164. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that only patients on waiting lists under the care of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital will be referred to the Swords surgical hub when it opens later this year for their procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24047/25]
Topics / Hospital Waiting Lists
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Waiting Lists
500 questions from 107 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
500
questions
492 written, 8 oral
107
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 17 |
| March 2025 | 24 |
| April 2025 | 19 |
| May 2025 | 18 |
| June 2025 | 23 |
| July 2025 | 26 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 40 |
| October 2025 | 10 |
| November 2025 | 47 |
| December 2025 | 44 |
| January 2026 | 27 |
| February 2026 | 38 |
| March 2026 | 27 |
| April 2026 | 43 |
| May 2026 | 23 |
| June 2026 | 28 |
| July 2026 | 17 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 10 |
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
1050. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of waiting lists at University Hospital Kerry, broken down by speciality, in each of the years 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23535/25]
1109. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the number of patients on the public waiting list for cataract surgery as at the end of April 2025, male or female, age, and how long they have been waiting on the list for the CHO 5 area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23806/25]
1128. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list in Crumlin Childrens Hospital dental section; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24066/25]
1188. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently awaiting diagnosis for sleep apnoea in Ireland, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24360/25]
1200. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number of 5A waiting list patients seen in the CHO7 area under the HSE orthopaedic treatment waiting list initiative in 2024. [24384/25]
358. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for outpatient gynaecology services and appointments in the Cork/Kerry region for 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21875/25]
371. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to reports that chemotherapy procedures for children are being delayed and-or cancelled due to IT failures, specifically WiFi issues, at Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21962/25]
1986. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health how many cataract surgeries have taken place in Cork county in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and the target number for 2025; the current waiting list for such surgery in Cork county; and the up-to-date average waiting period for patients to receive treatment. [18547/25]
2019. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to deal with bariatric surgery waiting lists for people suffering with chronic conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18792/25]
2065. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in the case of a baby (details supplied) with Hirschsprung's disease who is in urgent need of an operation in Crumlin Hospital that should have taken place over two months ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19066/25]
2092. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting an appointment at the breast clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by the time they have been waiting, in tabular form; how these numbers compare with the numbers from 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19230/25]
2194. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide details of current waiting lists for public PrEP services at (details supplied); the average waiting time for new patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19653/25]
2202. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the current average wait time for scoliosis-related orthopaedic appointments at Cork University Hospital; if the hospital is following its own published guidance around early intervention and regular monitoring in mild scoliosis cases; the steps being taken to ensure that children in rapid growth phases receive timely care; and if she will make a statement on the…
2231. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite an appointment in respect of a Kerry patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19819/25]
2310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]
2363. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health what is being done to address the length of time it is taking to get a GP referral blood test appointment in Saint James’s Hospital, given that in some cases, there is a six or seven weeks’ waiting period for blood tests. [20490/25]
400. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the rheumatology waiting list in Tallaght Hospital; and the steps she is taking to help reduce waiting times. [18217/25]
981. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the plans on how her Department will reduce surgical wait times for patients in the public health service. [17301/25]
1012. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting longer than two weeks to be seen by BreastCheck following an urgent referral, by site, in tabular form. [17506/25]
1013. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there has been any change to the two-week maximum wait time for BreastCheck urgent referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17507/25]
1014. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for a mammogram, by site, wait time and referral type (details supplied), in tabular form. [17508/25]
312. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16416/25]
698. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists at Cork University Hospital for CT, MRI and ultrasound scans, in each quarter from 2022, to date in 2025; and the average time each patient spends on the waiting list in respect of the same. [15015/25]
710. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to reduce the current waiting list (details supplied) to attend the ophthalmology outpatient's department of University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15063/25]