551. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health in the context of healthcare reforms under Sláintecare and building the capacity of public hospitals, if her department is considering allocating funding for a positron emission tomography scanner for Beaumont Hospital’s campus in Raheny, Dublin; if not, if such considerations have taken place or will take place in the near future; and if she will make a statement…
Topics / Hospital Equipment
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Equipment
128 questions from 41 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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125 written, 3 oral
41
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 7 |
| March 2025 | 4 |
| April 2025 | 3 |
| May 2025 | 10 |
| June 2025 | 5 |
| July 2025 | 12 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
| October 2025 | 3 |
| November 2025 | 15 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 9 |
| February 2026 | 6 |
| March 2026 | 11 |
| April 2026 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 5 |
| June 2026 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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The questions
108. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a feasibility study into the provision of MRI and CT scanners at Monaghan hospital. [52348/25]
1255. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme to ensure the timely upgrading of linear accelerator machines; the estimated timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48412/25]
1256. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the current age profile of radiotherapy LINAC machines under the HSE; the replacement schedule in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48413/25]
1258. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48415/25]
1362. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will address concerns raised by a group (details supplied), that delays in replacing outdated radiotherapy equipment are resulting in poorer outcomes for patients, poorer access to clinical trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49086/25]
2226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total funding given by the HSE/State towards the MRI unit in Navan Hospital. [45212/25]
2228. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if there are any public staff working the MRI unit or machine in Navan Hospital. [45214/25]
2229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the liability of the MRI unit in Navan Hospital is covered by Navan Hospital Alliance or by the State under the umbrella insurance of Navan Hospital. [45215/25]
2234. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the cost of the entire project for the MRI scanner unit in Navan Hospital. [45228/25]
2253. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of holter monitors and cardiac event monitors available in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45328/25]
3189. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health to examine the cost and feasibility of providing MRI/CT scanners in Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43790/25]
1009. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of beds currently unopened in Heather House. [39715/25]
155. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the unit cost per fraction of treatment utilising a linear accelerator in the public system. [37943/25]
156. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising each linear accelerator which were delivered through core activity in each statutory and section 38 hospitals in 2024, in tabular form. [37944/25]
157. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising a linear accelerator which were delivered through insourcing in 2024, for each statutory and section 38 hospital, in tabular form. [37945/25]
158. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of units of treatment delivered utilising a linear accelerator which were delivered through outsourcing in 2024, for each provider, in tabular form; and the details of total payments made to each provider for that period for such services. [37946/25]
160. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if her Department will fund a PET scanner for Letterkenny; and whether there is any service agreement with Altnagelvin Hospital for such services to avoid patients travelling long distances to Dublin or Galway. [37948/25]
777. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department is undertaking to deliver a positron emission tomography and new CT scanners to Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37219/25]
853. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if the linear accelerator and CT scanner in CUH which had been closed in recent times, remain closed as of 2 July 2025; when it is anticipated it will be in use; and the staff that are required to achieve this. [37670/25]
895. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of equipment and machinery, such as CT and MRI scanners and linear accelerator machines, which have reached their end of life, across each statutory and section 38 hospital, in tabular form; to be requested from each hospital as required; the date at which they reached end of life; the breakdown rate of these machines; the productive hours lost as …
896. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the main CT scanner for radiation oncology at St. Luke’s is within or beyond its end of life; if there is a concern whether this machine will not be operational if it is turned off, and as such if it is left turned on 24 hours a day; her plans for replacing all equipment at St. Luke’s which is beyond or nearing end of life; the budgetary requirements for sa…
243. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the installation of a PET scanner at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36356/25]
13. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a CT scanner and MRI scanner are located within Monaghan Hospital. [34678/25]
917. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to outline the current status of the two translabial scanners at Cork University Hospital and Holles Street; whether they are currently in use; whether trained staff are available to use them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32725/25]