623. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to providing dedicated funding for mental health and wellbeing supports for people living with diabetes, and their parents or carers where appropriate, including through programmes delivered by Diabetes Ireland. [66886/26]
Topics / Mental Health Policy
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMental Health Policy
75 questions from 35 TDs, between 18 February 2025 and 22 September 2026.
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| December 2025 | 4 |
| January 2026 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 9 |
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| April 2026 | 6 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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627. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health her plans to begin the implementation of the National Diabetes Strategy by providing funding to create a regional diabetes clinical lead post in each HSE Health Region including in North Dublin in the upcoming budget. [66992/26]
661. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health her plans to begin the implementation of the National Diabetes Strategy by providing funding to create a Regional Diabetes Clinical Lead post in each HSE Health Region in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67181/26]
673. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development and implementation of the National Diabetes Strategy; and the funding has been provided to commence implementation of priority actions under the strategy. [67243/26]
1191. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to raise the level of psychotherapy standards and criteria; the level with which she and her Department have engaged with the sector on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64585/26]
802. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was assessed solely by a trainee GP; whether this practice aligns with national clinical governance standards for acute psychiatric presentations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53115/26]
803. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the national protocols for managing acute presentations involving severe anxiety, self-harm behaviours and expressed feelings of being a burden, particularly in individuals with no prior psychiatric history; whether these protocols were followed in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53116/26]
804. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure continuity of mental health care for persons who relocate between CHO areas; whether gaps in continuity contributed to the deterioration of a patient (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53117/26]
769. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health her plans on establishing an independent inquiry into persons who were wrongly incarcerated and unlawfully detained in psychiatric hospitals; if not, the reasons; and whether a timeline has been set for any such inquiry. [51078/26]
1226. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Health the position regarding private psychiatric hospitals that cannot afford to provide community outreach for their patients in a manner similar to public patients; and the system that can be devised to support those private patients diagnosed with a psychosis whose ageing parents can no longer provide adequate monitoring and support (details supplied); and if she …
1097. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any discrepancies or inconsistencies in counselling activity reporting across health regions have been identified by her Department or the Health Service Executive in the past five years; and if she will provide details. [29909/26]
1098. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether formal procedures exist for resolving disputes or inconsistencies in how counselling activity data is recorded or classified across health regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29910/26]
1101. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether counselling activity data reported by the Health Service Executive is independently verified or subject to external audit; and if she will provide details of any such processes. [29913/26]
1109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the systems or controls in place at national level to identify, flag, and correct discrepancies or anomalies in counselling activity data submitted by Health Regions. [29921/26]
1114. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any cross-regional comparative analysis or reconciliation is conducted to ensure consistency in how counselling activity data is recorded and reported across Health Regions. [29926/26]
1136. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether uniform national definitions are applied across all Health Service Executive regions in the recording of counselling activity, including definitions of referral, assessment, attendance, and discharge; and if she will provide details. [29949/26]
446. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health when additional funding will be provided for the expansion of mental health services for the delivery of peer-led Traveller specific mental health supports through Traveller primary health care projects, including local Traveller specific initiatives providing timely and appropriate interventions in a mental health crisis; and if she will make a statement on the …
449. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide dedicated funding to train peer support outreach workers from the Traveller community working with young members of the Traveller community who are vulnerable to suicide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23109/26]
871. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the procedures which apply where a student with a disability experiences significant distress or makes a mental health disclosure linked to difficulties accessing the curriculum; the way in which the responsibility is coordinated between schools, the National Council for Special Education and Tusla - Child and Family Agency in such circumstances; and…
1227. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the Mental Health Commission analyses or publishes comparative data on the regional use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in approved centres; whether significant variation has been identified between centres or regions in recent years; the number of ECT treatments administered in each approved centre in each of the past five years. [10495/26]
1228. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission receives details on instances of "enduring mechanical restraint" in mental health settings under its regulatory remit, such as the duration of restraint and the rationale, in each instance, and if these details will be published. [10496/26]
1229. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if complaints have been made to the Mental Health Commission, the HSE, or her Department concerning a hospital (details supplied) in the past five years; the number and nature of those complaints; and the outcomes. [10497/26]
1230. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether any external reviews, audits, or investigations, statutory or otherwise, have been commissioned into a hospital (details supplied) in the past ten years. [10498/26]
1231. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the Mental Health Commission currently has sufficient statutory powers and resources to regulate private psychiatric hospitals such as a hospital (details supplied); and if not, the legislative or administrative changes she intends to pursue. [10499/26]
1232. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that inspection findings and compliance ratings issued by the Mental Health Commission in respect of a hospital (details supplied) in the years preceding the recent revelations adequately reflected the risks and deficiencies subsequently uncovered; whether her Department has sought an explanation from the Commission as to how such matters…