3072. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average wait times in the accident and emergency department in Tallaght University Hospital in each of the past five years; the steps she is taking to reduce wait times, overcrowding and understaffing in the Tallaght University Hospital accident and emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43089/25]
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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3073. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients on trolleys in each of the past 24-months in Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43090/25]
223. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days on which full capacity protocols were active for each statutory and section 38 hospital for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [38184/25]
221. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the ongoing use of the full capacity protocol at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) and the continued overcrowding at UHL; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22415/25]
226. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her plans to reduce cancellations of hospital procedures and overcrowding. [24162/25]
494. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the plans she has to increase bed capacity and resourcing to address overcrowding and pressure on the accident and emergency department at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22377/25]
1464. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health to prioritise the immediate funding and delivery of more public inpatient beds for eating disorder treatment, so that those in crisis receive the care they need in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10580/25]
1465. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health to prioritise reducing waiting lists for eating disorder treatment in order that vital early intervention can happen without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10581/25]
1548. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10918/25]
108. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health how she plans to reduce the number of patients left waiting on hospital trolleys in University Hospital Galway given the impact this is having on elderly people and those with severe medical problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9651/25]
274. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of days per year that the full capacity protocol has been utilised at University Hospital Limerick, for the years 2011 to 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8256/25]
266. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the downgrading of emergency department services at Navan Hospital is impacting the growing numbers attending the emergency department at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, leading to overcrowding and long delays; if she plans to invest in upgrading and increasing capacity at the emergency departments in Navan Hospital and Our Lady of Lourdes in Drogheda; a…
1092. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address overcrowding at Beaumont Hospital in light of a recent report on inspections undertaken at the hospital in late 2024 (details supplied); when the required refurbishment works cited in the report will be carried out; if she will provide an update on progress in relation to plans for a new ED and ward block at Beaumont Hospital, as …
1405. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if urgent investment will be made to improve waiting lists and bed accommodation numbers/availability and accident and emergency overcrowding and waiting times at University Hospital Kerry, by providing for additional medical staff at all levels there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46712/24]
1464. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health his plans to respond to calls from an organisation (details supplied) to improve the chronic and dangerous overcrowding issues in hospitals here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1001/25]
1465. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the steps the HSE will take to urgently reduce the number of patients on trolleys at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, noting the high prevalence of respiratory illness in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1002/25]