483. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of Children's Health Ireland who received spinal surgeries through outsourcing arrangements in a private hospital in 2025 and to date in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21219/26]
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
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Independents counted together
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departments asked
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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 |
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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.
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484. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any further patients of Children's Health Ireland have undergone spinal surgeries abroad through outsourcing arrangements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21220/26]
502. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the services available to newborns and infants from public health nurses in each district in County Wexford; the steps being taken to increase public health nurses in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21275/26]
506. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays currently available at St James's Hospital. [21282/26]
511. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the current status of a service (details supplied) including current opening hours and staffing levels, recent alterations or future plans for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21305/26]
518. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a decision can be reversed to cut respite to families in County Kerry from four weeks per annum to two weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21346/26]
1649. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the capacity which currently exists for robot-assisted deep brain stimulation; if additional capacity has been sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18233/26]
1650. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year current costs if the HSE pathfinder services was extended to 12 midnight, seven days a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18234/26]
1658. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is obliged, under existing legislation, policy, service level agreements, or national guidelines, to provide funding to agency care companies to ensure that agency care workers receive appropriate medication handling and administration training in order to organise and administer daily medication for clients who are medically competent to make …
1662. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the impact assessments which were carried out in 2020 when the developmental assessments of children, by public health nurses, were suspended during SARS Cov 2 and similarly, during the Health Service Executive pay & numbers strategies of 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18268/26]
1664. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to extending free family planning to the provision of vasectomy services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18279/26]
1690. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the reason that medical card holders residing in Dublin, Wicklow, or Kildare are generally not charged for dental care at DDUH, while other medical card holders are charged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18399/26]
1702. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac rehabilitation centres that have access to psychological support for heart patients; the measures being taken to increase access to the service for this specific patient cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18435/26]
1737. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the health related projects raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18694/26]
1738. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the number of people being refunded for payment of blood tests; the amount refunded for 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18697/26]
1739. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the schemes which exist for wig grants; and where a person contacts to become eligible to take applicants under these.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18705/26]
1772. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18903/26]
1773. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients treated through the diabetes service at St Vincent’s University Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2026; the number of patients with Type 1 diabetes attending the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18904/26]
1774. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to diabetes services at St Vincent’s University Hospital in each of the years 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date; whether additional funding has been provided to support the expansion of insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring technologies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18905/26]
1775. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients nationally currently supported under the HSE for continuous glucose monitoring technologies including the MiniMed 780G system; whether the Simplera continuous glucose monitoring sensor has been approved for use within the HSE system; whether there are supply or procurement constraints affecting access to such technologies; and if she will…
1778. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the existing public support pathways for adults with ADHD; the supports available to families who cannot afford private care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18922/26]
1834. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the reason for the disparity in discretionary payments under the primary care community services (PCCS) scheme for children with certain eye conditions and/or additional needs who require spectacles; if her attention has been drawn to some families being required to pay in excess of €400 per pair of glasses for young children in certain Community Healthcare Org…
1835. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown, by CHO area, of the discretionary supports available for children under the PCCS scheme; the criteria applied in each area; the number of children supported in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19192/26]
1875. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the development and recruitment for five new eating disorder hubs; the location of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19373/26]
1882. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will outline the current status of this case and any expected timeframe for treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19417/26]