406. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional parking for staff and visitors at St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8854/25]
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
273. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when the 96-bed unit, scheduled for construction, at University Hospital Limerick will become operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8255/25]
333. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health for an update on the extension of radiology unit at UHL, to include commencement of the works, description, cost, expected delivery date, expanded services (if the unit will include Alliance's MRI); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8552/25]
848. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of presentations in each month in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and 2024 to the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7237/25]
849. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals to further expand the operating hours of the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7238/25]
859. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if there is any plan in place to provide additional car parking spaces by utilising the green areas surrounding Roscommon University Hospital (details supplied). [7310/25]
897. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the briefing document she received regarding the National Children’s Hospital, which has been reported in the media (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7585/25]
909. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the timeline and start date for the development of the rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital. [7642/25]
910. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason the planned rehabilitation unit at Roscommon University Hospital was omitted from the HSE Capital Plan 2024, despite being included in previous years. [7658/25]
967. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1363 of 22 January 2025, the stakeholders who are involved in discussions in relation to the Draft Report on St. Brigid’s campus, Ballinasloe, County Galway, in tabular form. [8068/25]
216. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of closed beds at HSE community hospitals in County Clare, by bed type and hospital location in January 2024 and January 2025, in tabular form. [6538/25]
217. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of beds closed at HSE community hospitals in Raheen and Ennistymon, County Clare; to outline the reason for their ongoing closure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6539/25]
218. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that were lost to the HSE Community Hospitals at Raheen and Ennistymon, County Clare, during 2024 due to the HSEs pay and numbers strategy. [6541/25]
689. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health her views on the optimum number of critical care beds that should be available in the acute hospital system; the number of critical care beds and the location of such beds at present; her plans on a hospital-by-hospital basis to increase this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5497/25]
748. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the 44 hospital-controlled car parks that provide patient parking; a list of those that provide concessions with details of such; a list of those that provide free parking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5838/25]
749. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings that have taken place of the working group to implement guidance to hospitals in relation to car parking charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5839/25]
750. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the value to each hospital in the State of the car parking charges system, in each of the years from 2018 to 2024; and if each system is under the hospitals control or run by a private operator, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5840/25]
793. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health whether the new 96 bed block being built in University Hospital Limerick will be opened as promised in July 2025. [6052/25]
799. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the capital works projects that were carried out at Saint Joseph's Hospital, Dublin 5 in the years of 2023 and 2024; the future capital works projects that are scheduled to be carried out at this hospital over the next 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6128/25]
611. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health when she expects the additional 97 beds planned for Wexford General Hospital to become available to treat patients; the number of existing beds that will no longer be available for patients at that time; the net number of beds currently available in Wexford General Hospital; the net number which will be available when the new 97-bed unit comes into operation; an…
1020. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in each general hospital nationwide; the number of medical beds, surgical beds, maternity beds, beds in accident and emergency, intensive care beds and other beds, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2137/25]
1035. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to examine the issue of mixed wards in hospitals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2182/25]
1113. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her views on the shortage of beds in University Hospital Limerick, in view of the fact that a person (details supplied) had a planned procedure cancelled on three separate occasions, due to the shortage of beds. [2450/25]
1204. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres currently in use at Limerick Maternity Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2859/25]
1218. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to provide additional parking for staff at University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2937/25]