731. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting since 2020 for an ENT appointment. [15227/25]
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
1
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 | 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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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The questions
746. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce waiting times at the accident and emergency department of Naas General Hospital. [15304/25]
685. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average length of time that patients are awaiting for an initial appointment after being referred for care in Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, CHI Temple Street, and Beaumont Hospital, per specialty, per inpatient-outpatient, from 2018 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13328/25]
686. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting longer than 12 months for an initial appointment after being referred for care in Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, CHI Temple Street, and Beaumont Hospital, per speciality, per inpatient/outpatient, from 2018 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13329/25]
782. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have been removed from outpatient waiting lists, inpatient waiting lists and day case waiting lists, through the outpatient waiting list management protocol, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and Louth County Hospital for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement …
1462. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health to provide the current wait times for a first chemotherapy appointment from the time of decision or consent to treat on a hospital by hospital basis, across the State, in tabular form. [10564/25]
1472. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the measures that can be urgently taken at Letterkenny University Hospital to reduce waiting times for chemotherapy patients. [10589/25]
1487. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details suppled) who, having been referred five years ago by her GP to the cardiology department of University Hospital Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10662/25]
1493. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she can detail the waiting list for the cardiac rehab hub in Merlin Park; the waiting list in October 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10689/25]
1505. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if a person in County Donegal (details supplied) is on the routine or urgent waiting list for cardiac surgery in Saint James's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10746/25]
1559. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of February for the years 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10936/25]
1588. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will have an operation in Letterkenny University Hospital; if they are on the routine or urgent waiting list; if all options are being considered, including referring to another hospital both inside and outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11095/25]
1600. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a surgical procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11209/25]
1601. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce wait times for blood testing appointments at Beaumont Hospital; if it is possible to provide auxiliary capacity to reduce the waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11211/25]
1608. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to expedite an MRI scan in respect of a patient in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11267/25]
1745. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for epilepsy neurosurgery at a clinical site (details supplied); the number of patients who are currently awaiting epilepsy surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11872/25]
1747. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current wait times for appointments at the epilepsy monitoring unit at a hospital (details supplied); the number of patients currently awaiting appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11874/25]
1775. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if the long waiting times for blood tests in Beaumont Hospital (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11991/25]
1860. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12528/25]
88. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health her plans to tackle waiting times for outpatient appointments and planned surgical appointments. [9876/25]
159. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on the waiting times for outpatient appointments and planned surgical appointments in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9746/25]
403. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for surgery. [10317/25]
419. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the updated timelines on the autism diagnostic assessment waiting list for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10375/25]
444. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on University Hospital Galway’s waiting list for the pain clinic; the length of time they have been waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10455/25]
674. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current number and waiting times for each radiation oncology unit, in tabular form. [9239/25]