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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

David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
612. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of full delivery of the all-island mother and baby perinatal mental health unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital. [28705/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
613. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on the school dental screening programme; the number of children screened; the estimated number of children who are eligible for a screening who do not receive a screening; and the estimated expenditure should every eligible child receive a screening and the typical level of care provided on average. [28706/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
614. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing 1,000 publicly funded rounds of IVF. [28707/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
615. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing National Ambulance Service staffing by 10; the number of new posts this would create; and the unit cost, by grade. [28708/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
616. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the National Ambulance Service fleet by 10%; and the number of vehicles this would involve, by type. [28709/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
618. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of implementing the National Ambulance Service’s strategic plan and workforce plan. [28711/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
619. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the neuro-rehabilitation implementation framework, by measure, in tabular form. [28712/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
621. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on private community optometry services for children; the details of existing schemes; and the cost to standardise such schemes and payments across all health areas. [28715/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
623. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering universal counselling in primary care; and the number of WTE counsellors required. [28717/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
635. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue and capital cost of each type of care bed, including, but not limited to, short-stay community beds, long-stay residential care beds, acute inpatient beds, intensive care beds, CAMHS inpatient places, rehabilitation bed at the National Rehabilitation hospital, and social inclusion beds, and any other classification of bed used by the HSE, in…
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
645. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing injury unit charges to €50. [28742/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
655. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the supports available to patients who, due to Crohn's disease, had dental implants in Türkiye that, due to the passage of time, now require removal and replacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28761/25]
Carol Nolan Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
661. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will assist in the medical and therapeutic treatment of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28786/25]
Carol Nolan Written 28 May 2025 · to Health
365. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making breast checks free of charge for women over 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27758/25]
Paul Murphy Written 28 May 2025 · to Health
375. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if she will instruct their department to look into this issue; to take waiting times from other health services such as the NHS into account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27827/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 28 May 2025 · to Health
389. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to open the remaining 49 beds in a health and addiction care facility (details supplied); the timeline she is working towards in ensuring that all 100 beds are made operational; the reason the funding required to operate at full capacity has not been provided to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27940/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
564. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the accumulated deficits of each voluntary acute hospital in the country, as reported to her Department and-or the HSE, as of 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26692/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
565. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a voluntary acute hospital (details supplied) carried out a review of services to align them with available funding in 2024; the outcome of any such review; to set out which services, including patient services, were reduced to align with the available funding, including the time period for which any reduction in services applied; and if she will make a stat…
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
568. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing two additional "see and treat gynaecology clinics". [26698/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
570. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing two additional postnatal hubs. [26700/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
574. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will increase the number of breast screening locations, given that the wait time of some patients is over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26731/25]
Joe Neville Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
576. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health if she will increase the number of breast screening locations, given that the wait time of some patients is over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26735/25]
Catherine Callaghan Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
581. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the service available to service users in north Tipperary that suffer from trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26749/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
582. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the service available to service users in north Tipperary that suffer from trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26750/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
589. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) refused necessary treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26789/25]