202. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the ongoing trolley crisis at University Hospital Limerick. [72883/26]
Topics / Hospital Overcrowding
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Overcrowding
41 questions from 24 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 15 October 2026.
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| July 2025 | 4 |
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| November 2025 | 2 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 7 |
| February 2026 | 1 |
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| April 2026 | 4 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 1 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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228. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed plan on addressing hospital overcrowding in Naas General Hospital [46376/26]
719. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people that have been on trollies for extended periods, broken down by hospital and per week since the beginning of 2026 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27907/26]
720. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of people that have been on trollies for extended periods, broken down as a weekly average per hospital in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27908/26]
297. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health her plans to address overcrowding in the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Kerry and the trolley crisis; if the provision of a significant increase in the number of beds available will be expedited in order to address this longstanding issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27834/26]
298. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will address the overcrowding in the accident and emergency department, and the trolley crisis, at University Hospital Kerry as a matter of priority by expediting the development of the new 108-bed block on the hospital campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27841/26]
462. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address persistent overcrowding at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients treated on trolleys at the hospital in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21111/26]
28. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the outcome of her meeting with Galway University Hospital regarding the chronic issue of overcrowding in the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17801/26]
813. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of trolleys currently in each accident and emergency department, by hospital; and the average length of time patients waited on a trolley in each hospital over the past 12 months. [16383/26]
1045. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive records the actual duration of trolley waits exceeding 24 hours for emergency department patients; if not, whether such information is captured within hospital patient administration or emergency department information systems but not collated centrally; when the Minister became aware that maximum trolley wait times are not re…
199. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will address the overcrowding in the accident and emergency department, and the trolley crisis, at University Hospital Kerry as a matter of priority by expediting the development of the new 108-bed block on the hospital campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6791/26]
953. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the proportion of emergency department overcrowding attributable to delayed discharges, as measured in the HSE Performance Profile Q4 2025; and the actions planned in 2026 to address delayed discharge capacity. [5662/26]
1148. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have received blood transfusions via the emergency department or accident and emergency overflow areas at University Hospital Kerry due to capacity constraints in the transfusion or infusion unit in each of the past three years; the measures in place to protect immunocompromised patients in such circumstances; and if she will make a stateme…
1. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the measures she will take in 2026 to reverse the trend of increasing hospital and emergency department overcrowding and hospital waiting lists; the additional acute beds, step-down beds and home-care capacity added in 2025 and planned for 2026; the steps she will take to expedite elective centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5082/26]
78. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the urgent need for additional beds in UHK, to alleviate overcrowding in the accident and emergency department and the trolley crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4553/26]
117. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the current overcrowding issues at Cork University Hospital, particularly in the emergency department; the immediate measures she plans to implement to alleviate pressure on the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4483/26]
193. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of days in 2025, that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2813/26]
1105. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health her plans to address overcrowding in the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Kerry (UHK); if the provision of a significant increase in the number of beds available in UHK will be expedited in order to address this longstanding issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72363/25]
585. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health her plans to address overcrowding in the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Kerry; if the provision of a significant increase in the number of beds available in UHK will be expedited in order to address this longstanding issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71115/25]
861. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the daily number of patients on trolleys at Naas General Hospital in the past month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69108/25]
1133. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the current plan to address overcrowding in hospital emergency departments; and the resources being allocated to improve patient flow. [63757/25]
1930. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries postponed at Beaumont Hospital in each of the past three months due to overcrowding; the contingency plans in place to protect patient care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59296/25]
612. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the dates/occasions upon which each hospital in the country entered surge escalation, over the past twelve months; and the number of patients in surge beds during each of those occasions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53260/25]
2454. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that average wait-times in the Tallaght University Hospital emergency department have risen by 43% since 2020; the actions she is taking to remedy the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46177/25]
2621. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently clinically discharged from hospital, but who remain in hospital; the number who have been in hospital despite being clinically discharged for over 3 months, for over six months, for over one year and for over two years, by hospital. [41109/25]