237. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address a backlog for ultrasound injections at Connolly Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29024/26]
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 |
|---|---|
| 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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37
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
123. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for inpatient waiting times in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28345/26]
136. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the targets in place for outpatient waiting times in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28346/26]
728. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for dermatology treatment in Donegal, by type of treatment, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27939/26]
729. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for audiology treatment in Donegal, by type of treatment, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27940/26]
730. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients in Donegal that receive day-case chemotherapy within the target time of three weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27950/26]
842. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of outpatient appointments classified as "did not attend" in each week from January 2025 to date in 2026, broken down by hospital group. [28182/26]
843. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the methodology used by the HSE to record and classify the reasons for outpatient non-attendance. [28183/26]
844. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether patients are required to explicitly state a reason for non-attendance in order for it to be recorded as attributable to a specific cause. [28184/26]
845. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any guidance or instruction was issued to HSE staff in April 2026 regarding the categorisation or reporting of non-attendance figures. [28185/26]
846. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient non-attendance cases attributed to transport issues, cost of living pressures, or protest-related disruption in each week from January 2025 to date. [28186/26]
343. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the infrastructural challenges which result in people waiting longer than the recommended timeframe to access colonoscopies nationally; the proposed solutions to best address these challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27427/26]
2976. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients on trolleys in each of the past 24-months in Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25081/26]
3028. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for all CT scans at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25502/26]
3029. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for all CT scans at Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25503/26]
3030. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for colonoscopies at Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25504/26]
3031. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for colonoscopies at Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25505/26]
3047. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time to see a consultant ENT surgeon at University Hospital Kerry for a first appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25535/26]
3048. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the ENT waiting list in University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25536/26]
3060. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason for the particularly high volume and long waiting times for children on paediatric respiratory medicine and ophthalmology waiting lists at Children's Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25593/26]
3073. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients that are waiting to have access to an MRI scan; the length of time they been waiting in CHO1, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25710/26]
3119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant oral and maxillo-facial surgeon at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. [25978/26]
3190. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the scoliosis waiting list; the number that are awaiting spinal surgery; the number of surgeries that took place in Ireland in 2025; the number that took place under the treatment abroad scheme; the number of new cases that joined the waiting list in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26409/26]
3191. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the scoliosis waiting list, awaiting spinal surgery for two months, four months, six months, eight months, ten months, 12 months and longer; the measures that are being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26410/26]
3192. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the scoliosis waiting list, that had spinal surgery in Ireland or under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; the steps being taken to address these waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26411/26]