732. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have cardiac surgery following a referral from his consultant. [9565/25]
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
852. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting to see an orthopaedic consultant in the Mater Hospital; the number of those waiting for six months or more; the number of those waiting for one year or more; and when they expect waiting times to be reduced. [7252/25]
872. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis surgery in Cork, by waiting time, in tabular form. [7411/25]
940. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting elective surgery with addresses in the Cork east constituency. [7882/25]
962. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for gynaecology appointments, by hospital, per county, in tabular form. [8057/25]
337. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of adult inpatient hospital beds, excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds, in Model 3 and Model 4 Hospitals only, on a population basis in each of the six HSE health regions; and the projected number of adult inpatient hospital beds (excluding paediatric and/or day-case beds) on a population basis in model 3 and model 4 hospitals only in e…
373. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting more than four weeks for an urgent colonoscopy in 2024. [7003/25]
374. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the proportion of all people waiting for an urgent colonoscopy in 2024, who were waiting more than four weeks. [7004/25]
783. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on waiting lists for heart, lung or kidney transplants, in tabular form. [5975/25]
293. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the waiting list, per hospital, for gynaecology outpatient appointments, in tabular form. [5240/25]
277. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see each consultant ENT surgeon at Cork University Hospital, by wait time. [5188/25]
608. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on the need to ensure waiting lists are not exacerbated by cancellation of elective surgeries and outpatient care, following Storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4163/25]
654. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health her immediate plans to help alleviate the backlog of children with scoliosis waiting for surgery. [4401/25]
690. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a lower limb prosthesis in the public hospital system. [4695/25]
1071. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for assessment and treatment, respectively at the pain clinic in University Hospital Galway; the number of persons waiting for treatment; the length of time they have been waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2288/25]
1160. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the number of persons removed from waiting lists through the outpatient waiting list management protocol in 2022, 2023, and 2024, respectively; the number of those removed that were adults; the number that were children; to provide a further breakdown by hospital, and by type of appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2692/25]
1288. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on an acute hospital waiting list, by age category, hospital, speciality and time waiting, in tabular form. [3328/25]
1348. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of each quarter of 2022 to 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3521/25]
1343. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for vascular surgery with addresses in Meath; and the average waiting times, in tabular form. [46413/24]
1392. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the chronic waiting times, especially for our senior citizens, who have been left waiting on chairs and trolleys for 24, 48 hours and longer in the accident and emergency department at University Hospital Kerry; if he will he addresses as a matter of urgency the chronic shortage of nurses and doctors there (details supplied); and if he will…
1460. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting times of up to one hour for response on the Caredoc phone line in Arklow; if so, the measures he is putting in place to alleviate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46917/24]
1543. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list time for the complex menopause clinic in Galway University Hospital; if there are plans to expand this clinic and reduce waiting lists given that many patients have complex and urgent medical needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1342/25]
1605. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on hospital waiting lists in Kerry; to provide a breakdown, per hospital of the number on the waiting list; to provide a breakdown of the average length of time spent on waiting list in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1749/25]
1631. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the current inpatient waiting lists in University Hospital Kerry, by specialty, in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1885/25]
1680. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the current outpatient waiting lists in University Hospital Kerry, by specialty, in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1996/25]