Mental Health Services
An official questions-paper heading. 1,483 questions (8 oral, 1,475 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 21 |
| Feb 2025 | 72 |
| Mar 2025 | 106 |
| Apr 2025 | 64 |
| May 2025 | 106 |
| Jun 2025 | 80 |
| Jul 2025 | 140 |
| Sep 2025 | 51 |
| Oct 2025 | 99 |
| Nov 2025 | 55 |
| Dec 2025 | 48 |
| Jan 2026 | 104 |
| Feb 2026 | 87 |
| Mar 2026 | 90 |
| Apr 2026 | 121 |
| May 2026 | 89 |
| Jun 2026 | 84 |
| Jul 2026 | 66 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 1,422 |
| Children | 23 |
| Education | 14 |
| Further and Higher Education | 12 |
| Justice | 4 |
| Agriculture | 3 |
| Finance | 3 |
| Rural | 1 |
| Taoiseach | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Mental Health Services |
| 2026-05-20 | Mental Health Services |
| 2026-04-21 | Mental Health Services |
| 2026-02-11 | Mental Health Services |
| 2026-01-22 | Mental Health Services |
| 2026-01-22 | Mental Health Services |
| 2026-01-21 | Mental Health Services |
| 2026-01-14 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-12-09 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-12-03 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-11-20 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-09-23 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-07-17 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-07-09 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-05-28 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-05-22 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-05-21 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-04-02 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-03-06 | Mental Health Services |
| 2025-02-13 | Mental Health Services |
The questions
Pa Daly
written
2026-07-16 · to Health
611. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist within CAMHS in County Kerry, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54750/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh
written
2026-07-15 · to Health
407. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if there are publicly funded health facilities in the State currently equipped, staffed and trained to provide inpatient trauma-stabilisation and specialist treatment for severe dissociative identity disorder; if not, the way in which the HSE clinically justifies the repatriation of a patient with this diagnosis from a healthcare facility…
Rose Conway-Walsh
written
2026-07-15 · to Health
408. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the clinical governance framework under which a local area management team is permitted to override and dismiss a formal specialist diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (DID) made by an independent expert commissioned and funded by the HSE; the basis on which a diagnosis of DID can be dismissed when the State acknowledges it lacks …
Rose Conway-Walsh
written
2026-07-15 · to Health
409. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the procedure for when cross-border therapy funded by the HSE due to lack of expertise in this State is terminated before completion and a patient is repatriated; the way in which the HSE can then provide the care for this repatriated patient when the expertise does not exist here to treat the diagnosis; and if she will make a statement o…
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
708. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the preparations being made to ensure that mental health will be a priority during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union; whether Ireland intends to promote EU-wide cooperation on improving access to mental health services, suicide prevention, youth mental health, and workforce wellbeing; and if she will make a statement on…
Paul Donnelly
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
710. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologist posts filled at Grove Court primary care centre as of 6 July 2026, in tabular form. [52716/26]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
771. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to examine the detailed referral submitted to the HSE Safeguarding and Protection Team by a person (details supplied); the reason no substantive update has been provided following this referral; the action that is currently being taken by her Department following this referral; the reason the HSE's Mental Health Services are not currently …
Joe Cooney
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
787. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults from County Clare currently awaiting an appointment with primary care psychology and CAMHS services, broken down by waiting time, for the end of June 2025 and end of June 2026; and the measures being undertaken to reduce waiting times. [53031/26]
Carol Nolan
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
805. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the training, supervision and senior clinical oversight structures in place at Portlaoise psychiatric unit on a date (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53118/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
844. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the specific mechanisms in place for the treatment of the complex mental health condition of dissociative identity disorder in Mayo University Hospital and in the State as a whole; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53251/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
845. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health patients from Ireland currently getting residential treatment for mental health and associated conditions in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53252/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
846. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the governance in place for mental health patients who are currently getting treatment from outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53253/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
847. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the due diligence that is carried out before treatment centres are selected for treatment of Irish patients abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53254/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
848. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the HSE for patients accessing mental health residential care in the UK for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53255/26]
Michael Cahill
written
2026-07-14 · to Health
900. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to support the mental health reform pre-budget submission (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53586/26]
Liam Quaide
oral
2026-07-09 · to Health
86. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her views on whether child and adolescent mental health services in intellectual disability, CAMHS-ID, services remain significantly underdeveloped nationally; the current number of approved CAMHS-ID posts, broken down by discipline and team; the number of new CAMHS-ID posts approved in 2026; the shortfall between current approved posts and the …
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2026-07-08 · to Health
245. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the percentage of mental health spending in regard to the total health budget for 2026; if she can provide a breakdown of the services and supports that have received an allocation of funding under this budget in the Dublin 3, 5, 13, and 17 areas, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52181/26]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2026-07-08 · to Health
246. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to detail the waiting times for accessing mental health supports in the North Dublin area, broken down by postcode, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52182/26]
John Paul O'Shea
written
2026-07-08 · to Health
247. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if a current contract is in place in the HSE South for a company (details supplied); if so, the amount paid for this service by the HSE South since the contract began; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52224/26]
Pádraig Rice
written
2026-07-07 · to Taoiseach
85. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Taoiseach if he will establish a working group tasked with reviewing mental health services for people with intellectual disabilities within his Department’s Disability Unit. [50449/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-07-07 · to Health
701. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the additional funding allocated to adult mental health services in County Cavan in each of the past three years; and the extent to which this funding has resulted in increased staffing and service capacity. [50780/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-07-07 · to Health
704. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the level of investment in mental health infrastructure in County Kilkenny for each of the years from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [50783/26]
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2026-07-07 · to Health
768. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health when an assessment will take place with CAMHS for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51075/26]
Liam Quaide
written
2026-07-07 · to Health
867. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the reasons a replacement of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, originally expected to be completed in Q1 2025 now has a significantly longer timeline; the way in which this timeline compares with the projected timeline for the much more extensive Midleton Primary Care Centre, where construction has not yet commenced; whether the HSE considers th…
Liam Quaide
written
2026-07-07 · to Health
868. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health in respect of service-users within the Midleton / Youghal and Cobh / Carrigtwohill Adult Mental Health Service catchment areas who required residential mental health placement since the Owenacurra Centre took its last referral in February 2021; the facilities to which those service-users were referred, broken down by facility; the number of ser…