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Hospital Investigations

60 questions from 16 TDs, between 19 February 2025 and 21 October 2026.

60
questions
59 written, 1 oral
16
TDs have asked
7
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
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 20250
February 20252
March 20252
April 20253
May 20255
June 202512
July 20254
August 20250
September 202510
October 20251
November 20250
December 20250
January 20264
February 20260
March 202610
April 20262
May 20260
June 20261
July 20262
August 20260
September 20260
October 20262

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.

  • Fianna Fáil11 from 3 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael1 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Independent Ireland1 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party2 from 2 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity8 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin18 from 5 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 18
  2. 13
  3. 9
  4. 7
  5. 2
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 1

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Pádraig Rice Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
746. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children's Health Ireland has conducted any audit or review of surgical outcomes, complications, or readmissions among children with connective tissue disorders following spinal surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27468/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
428. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health for details of the 286 letters mislaid by a hospital administration in early 2021, including if any of those were referrals; if this affected the National Gender Service, and any patient impact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22111/25]
David Cullinane Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
532. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she or any of her Department officials are aware of letters sent to parents in response to an audit into osteotomies or procedures carried out on children with hip dysplasia at CHI; her knowledge or that of her officials in her Department of the number of letters sent; the earliest year to which the letters relate; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2026. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to clarify the extent to which parents who declined surgery were included in the CHI audit on hip dysplasia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18830/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2444. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) who had hip surgeries in 2021 and 2024 in both Cappagh and Temple Street, will be notified if their care is one of the cases being investigated or not being investigated; if her Department will communicate with the child’s parents if the surgeries were necessary or not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21023/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
819. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of investigations and reviews held into serious reportable events in maternity units between 2016 and 2023 which resulted in negative outcomes in terms of patients’ care and staff conduct (details supplied); if she cannot provide this data, to ask the masters of those hospitals to provide said data in respect of outcomes; and if she will make a stateme…
Matt Carthy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
758. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of systems analysis review reports, or similar reviews, which were carried out in respect of occurrences at each psychiatric hospital or unit from 2016 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number therein that were commissioned following the death of a patient, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13756/25]
Barry Ward Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1686. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the review into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11628/25]
Paul Murphy Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Health
204. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the status of each phase of the review into the use of surgical implants in CHI; the terms of reference for which was published by HIQA on 17 November 2023, whereby phase one was expected to be completed by the end of 2023; if this review will be published; and if so, the date. [6452/25]
Paul Murphy Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Health
205. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will inform the public of recommendations arising from the review on the use of surgical implants in Children’s Health Ireland. [6453/25]