Health Services
An official questions-paper heading. 2,649 questions (10 oral, 2,639 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 56 |
| Feb 2025 | 78 |
| Mar 2025 | 73 |
| Apr 2025 | 110 |
| May 2025 | 158 |
| Jun 2025 | 127 |
| Jul 2025 | 135 |
| Sep 2025 | 193 |
| Oct 2025 | 56 |
| Nov 2025 | 157 |
| Dec 2025 | 147 |
| Jan 2026 | 238 |
| Feb 2026 | 102 |
| Mar 2026 | 141 |
| Apr 2026 | 243 |
| May 2026 | 222 |
| Jun 2026 | 290 |
| Jul 2026 | 123 |
Addressed to
| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 2,543 |
| Children | 97 |
| Public Expenditure | 4 |
| Social | 2 |
| Finance | 1 |
| Climate | 1 |
| Education | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | Health Services |
| 2026-06-09 | Health Services |
| 2026-05-06 | Health Services |
| 2026-03-05 | Health Services |
| 2026-03-05 | Health Services |
| 2025-11-20 | Health Services |
| 2025-11-12 | Health Services |
| 2025-10-02 | Health Services |
| 2025-09-30 | Health Services |
| 2025-07-09 | Health Services |
| 2025-06-26 | Health Services |
| 2025-06-26 | Health Services |
| 2025-06-17 | Health Services |
| 2025-06-11 | Health Services |
| 2025-03-06 | Health Services |
The questions
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-01-20 · to Children
827. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an estimated date for the establishment of the community neurorehabilitation team in the midlands in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3356/26]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
898. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the most recent data on GP-to-patient ratios in the Wicklow and Wexford region; the way in which the shortages are being monitored and addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3387/26]
Donna McGettigan
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
905. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to intervene to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the medical care they require as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3444/26]
Barry Heneghan
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
906. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide CHO segregated annual figures for adults and children with a diagnosis of vision impairment who are engaged with health or disability services, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3447/26]
Barry Heneghan
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
907. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the body or bodies within the health system which are responsible for collecting data on vision impairment; if this function rests with the HSE, her Department, or any other statutory agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3448/26]
Barry Heneghan
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
908. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the plans to improve the systematic recording of vision impairment within HSE health and disability services, including at CHO level, in order to support service planning and resource allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3449/26]
Mark Ward
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
910. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the percentage of children who received developmental checks carried out within 72-hours, at three months, at six months, at 12 months, at 24 months, at 48 months, across the state, in Dublin midwest, by year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3454/26]
Mark Ward
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
911. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the age intervals at which developmental checks of newborns and infants should be offered by public health nurses; the examinations done at each of these intervals; the intervals which are P1, P2 and P3 checks; if services up to P3 checks are being offered to children in Adamstown, Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Lucan, Rowlagh, Rathcoole, Newcastle, Sa…
Pádraig Rice
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
914. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify matters related to compensation for victims of the HSE cyber-attack (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3491/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
923. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a ward in a facility (details supplied) has closed; if so, the reason; to provide details of the ward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3592/26]
Mary Lou McDonald
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
942. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3811/26]
Mary Lou McDonald
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
944. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients referred to a provider (details supplied) for scans, for each year 2020-2025, in tabular form; the total amount paid to the provider in this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3813/26]
Donna McGettigan
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
945. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to list the locations where the HSE run low vision clinics; the number of persons that attended each of those clinics in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3839/26]
Pádraig Rice
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
949. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 991 of 16 December 2025, if matters raised previously will be subject to a review in due course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3889/26]
Cormac Devlin
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
956. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to date to implement the guidance issued by an organisation (details supplied) on transparency of medicines pricing and pharmacy service fees, which took effect from 1 December 2025; and to provide an update on early compliance levels, including any monitoring data available to her Department; and if she will make a statement …
Erin McGreehan
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
965. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE intends to respond, in the context of County Louth, to the finding by an organisation (details supplied) that the greatest gaps in end-of-life care nationally are in level 2 community-based services rather than specialist services. [3946/26]
Erin McGreehan
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
966. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether she will provide interim funding or commissioning arrangements to ensure that people in County Louth can access timely, nurse-led end-of-life care in the community, pending the development of longer term service plans. [3947/26]
Niamh Smyth
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
1003. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if a review will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4186/26]
Michael Cahill
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
1005. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the length of time children in Kerry wait for orthodontic treatment, the number which are waiting six months, 12 months, 18 months, two years and so on; the measures being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4208/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
1010. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the circumstances in which a person’s next-of-kin would need to be consulted in relation to palliative sedation/midazolam in cases in which the person is at the hospital, clinic or nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4228/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
1012. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the funding available to patients with severe spinal canal stenosis to facilitate treatment in Northern Ireland or another EU state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4230/26]
Pádraig Rice
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
1016. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme in light of the State’s commitments under the National Rare Disease Plan (details supplied); if the inclusion of many rare, genetic, and metabolic disorders which require lifelong and medically essential treatment is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4259/26]
Ann Graves
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
1021. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health if an orthodontic treatment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); the plans to tackle the extremely long waiting lists for orthodontic treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4273/26]
Mattie McGrath
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
1038. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health , further to the response to Parliamentary Question No. 958 of 18 November 2025, the number of babies that were born alive after abortion procedures in cases where neither major congenital anomaly nor extreme prematurity, at 22 weeks or earlier, were involved; the protocols and actions or interventions which were followed to protect the bab…
Mattie McGrath
written
2026-01-20 · to Health
1039. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health , further to the response to Parliamentary Question No. 958 of 18 November 2025, to provide a copy of the established national guidance documents mentioned as being followed when a baby is born showing signs of life after abortion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4314/26]