476. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of organ transplants carried out for kidney, liver, heart, lung and pancreas respectively, broken down by deceased and living donor, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [75142/26]
Topics / Hospital Procedures
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Procedures
262 questions from 68 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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260 written, 2 oral
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| May 2025 | 39 |
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| July 2025 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
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| October 2025 | 22 |
| November 2025 | 25 |
| December 2025 | 12 |
| January 2026 | 10 |
| February 2026 | 21 |
| March 2026 | 18 |
| April 2026 | 6 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 13 |
| July 2026 | 9 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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244. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients, adult and paediatric, who received a heart or lung transplant outside the State under the treatment abroad scheme or another arrangement in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [74801/26]
246. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of potential heart and lung transplants that did not proceed in 2025 and to date in 2026 due to bed, theatre or staffing capacity at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. [74803/26]
934. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason appropriate aftercare, such as physiotherapy, was not provided to a patient (details supplied) following surgery for endometriosis at University Hospital Waterford. [74367/26]
169. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if there are unexpected delays for hip operations at the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh as result of changes to funding allocated to the hospital. [72658/26]
483. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health if she could provide a list of theatre procedures done in Monaghan Hospital. [67862/26]
535. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if outpatient surgeries were cancelled in St. James Hospital on 31 of August 2026; and if so, the number and the reason. [66420/26]
3699. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether there are national clinical guidelines regarding the use of a tenaculum during outpatient hysteroscopy procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57428/26]
3700. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the proportion of IUD insertions in HSE-funded services that involve the use of a tenaculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57429/26]
4003. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of people referred for urgent colonoscopy by hospital in each of the years 2017 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [58557/26]
4004. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were referred for urgent colonoscopy who received an appointment date within 28 days of referral; between 29-35 days of referral; between 36-40 days of referral; between 41-45 days of referral; between 46-50 days of referral; 51+ days of referral by hospital, in each of the years 2017 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [58558/…
4005. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the reasons for which more than 3,400 people were waiting longer than 28 days to access an urgent colonoscopy between January and April 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58559/26]
4006. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if endoscopic activity is on track to increase by 6,927 or 6.6% in 2026, compared to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58560/26]
323. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients from counties Louth, Meath, Monaghan and Cavan who were required to travel outside the north-east region for cardiac procedures in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50309/26]
324. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient, day-case and outpatient procedures carried out at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in each of the past five years, broken down by specialty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50310/26]
325. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting elective surgery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, broken down by specialty and waiting time bands; the measures being taken to reduce these waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50311/26]
892. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac surgeries and other procedures cancelled or postponed at Cork University Hospital as a result of the perfusionist industrial action on 9 June 2026; the number of paediatric procedures affected; whether any of those procedures have since been rescheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49494/26]
827. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the impact of overnight partner restrictions in maternity hospitals on postnatal wellbeing; if consideration is being given to establishing a national standard to ensure consistent practice across hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47635/26]
220. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to consider and respond to correspondence from a person in Dublin mid-west regarding restrictions on partners and support persons remaining in hospital with mothers and newborn babies following birth (details supplied) [46237/26]
1767. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out each week to date in 2026 at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. [41526/26]
2347. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority undertook any review, investigation or regulatory assessment into the use, monitoring and follow-up of MAGEC rods within CHI following international field safety notices and device safety concerns; if any recommendations were issued; if she will publish the findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [436…
2348. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the dates at which CHI, the HSE and HIQA first became aware that one field safety notice (details supplied) had not been recorded as communicated to parents; the actions subsequently taken; if all affected families were later identified and informed; her views on the governance, disclosure and patient safety issues arising from this; and if she will make a state…
2349. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if all experimental, innovative or novel paediatric spinal procedures undertaken within CHI were subject to formal ethics committee review and approval prior to implementation; the governance framework applied to such procedures; if she will publish the relevant policies, approval pathways and oversight arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
2350. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the governance, regulatory and ethical frameworks governing the off-label use of spinal implants and medical devices in paediatric spinal surgery within CHI; if such use is formally recorded, her views on the patient safety and oversight arrangements applying to such practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43690/26]
2417. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Children’s Health Ireland has conducted any internal audit, external audit, clinical audit, utilisation review, value-for-money review, peer review, quality assurance review or independent assessment since 2020 concerning elective paediatric surgical decision-making, theatre allocation, waiting-list prioritisation or the application of medical necessity c…