproductive health, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5911/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
774. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of people who travelled abroad under the EU cross-border directive for treatment for endometriosis in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5912/25]
Michael Cahill Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
792. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health for a detailed progress report in regard to construction works to Killarney community nursing unit; when works will be completed; how soon patients will be moved from Killarney community hospital and St. Columbanus home; what plans the HSE has for Killarney District Hospital and St. Columbanus home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6021/25]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
816. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the chiropody services available in the public health service, including to those with a medical card. [6281/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
826. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of “Digital for Care—A Digital Health Framework for Ireland”, published in May 2024; if she intends to publish an accompanying implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6318/25]
Thomas Gould Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
832. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health for an update on free HRT scheme. [6330/25]
Emer Currie Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
837. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the reason a nurse helpline operated by the rheumatology department at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown no longer provides medical appointments with nurses with acute diseases; the reason they are now required to consult their GP to access care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6389/25]
Emer Currie Written 13 Feb 2025 · to Health
309. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the total number of women, per month, screened at the BreastCheck mobile unit in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, from January 2024 to date, in tabular form. [5364/25]
Emer Currie Written 13 Feb 2025 · to Health
310. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the total number of women, per month, screened at the BreastCheck Eccles Street unit, Dublin 7, from January 2024 to date, in tabular form. [5365/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 13 Feb 2025 · to Health
316. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if it is her intention to disband the Prehospital Advanced Paramedic Programme, outlined in S.I. No. 177/2020 (details supplied); her views on the future of prehospital advanced life support in Ireland and its future direction. [5389/25]
Brendan Smith Written 13 Feb 2025 · to Health
319. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that adequate funding will be provided for a comprehensive health care programme, including Cavan/Monaghan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5406/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Health
577. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to the national review of cardiac services; if she is in possession of a copy of this review; if she will publish the document; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3982/25]