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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

David Cullinane Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter of 2019 to 2024, and the national average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3500/25]
David Cullinane Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1339. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each quarter of 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3501/25]
David Cullinane Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1340. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each December and January for each year from 2019 to 2025; 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. [3502/25]
David Cullinane Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1341. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each December and January for each year from 2019 to 2025; and the national average, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3503/25]
David Cullinane Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1342. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each December and January for each year 2019-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [3504/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1367. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated to Beaumont Hospital, St. Francis Hospice, and St. Joseph’s Hospital, Raheny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3584/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1340. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of three additional "see and treat" gynaecology clinics. [46410/24]
Mairéad Farrell Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1512. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he plans to further resource the complex menopause clinic in University Hospital Galway (details supplied); if a review has been carried out in relation to whether there is a need for further expansion of the clinic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1184/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1548. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated current costs that would be required to extend the opening hours of the urgent care centre at CHI in Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown from 8am-9pm, seven days a week. [1410/25]
Robert Troy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1629. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the future of a service (details supplied); and details of the staff who have been employed in this service. [1873/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1639. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each quarter of each year 2022 to 2024, inclusive, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1907/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1640. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer-related appointments and procedures cancelled in each quarter in each year 2022 to 2024, inclusive, by hospital, for adults and for children, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1908/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1641. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the bed-occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1909/25]