335. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that primary care psychology appointment capacity is, in some cases, being used for parent advice clinics rather than direct engagement with children who are on waiting lists; whether the HSE has issued guidance on how such appointments should be prioritised; if she will review this practice to ensure that available appointments are used to see chi…
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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
365. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will organise surgery for an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44884/26]
366. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE has assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions on postnatal anxiety, depression, breastfeeding, dignity, safety and maternal wellbeing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44912/26]
367. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health her views on whether blanket overnight restrictions after childbirth is acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44913/26]
368. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if exceptions to overnight partner restrictions will be considered for private rooms, caesarean sections, traumatic births, anxiety, breastfeeding difficulties, mobility issues or other clinical and emotional support needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44914/26]
369. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health whether her Department will consider a national standard for family-centred postnatal care, including overnight partner support where the mother requests it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44915/26]
200. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied); the status of the HSE needs assessment application; if the assessment will be expedited given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44499/26]
253. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the delivery of additional elective orthopaedic services in the South Infirmary of Victoria University Hospital; if this is being delayed due to the availability of staff (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44425/26]
255. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide ring-fenced funding and nationally coordinated oversight of the development of mental health intellectual disability services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44427/26]
256. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide for the creation of new allied health profession posts in mental health intellectual disability services in the upcoming Budget (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address the deficit in these posts; the steps she is taking to respond to the shortages in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44428/26]
258. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the provision being made for women who currently choose and avail of private maternity care in circumstances where there is no private maternity hospital in the State and where private practice is being removed from public maternity hospitals under the public only consultant contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44439/26]
259. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her Department has specifically assessed the position of maternity services, given that the removal of private practice from public hospitals under the public only consultant contract cannot, in the case of maternity care, result in a transfer of that activity to a private setting as no private maternity hospital exists in the State; the steps being taken to …
640. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of toxicology reports processed by the State laboratory in each of the past five years. [42592/26]
641. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average time it takes for a toxicology report to be completed. [42593/26]
642. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current backlog of toxicology reports awaiting completion. [42594/26]
1527. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 677 of 21 October 2025, to review the case (details supplied) despite the reply it is not being offered to CDNT clients; if she will examine this further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43945/26]
1565. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the clinical pathways available to community-dwelling patients with chronic, non-acute brain trauma who require ongoing, long-term multidisciplinary input to maintain cognitive and physical function; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42028/26]
1751. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a joint working group to address the level of supports that should be provided to older people by local authorities in line with the Age Friendly Counties Programme and in the context of the Programme for Government identifying a social supports for approved housing bodies. [41467/26]
1757. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if the mammogram service at Mayo University Hospital remains on schedule to resume, given that the previously indicated date was 8 June 2026; whether this timeline is still accurate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41478/26]
1760. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if there is an occupational therapist in place in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41499/26]
1765. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if she will encourage the HSE to appoint a sleep aponia dedicated team in St. Luke's Hospital Kilkenny as they have been under-resourced for being a model 3 hospital when it comes to dealing with patients who suffer from sleeping disorders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41523/26]
1766. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if a lung cancer co-ordinator will be appointed in St. Lukes Hospital Kilkenny similar to the situation in St. Vincents Hospital in Dublin, in reference to Carlow being a blackspot for cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41524/26]
1782. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken by the HSE to improve access to GP services and community-based primary care supports in rural areas of Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41544/26]
1784. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the intervention she will make in the case of a person (details supplied) who is in a residential service but who needs to be discharged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41600/26]
1787. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the level of postnatal bed occupancy across maternity hospitals nationally; the measures being taken to address capacity pressures in postnatal wards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41615/26]