172. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologist and transplant surgeons based at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2707/26]
Topics / Hospital Staff
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Staff
828 questions from 106 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
828
questions
827 written, 1 oral
106
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 14 |
| February 2025 | 29 |
| March 2025 | 40 |
| April 2025 | 53 |
| May 2025 | 28 |
| June 2025 | 32 |
| July 2025 | 66 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 30 |
| October 2025 | 29 |
| November 2025 | 52 |
| December 2025 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 59 |
| February 2026 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 34 |
| April 2026 | 52 |
| May 2026 | 46 |
| June 2026 | 60 |
| July 2026 | 42 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 58 |
| October 2026 | 48 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
2078. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the appointment of a clinical specialist sonographer (ultrasound) to the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74034/25]
2204. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant community health posts in UHL hospital group CHO by discipline, by grade and whole time equivalent, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74605/25]
2232. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade employed in general medicine at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies currently within the department. [74753/25]
2233. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in emergency medicine at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74754/25]
2234. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade employed in cardiology at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; if there is a waiting list for this unit; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74755/25]
2235. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade employed in endocrinology at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74756/25]
2236. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade employed in the early pregnancy unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74757/25]
2237. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in oncology at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74758/25]
2238. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in dermatology at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74759/25]
2239. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in geriatric medicine at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74760/25]
2240. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in gastroenterology at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74761/25]
2241. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in respiratory medicine at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74762/25]
2242. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in physical medicine at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74763/25]
2243. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade at which they are employed in pathology services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74764/25]
2244. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in palliative care at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74765/25]
2245. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in general surgery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74766/25]
2246. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in paediatric services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74767/25]
2247. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in gynaecology services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74768/25]
2248. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in urology services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74769/25]
2249. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade in radiology services at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and the number of staff vacancies within the department. [74770/25]
2266. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when a new consultant will be appointed for the pain clinic in the Mater Hospital. [74865/25]
2278. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthesiologists posts that were filled at Letterkenny University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74919/25]
2294. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to hire a new consultant for the pain clinic in the Mater Hospital; the expected start date for the new consultant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74953/25]
2383. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant community ophthalmologists for east County Galway that have been filled in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [1261/26]