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Health 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202556
February 202578
March 202573
April 2025110
May 2025158
June 2025127
July 2025135
August 20250
September 2025193
October 202556
November 2025157
December 2025147
January 2026238
February 2026102
March 2026141
April 2026243
May 2026222
June 2026290
July 2026123
August 20260
September 202673
October 202687

Who asks, by party

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.

  • 100% RDR9 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú75 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil616 from 33 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael281 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party16 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent166 from 14 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland421 from 4 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party222 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity85 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin676 from 38 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 407
  2. 140
  3. 137
  4. 101
  5. 79
  6. 78
  7. 53
  8. 49

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Roderic O'Gorman Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2203. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health whether the local mental health form in Dublin 15 (CHO9) has been stood down, and if so the reason for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45048/25]
Máire Devine Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2210. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue in relation to an ADHD diagnosis (details supplied). [45105/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2215. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the referral process to join a rehab gym (details supplied); the number of persons on the waiting list to join this gym following referral and the number of gym sessions permitted following being referred to this gym. [45138/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2251. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a telephone support service (details supplied) will cease operation after November 2025; if she will outline the measures her Department will take to ensure that this vital support remains available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45312/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2256. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will examine matters raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45349/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2295. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to each regional and local drugs task force in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45492/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2296. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the north eastern regional drug and alcohol task force in each of the years 2016 to 2025, in tabular form. [45493/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2297. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals in Budget 2026 for the provision of additional funding for addiction services provided through the north eastern regional drugs and alcohol task force. [45497/25]
Paul Murphy Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2301. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her views on whether EpiPens should be available in public spaces on a similar basis to the public availability of defibrillators. [45507/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2304. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has ceased refunding batteries for sleep apnoea machines under the drugs payment scheme as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45517/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2311. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the names of all community health networks; whether the names correspond with the regional population profiles (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45572/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2365. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the cessation of child developmental checks under the National Healthy Childhood Programme in Dublin mid-west due to staff shortages in the public health nurse network; the areas in the constituency that remain impacted; the actions being taken to ensure a full service; when a full service will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on …
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2383. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason the external retrospective review of children who have undergone unnecessary hip dysplasia surgery has been delayed until January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45779/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2386. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health whether psychological and practical support services are being offered to families whose children have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45782/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2407. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if a medical evacuation will be expedited for a person from Gaza ( details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45852/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2411. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of hospital beds which are unavailable due to delayed transfer of care on grounds of homelessness; and the estimated cost to the Exchequer of same. [45870/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2412. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her views on the impact delayed transfers of care on grounds of homelessness have on the capacity of the health system to treat new patients and for any research undertaken or commissioned in relation to this by her Department or any agencies under its remit (details supplied). [45871/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2420. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HSE's plans to expand Ireland's neurosurgery programme and infrastructure to ensure patients can potentially more readily avail of life-changing procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45917/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2423. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at Limerick University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients cu…
Willie O'Dea Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2424. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for paediatric patients with epilepsy at Limerick University Hospital; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patien…
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2465. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if interim payments will be available pending final determination; the criteria for hardship; the process for periodic review of awards where clinical status changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46197/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2467. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current number of children waiting for speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology services in south Tipperary; the average waiting time for each service; the number of children waiting for an assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46199/25]
Emer Currie Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2468. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the way in which a family can access vaccines for their child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46205/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2469. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the rationale for a decision to award limited home help and home support hours to a person (details supplied); if she is satisfied that the service offered fully responds to the needs of this person as a holder of an enhanced medical card under the mother and baby home scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46207/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2470. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the rules for the shingles vaccination and allow patients over 70 years to receive it through the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46211/25]