1062. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant-led publicly funded chronic pain clinics in each hospital group; the approved whole-time equivalent staffing complement for each clinic at end-December 2025; and the number of unfilled posts at that date. [9507/26]
Topics / Hospital Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Services
813 questions from 111 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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805 written, 8 oral
111
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 51 |
| March 2025 | 36 |
| April 2025 | 41 |
| May 2025 | 43 |
| June 2025 | 44 |
| July 2025 | 53 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 50 |
| October 2025 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 48 |
| December 2025 | 29 |
| January 2026 | 57 |
| February 2026 | 58 |
| March 2026 | 33 |
| April 2026 | 63 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 33 |
| July 2026 | 49 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 33 |
| October 2026 | 39 |
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1066. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the level of paediatric neurology provision available to children living in the West of Ireland; the number of clinics held in the region; whether the current service meets the needs of the population as assessed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9590/26]
1068. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric neurology outreach clinics provided in Mayo and the wider Saolta Hospital Group area in each of the past five years; the number of children seen; and whether the HSE plans to expand local provision to reduce travel burdens on families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9592/26]
1104. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the need for a dedicated paediatric neurology service within Mayo University Hospital or elsewhere in the west; if so, the outcome of that assessment and any planned investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9854/26]
1136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved, funded, filled, and vacant posts at University Hospital Waterford associated with emergency PPCI as of 8 April 2025; the level of current funding associated with the service; and the approved but unspent capital funding, if any, allocated for the service at that date. [10205/26]
1137. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional capital investment allocated to emergency PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; and the additional amount allocated since that date to progress 24/7 PPCI. [10206/26]
1138. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional current funding allocated to delivering 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; the purpose of same; and the timeframe to deliver the necessary amount to open 24/7 PPCI. [10207/26]
1139. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the additional staffing posts required, sought, sanctioned, funded, and vacant or filled to deliver 24/7 PPCI at University Hospital Waterford since 8 April 2025; the total inclusive of existing posts pre-8 April 2025, in tabular form; and the timeframe to deliver the full complement and open 24/7 PPCI. [10208/26]
1143. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health her views on calls for the reinstatement of a 24-hour chaplaincy service at hospitals across the State from concerned citizens. [10223/26]
1144. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients leaving without being seen via the emergency department at Navan Hospital; the average time to admission; the waiting time distribution, from 2022 to 2025, and to date in 2026, with separate figures for all patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form. [10237/26]
1145. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients leaving without being seen via the emergency department at Our lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the average time to admission, the waiting time distribution, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; with separate figures for all patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form. [10238/26]
1146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals that initiated scheduled care cancellations at Navan Hospital, broken down by appointment of procedure type and by adult and child from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10239/26]
1147. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals initiated scheduled care cancellations at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, broken down by appointment of procedure type and by adult/child, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10240/26]
1148. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days at Navan Hospital, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10241/26]
1149. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10242/26]
1150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates at Navan Hospital, and the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation at the hospital, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10243/26]
1151. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation at the hospital, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [10244/26]
1187. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of births that occurred in each month of 2025 at Coombe Maternity Hospital, Rotunda Hospital and Holles Street, in tabular form. [10307/26]
407. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the recommendations made to date via the seven completed reviews into care of babies at a hospital (details supplied); the corresponding actions implemented on each recommendation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8953/26]
430. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current dermatology services provided at the Monaghan Hospital campus; if there have been any changes to the services provided within the past two years; the plans to expand upon the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9041/26]
432. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current ENT services provided at the Monaghan Hospital campus; if there have been any changes to the services provided within the past two years; the plans to expand upon the services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9043/26]
965. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide her Departments response to the Provision of an Autopsy Service in Ireland Faculty of Pathology position paper from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7464/26]
974. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the measures which are being planned to implement the 2025 ESC Guidelines for Management of Cardiovascular Diseases and Pregnancy, including the establishment of pregnancy teams. [7486/26]
420. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health when the delivery of intravitreal injections to non-diabetics will be delivered at Letterkenny University Hospital, as committed to in 2025. [7057/26]
206. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at University Hospital Waterford; the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of patients…