1161. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason dietitian services for type 1 diabetes management are no longer available at Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel; the contingency plans in place for high-risk diabetes patients; and when dietetic support and insulin pump access will be restored. [12256/26]
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
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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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1165. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of incidents reported to the State Claims Agency which related to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, per year from 2019 to 2025, specifically incidents causing harm, broken down by severity, other reported incidents including near miss; the number of complaints by service users/patients; and if she will make a statement on th…
1170. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of approved centres abroad under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme and a list of registered surgeons under the scheme who can provide the highest standard of endometriosis care, and excision surgery (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12300/26]
1171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the way in which unnecessary hip operations on children have been characterised under the national incident management system. [12301/26]
1175. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and/or partner funding from his/her Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation or project; what was achieved and the stated outcomes from the funding provided in each case; the plans her Department has for the provision of matched and partner …
1236. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when the single point of access system for children's services will be fully operational; the way it will prevent families such as that of a child (details supplied) from being passed between primary care, disability services, and CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12841/26]
290. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and other HSE facilities in County Louth, for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [10580/26]
296. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Louth waiting for an appointment with an organisation (details supplied) by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [10586/26]
310. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there is provision of funds to provide for future medical malpractice lawsuits that may be taken against the Government as a result of children having undergone irreversible gender transition surgery. [10623/26]
314. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to expedite a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/26]
349. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10736/26]
355. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where specialist lymphoedema clinics are located; the WTE staff, by job title, working in each of those clinics, by location, in tabular form. [10799/26]
357. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if cataract surgeries will be carried out at the new Dublin North HSE surgical hub due to be opened in April 2026. [10801/26]
360. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the expert panel established following the independent audit on hip surgery thresholds for children with developmental dysplasia of the hip in Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, following the appointment of a chair; if the terms of reference have been completed; if they will be published; t…
973. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 11 July 2025, when children’s eye clinic services will resume in Portlaoise; if the recruitment process has concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9193/26]
983. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently on a waiting list to see an occupational therapist (primary care) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9259/26]
1009. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason no multi-annual funding framework has been introduced for voluntary healthcare providers despite explicit recommendations; and whether she accepts that this undermines workforce planning and financial sustainability. [9312/26]
1012. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that increasing reporting, compliance and governance obligations have not been matched by increased frontline funding for voluntary providers. [9315/26]
1031. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she has received, requested, or reviewed the expert group assessment commissioned by the HSE Chief Clinical Officer on the implications for Irish gender healthcare services of the final Cass Review; when this assessment was completed; whether it has been submitted to the HSE Chief Executive Officer for consideration; and when she expects this assessment t…
1032. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the assessment of the final Cass Review completed by the HSE-appointed expert group will be treated as binding clinical guidance, advisory evidence, or background material only for the purposes of national healthcare policy; whether she has issued or intends to issue any direction regarding its status within the development of the national Model of Care f…
1033. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what interim clinical governance, safeguards, or policy instructions are currently in place for the provision of gender healthcare services to children and adolescents pending the publication and consideration of the completed expert group assessment of the Cass Review; whether any changes to clinical practice have been paused, amended, or permitted during this i…
1038. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the supports which are available for pre and post-natal exercise programmes. [9464/26]
1040. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the absence of national-level expenditure data for chronic pain services represents a gap in financial oversight; when her Department last formally requested national expenditure data from the HSE for chronic pain services; and the actions she is taking to ensure that comprehensive national financial reporting is put in place. [9473/26]
1041. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date by which her Department will require the HSE to implement mandatory national reporting on chronic pain services, including expenditure, activity, and outcomes across all health regions; and whether this reporting will be standardised and published as part of the National Performance Report. [9474/26]
1125. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the services that are available for a child who has a brain tumour and requires a full-time nurse while attending preschool; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10113/26]