2852. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of wards or beds not currently in use in each of the Cork hospitals. [42391/25]
Topics / Hospital Facilities
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Facilities
459 questions from 100 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
459
questions
451 written, 8 oral
100
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 26 |
| March 2025 | 36 |
| April 2025 | 29 |
| May 2025 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 15 |
| July 2025 | 34 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 12 |
| October 2025 | 32 |
| November 2025 | 27 |
| December 2025 | 13 |
| January 2026 | 20 |
| February 2026 | 29 |
| March 2026 | 39 |
| April 2026 | 30 |
| May 2026 | 13 |
| June 2026 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 18 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 17 |
| October 2026 | 20 |
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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
3083. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out at this hospital over the next 18 months. [43136/25]
3136. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the next phase of redevelopment at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire; the funding status, additional bed capacity, and staffing plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43378/25]
3269. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the availability of designated disability parking spaces at Beaumont Hospital, in light of ongoing concerns raised by patients with mobility issues about difficulties accessing the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44197/25]
278. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the progress of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40015/25]
279. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has considered funding for a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40016/25]
856. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when the ground floor and first floor of the new Mallow General Hospital will be fully operational; the plans for the use of these two sections of the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38702/25]
898. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed 64-bed critical care unit block at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38922/25]
969. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will examine issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding access to sensory rooms in hospitals; if she will outline the sensory-friendly facilities currently available in County Cavan, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39451/25]
368. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide as a matter of priority a permanent oncology and haematology build at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38504/25]
815. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to a response by the HSE to Parliamentary Question REPDR 25/01974, if a wider issue (details supplied) will also be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37434/25]
864. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if, following a query (details supplied), a wider issue will also be rectified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37732/25]
888. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health in which month the new 96-bed block in UHL will be open to patients. [37878/25]
381. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether the number of operating theatres, and the number currently operational, in each of the Cork hospitals, in tabular form. [36931/25]
244. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if a hospital (details supplied) in Cork will provide the full allocation of beds in its dementia unit to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36401/25]
245. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the capacity of the national paediatric allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (bone marrow) unit in St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36402/25]
246. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health when the national paediatric allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (bone marrow) unit in St. James’s Hospital was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36403/25]
247. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the cost to establish the national paediatric allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (bone marrow) unit in St. James’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36404/25]
262. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she will outline plans to improve the feeding, bathing and mobility facilities at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for young children who have disabilities and additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36480/25]
276. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to funding an additional 25 specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds for the Dublin-midlands region; and if she will commit to funding an additional 20 impatient neurorehabilitation beds for the HSE south-west region. [36616/25]
752. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to clarify the category of patients that will be provided for under the fit-out of the existing first floor shell and cores space of Mallow General Hospital to provide a 24-bed inpatient ward, as per the Acute Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan and HSE Capital Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35562/25]
775. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing 1,000 additional acute beds in a public hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35667/25]
776. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of providing and staffing 100 additional level 3 ICU beds in a public hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35668/25]
795. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the expected start and completion dates of the St. James's Hospital annexe planned for the new children's hospital's works depot on Davitt Road, Dublin 12; to detail the various medical, administrative and residential components; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35756/25]
34. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on progress towards implementation of the development control plan for University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34620/25]