214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the action taken to address, and the planned actions, to deal with the current crisis with Neurology Services at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10171/25]
Topics / Hospital Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Services
813 questions from 111 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
813
questions
805 written, 8 oral
111
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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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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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.
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The questions
638. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if Navan Hospital still processes blood tests for GPs in the area; if the hospital does the full spectrum of blood testing; if there are any tests not processed in Navan Hospital; if all blood tests are performed on site in Navan Hospital; if there have been any changes to the blood screening service in Navan in the past year; and if so, the changes. [8983/25]
718. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of open beds in each HSE and voluntary hospital on 26 February in each of the years from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9548/25]
726. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high-dependency unit beds across the State, by hospital; the number of beds sanctioned per hospital; the number of additional beds planned per hospital; and the timeframe for delivery in each case, in tabular form. [9557/25]
727. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days in 2024 on which ICU occupancy exceeded 90%, 95%, and 100%, at each relevant public hospital, including statutory and voluntary, across the State, in tabular form. [9558/25]
286. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health when a community hospital (details supplied) will re-open for admissions and return to normal service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8358/25]
306. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number and name of hospitals where the health performance visibility platform systems has yet to go live. [8452/25]
307. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if a pause remains in place on approving all capital proposals associated with each hospital that has yet to demonstrate compliance with the health performance visibility platform programme. [8453/25]
308. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the reason not every hospital has yet to go live with the health performance visibility platform system; and if she believes she will get 100% compliance and the actions she has taken to ensure every hospital does implement it [8454/25]
889. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if children attending St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny have access to psychology services to assist them in dealing with life-changing conditions such as diabetes. [7535/25]
907. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the reason the nurses' helpline in Blanchardstown Connolly Memorial Hospital was discontinued; if, in light of the fast and efficient service it provided the community, if his Department will consider reinstating the helpline as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7638/25]
919. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgery appointments that have been cancelled or postponed, by procedure type, at Cavan Monaghan Hospital, between 1 December 2024 and 18 February 2025; the reasons for these cancellations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7728/25]
920. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of elective surgery appointments that have been cancelled or postponed at Cavan Monaghan Hospital, in each month from January 2022 to date in 2025, by procedure type, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7729/25]
980. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a person from Donegal (details supplied), who is an 84-year-old, must travel a ten-hour round trip to Galway for short appointments with a vascular doctor; her views on whether this should not be the case and that the person be assessed closer to home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8141/25]
703. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when services will resume in University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5598/25]
781. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health for an update on the position of new elective hospitals, and specifically a new elective hospital for the Dublin region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5939/25]
839. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rehabilitation unit to be developed at Roscommon University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6395/25]
291. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the long waiting lists for dermatology patients in the north west, serviced by Sligo University Hospital and Letterkenny University Hospital; and when the necessary number of consultants and their support teams will be allocated to those hospitals. [5237/25]
297. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when Nenagh Hospital last conducted day surgery in the hospital. [5262/25]
298. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason a company (details supplied) is adverting for clinical nurse mangers in Nenagh under 12-month contracts. [5263/25]
299. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients referred to the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital from 1 October 2024 to 1 February 2025, in tabular form. [5264/25]
300. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients referred to the medical assessment unit in Nenagh Hospital from 1 October 2024 to 1 February 2025 on Saturdays and Sundays, in tabular form. [5265/25]
633. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the resourcing of the paediatric spinal surgery management unit and efforts to coordinate spinal services across all our hospitals; the number of patients awaiting paediatric spinal surgery at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4294/25]
219. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric occupational therapists allocated to Cherry Orchard Hospital, Dublin 10 and or its network; the current waiting list size for paediatric occupational therapy at Cherry Orchard Hospital and its network; the average wait time for paediatric occupational therapy patients in this network who have received a referral; the wait times target for…
235. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review into the surgical management of developmental dysplasia of the hip at Cappagh and Temple Street Children's Hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3723/25]