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Hospital Services

813 questions from 111 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.

813
questions
805 written, 8 oral
111
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
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 20257
February 202551
March 202536
April 202541
May 202543
June 202544
July 202553
August 20250
September 202550
October 202531
November 202548
December 202529
January 202657
February 202658
March 202633
April 202663
May 202615
June 202633
July 202649
August 20260
September 202633
October 202639

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.

  • 100% RDR2 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú46 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil166 from 27 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael70 from 16 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party9 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent42 from 8 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland27 from 4 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party63 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity5 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin298 from 34 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 99
  2. 66
  3. 31
  4. 29
  5. 23
  6. 20
  7. 19
  8. 18

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
793. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current healthcare services provided at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. [13892/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
794. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current healthcare services provided at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [13893/25]
Alan Kelly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Health
474. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently have the equipment and necessary staff to carry out core decompression procedures, in tabular form. [13130/25]
Mark Ward Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1592. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmologist hours available at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; the breakdown of public and private hours available for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11106/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1604. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available to provide dialysis services in Roscommon University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11225/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1712. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at Children’s Health Ireland; the date at which she expects the review to be submitted and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11739/25]
David Cullinane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1748. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been seen at the epilepsy monitoring unit at a hospital (details supplied) in each of the past five years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11875/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1765. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the inpatient rehabilitation bed occupancy in Monaghan Hospital in February 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11973/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1766. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the inpatient stepdown bed occupancy in Monaghan Hospital in February 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11974/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1767. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in inpatient rehabilitation beds in Monaghan Hospital in each week since January 2024 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11975/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1768. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that sought admission to an inpatient rehabilitation bed in Monaghan Hospital for which no bed could be provided, in each month since January 2024 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11976/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1769. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in inpatient stepdown beds in Monaghan Hospital in each week since January 2024 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11977/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1770. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that sought admission to an inpatient stepdown bed in Monaghan Hospital for which no bed could be provided, in each month since January 2024 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11978/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1771. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals to increase the number of inpatient rehabilitation beds at Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11979/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1772. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there are proposals to increase the number of inpatient stepdown beds at Monaghan Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11980/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1839. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the way it is planned to enhance services at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; the number of additional nursing staff that have been taken on at the hospital over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12344/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
78. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health for an update on physiotherapy services in the District Hospital, Killarney (details supplied); when additional physiotherapists will be assigned to Killarney to reduce the waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10054/25]
Matt Carthy Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
125. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the additional or expanded services she plans to provide in Monaghan Hospital. [10216/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
143. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the way it is planned to enhance services at Our Lady's Hospital Navan; the number of additional nursing staff have been taken on at the hospital over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10203/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
167. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she plans to protect and enhance services at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, including the emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10179/25]
Joe Cooney Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
400. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeries cancelled at Ennis Hospital during each month of 2024 and to date in January 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown of the surgical procedures cancelled. [10294/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Health
405. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to list the total number of elective procedures cancelled and or deferred in the UL Hospital Group, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10321/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Health
161. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1732 of 9 September 2024, if she has been made aware of the case in question; if not, will she examine it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9849/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Health
203. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the use of a company (details supplied) for processing Navan Hospital bloods tests is a temporary contract; and if so, the length of the contract. [10091/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Health
204. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if the blood testing laboratory in Navan Hospital is going to resume all screening services it has done previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10092/25]