256. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the average daily patient intake in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3912/25]
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
TDs have asked
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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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257. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of beds in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3915/25]
258. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the patient capacity levels in a hospital (details supplied); the number of times this was exceeded in January 2025, by patient levels, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3920/25]
1036. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the crisis in neurological care in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2187/25]
1070. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to outline the details of late payment fines paid out by CHO 8 hospitals in 2023 and 2024. [2273/25]
1096. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the reasons inpatient step-down bed occupancy rates in Monaghan Hospital have been so low in recent months, falling to 66% on some occasions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2374/25]
1129. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere 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 St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, by providing for additional medical staff at all levels there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2533/25]
1211. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the chronic situation that exists at University Hospital Kerry accident and emergency department by providing a new 96 bed block in addition to the 39 beds already in train there and take into consideration the fact that the hospital has seen an 18% increase in emergency department presentations during 2024 on 2023 numbers; and if he will make a sta…
1216. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if ENT services will be retained at University Hospital Kerry where the ENT consultant is due to retire in May 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2935/25]
1217. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if general surgery and elective orthopaedics will be retained at University Hospital Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2936/25]
1245. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason Mallow General Hospital is being used to facilitate an overflow of medical patients from Cork University Hospital; to provide a definite date when the day ward will return to normal in Mallow General Hospital; the number of patients that have been transferred to Mallow General Hospital day ward from Cork University Hospital since the beginning of 2025…
1246. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health what surgeries have taken place at Mallow General Hospital since the beginning of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3091/25]
1292. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [3332/25]
1314. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; and when this project will move to the next stage. [3439/25]
1318. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each quarter of each of the years 2019 to 2024, Statewide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 years or older. [3448/25]
1319. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission to an emergency department for each quarter of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, Statewide and by location, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75 years. [3449/25]
1320. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each quarter of each of the years 2019 to 2024, by hospital, in tabular form. [3450/25]
1321. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each December and January of each of the years 2019 to 2025, Statewide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [3451/25]
1322. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission an emergency department for each December and January of each of the years 2019 to 2025, Statewide and by location, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75 years. [3452/25]
1323. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each December and January of each of the years 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [3453/25]
1324. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each of the years 2022 to 2024, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [3454/25]
1325. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each quarter in each of the years 2022 to 2024, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [3455/25]
1326. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each January and December in each of the years 2022 to 2025, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [3456/25]
1327. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures which were cancelled for each January and December in each of the years 2022 to 2025, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form. [3457/25]
1337. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each quarter of 2019 to 2024; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; and the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period, at each location, in tabular form. [3499/25]