207. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to continue to increase capacity and open more beds at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24102/25]
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.
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The questions
212. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if urgent funding can be provided to address issues within the orthopaedic department of Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23510/25]
219. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that a surgical hub is located at Letterkenny University Hospital. [24165/25]
1031. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to set out the bed base occupancy rates for each model 3 and model 4 hospital in this State as of 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2025, or on similar and relevant dates, in tabular form. [23449/25]
1157. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the infrastructure needs at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied). [15084/25]
1212. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that all emergency departments across the State have a safe space for cancer patients, forced to access care through this route. [24446/25]
403. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital beds delivered from 2022 to date in 2025, and projected to the end of 2025, per year, per hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22985/25]
490. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the 'family rooms' on each of the three main wards in Naas Hospital have been repurposed as ward extensions; if there are plans to reintroduce family rooms into the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22362/25]
346. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of beds which will be available to the paediatric critical care unit in the new National Children's Hospital; and the number of beds currently available to this unit across CHI sites. [21797/25]
2121. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed allocation of funding for stages 2 and 3 in respect of a hospital project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19426/25]
2176. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will open the new laboratory at University Hospital Kerry and meet with the UHK senior management team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19597/25]
2177. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to open additional beds in West Kerry Community Hospital as a matter of priority; the number and how soon these additional beds will be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19598/25]
2178. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to open additional beds in Listowel Community Hospital as a matter of priority; the number and how soon these additional beds will be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19599/25]
2179. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to open additional beds in Cahersiveen Community Hospital, County Kerry as a matter of priority; the number and how soon these additional beds will be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19600/25]
2180. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to open additional beds in Kenmare Community Hospital as a matter of priority; the number and how soon these additional beds will be open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19601/25]
2185. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the 108 bed extension planned for University Hospital Kerry will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19611/25]
2210. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the status of the infectious diseases clinic in Our Ladies of Lourdes Drogheda, County Louth. [19737/25]
2309. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the nature of future refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at the hospital over the next 18 months. [20193/25]
2396. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health why the bungalows in the hospital in Athy are not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20645/25]
2436. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20908/25]
2481. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has an estimated timeline for the completion of the new accident-and-emergency department and critical care unit for Beaumont Hospital, which is included in the HSE Capital Plan 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21267/25]
2483. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the shortfall of 175 regional inpatient neurorehabilitation beds across the country, highlighted in the Inpatient Rehabilitation Mapping report published by the HSE in September 2024; the steps that will be taken to address the shortage of 34 beds in the HSE south west region as Cork and Kerry continue to lack a dedicated neuro…
379. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of beds which will be available to the paediatric allergy unit in the new National Children’s Hospital; the number of beds currently available to this unit across CHI sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18165/25]
259. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the rate of theatre utilisation in Letterkenny University Hospital for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17701/25]
951. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [16993/25]