612. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66856/26]
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
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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| 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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
617. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the Government’s position regarding the Equal Status (Access to Toilet Facilities) Bill 2026 (details supplied); if she will support the progression of the Bill to Second Stage and engage with the relevant stakeholders to progress a national “No Wait Card” initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66878/26]
622. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to outline and clarify charges regarding GMS patients for routine blood tests; and the steps her Department are taking to make sure people are not being improperly charged for routine tests. [66895/26]
640. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health If her Department has reviewed the findings of the 2015 independent report into Midwest public orthodontic services; if she will verify allegations that children suffered clinical damage due to systemic oversight failures highlighted in that unpublished report; and the clinical audit structures currently in place to protect children undergoing public orthodontic…
641. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the status of the independent review completed in February 2015 by two UK-based professors into public orthodontic services in the Midwest region; the reasons this report has not been published by the HSE to date despite previous commitments to do so; and if she will state when the report will be published. [67098/26]
663. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the number of completed Cross-Border Directive reimbursement applications currently awaiting payment; the date of receipt of the oldest outstanding completed application; the current average and median processing time; and the number of applications outstanding for more than 30, 60, 90, 120 and 180 working days, in tabular form. [67214/26]
665. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health whether Cross-Border Directive reimbursement applications continue to be processed in the order in which they are received; whether there are circumstances in which a completed application received at a later date may be processed and reimbursed before an earlier completed application; and, if so, to outline those circumstances and the way in which completed a…
413. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the HSE Telehealth Roadmap 2024–2027; the number and percentage of outpatient consultations delivered via telehealth to date, by HSE health region and hospital group; the clinical grades involved in delivering these consultations in each region; and the specialties or care pathways in which telehealth adoption remains lo…
419. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with type 1 diabetes currently receiving insulin-pump therapy through the public health service, by adults and children, HSE health region and hospital at which their diabetes care is provided, in tabular form. [66269/26]
1108. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health whether protests outside In-vitro fertilisation and surrogacy clinics fall within the protections for and definition of healthcare facilities, as defined under the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024; and whether consideration is being given to such inclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter, [64218/26]
1154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 14 July 2026, to confirm directly whether any such review, audit or costing has ever been carried out (details supplied); if not, whether one will now be commissioned; the total number of lipid profile tests processed nationally in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available; the estimated cost of s…
1196. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine and allow for financial assistance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64641/26]
1207. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE and each CHO region on leasing and renting properties in each county in the state in each of the past five years; and to provide a list of all such properties and the annual cost associated with each. [64667/26]
1208. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE and Saolta University Health Care Group on leasing and renting properties in Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim in each of the past five years; and to provide a list of all such properties and the annual cost associated with each. [64666/26]
1223. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be reimbursed under the Cross Border Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64707/26]
1225. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address a case (details supplied) and provide a full detailed care plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64715/26]
1266. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of specialised coronary care beds provided in UHG, CUH, UHL, the Mater, St. James's and St. Vincent's hospitals that have real-time telemetry monitoring connected at bed to a live critical care unit, CCU, monitoring station. [64881/26]
1323. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the healthcare available to a person (details supplied); and if they are entitled to the same level of healthcare as any other Irish citizen. [65187/26]
1371. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm, for each current resident of unit 1, that a suitable dementia-specific placement will be offered within their own community in Cork city; the number of dementia-specific residential beds currently available; the current waiting list for such beds, in the Cork city area; and the additional dementia capacity the HSE states has come onstream, including a…
1373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on community podiatry services in Cork city and county in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, including any expenditure on outsourcing or private provision; the number of patients referred to private providers in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65421/26]
1374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to provide community podiatry to persons with disabilities and reduced mobility, including wheelchair users and persons with spinal cord injuries, who are unable to access mainstream clinic settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65419/26]
1375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for accessing HSE community podiatry services in Cork; whether those criteria have been changed or narrowed in the past three years; the categories of patient currently prioritised for treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65418/26]
1391. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the South Tipperary Faculty of the Irish College of General Practitioners regarding the continuing unavailability of the Memory Clinic; the additional pressure being placed on GPs, patients and family carers; the risk of delayed diagnosis and treatment; and the action being taken in response. [65505/26]
1392. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health what specialist assessment pathway is currently available in the public health service to a patient in South Tipperary presenting with suspected dementia or cognitive decline while the Memory Clinic remains unavailable; whether patients can access an alternative memory service elsewhere; and how equitable access is being ensured for patients unable to obtain a…
1393. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to the HSE confirmation in July 2026 that a risk assessment had been undertaken in respect of the suspension of the South Tipperary Memory Clinic, if a copy or summary of that assessment will be provided; the risks identified in relation to delayed diagnosis and treatment; the mitigation measures implemented; and whether the assessment has subsequently…