1065. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the end of quarter 4, 2025, in tabular form. [6227/26]
Topics / Health Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Services
2,809 questions from 142 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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2,798 written, 11 oral
142
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| 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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1066. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment service in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [6228/26]
1067. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation, including settlements, awards, and legal fees, in each of the years 2014 to 2025, in tabular form. [6229/26]
1068. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, waiting-time distribution, and the number leaving without being seen via emergency departments, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, statewide and by hospital, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 years and over, in tabular form. [6230/26]
1069. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, by hospital and appointment/procedure type, broken down by adult and child, in tabular form. [6231/26]
1070. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [6232/26]
1071. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals; the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in Model 3 and Model 4 hospitals, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, in tabular form. [6233/26]
1072. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff in HSE facilities, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, in tabular form. [6234/26]
1073. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status 1 incidents, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for each quarter of each full year 2022–2025, nationally and, by region, in tabular form. [6235/26]
1074. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of ED handover, by hospital, quarterly 2023–2025, in tabular form. [6236/26]
1075. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service, age, and length of wait at end December 2022-2025. in tabular form. [6237/26]
1076. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support, and those receiving less than their allocated hours, at December 2022-2025 or latest other comparable date, in tabular form. [6238/26]
1077. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS and Jigsaw waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at December 2025, in tabular form. [6239/26]
1078. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has given consideration to providing drug payment scheme cover for GLP-1 receptor agonists and similar for metabolic management for PCOS and similar endocrine conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6250/26]
1079. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will outline the specialist treatment options or referral pathways available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6253/26]
1080. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the status of a reimbursement application for the drug vyloy zolbetuximab which is used for gastric and gastroesophageal cancers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6270/26]
1083. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether the external expert panel review of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out in CHI has commenced; if not, when it will commence; and the reason for the delay. [6279/26]
1089. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the percentage of children with complex needs that receive dietetic input as part of their assessment and intervention plan. [6302/26]
1090. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether there are any CHOs where dietetic services are provided only through private contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6303/26]
1092. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of patients transferred to the list of a consultant from other consultants during the past 36 months; the consultants involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6306/26]
1098. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the rationale for transferring additional spinal patients to the care of a person (details supplied) while children already under his care have been waiting more than four months for surgery; if she will provide details of who authorised these transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6314/26]
1099. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of patients under the care of a person (details supplied) who have accessed outsourced spinal surgery, both internationally and nationally, during the past 36 months; if she will provide a breakdown by location, year, and procedure type; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6315/26]
1143. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide blood glucose monitors to type 2 diabetes patients, with particular emergency cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6521/26]
1145. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the current HSE policy regarding the provision of continence products under the free nappy scheme; if pull-up style nappies are provided for a three-year-old child with severe and complex needs (details supplied); if there has been any recent change to this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6527/26]
17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether she is concerned about the number of biopsies carried out on children diagnosed with DMG and DIPG; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4680/26]