Mental Health Services
An official questions-paper heading. 1,483 questions (8 oral, 1,475 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Addressed to
| 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
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2736. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of perinatal mental health teams in Ireland. [41756/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2737. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of expenditure on perinatal mental health services in each RHA in the past five years and to date in 2025. [41757/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2740. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will outline any costings conducted by her Department regarding the establishment of walk-in youth mental health hubs such as Jigsaw in each regional health area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41771/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2851. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if frontline social workers in the public system have access to ongoing mental health supports; her plans to strengthen psychological support for staff experiencing vicarious trauma or burnout; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42390/25]
William Aird
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2951. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent consultant psychiatrist and senior psychologist posts that were filled in Laois CAMHS in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42663/25]
Martin Daly
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2954. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health units to date in 2025. [42678/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3036. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42927/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3040. 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. [42931/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3042. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by community health organisation, age category and time waiting in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42943/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3043. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by community health organisation, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form in each of the years 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42944/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3060. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the chronic understaffing within the Limerick perinatal mental health team, with only one psychiatrist and one psychologist currently serving the entire mid-west region; if she will review and increase staffing levels to meet the region's postnatal mental healthcare demands; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3061. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will implement responsive protocols for emergency medication management for postpartum women experiencing acute mental health symptoms, especially when specialist services are unavailable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43000/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3062. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will support GPs in providing interim mental health care by offering training and guidance in psychiatric medication management; if she will address standards of communication and responsiveness within perinatal mental health services to ensure vulnerable women are treated with empathy and urgency; and if she will make a statement …
Pa Daly
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3113. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health for a list of all consultants that have been engaged as part of the North Kerry CAMHS look-back review; the dates of their engagement, the nature of their work, any reports produced; and the cost associated with their services [43309/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3114. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health for a list of all consultant reports commissioned as part of the North Kerry CAMHS lookback review, the objective of each report and any actions that arose from each report; the progress to date on said actions and the costs associated with each report [43310/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3115. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health for a list of all consultant reports commissioned as part of the South Kerry CAMHS look-back review, the objective of each report and any actions that arose from each report; the progress to date on said actions and the costs associated with each report [43311/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3124. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of persons and the average wait time on the waiting list for CAMHS in CHO2; and a breakdown of this waiting list by age category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43346/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3127. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO2 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43349/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3156. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the plan and timeline to deliver the ten-bed extension in the Drogheda DOP, Crosslanes; her plans to improve the acute mental health bed provision in Louth-Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43498/25]
Joe Cooney
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3165. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels of the perinatal mental health team in County Limerick; the current levels of demand for the service; her plans to expand and improve the service; the plans she has to provide support and training to GPs to bridge the care gap until such improvements are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4360…
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3174. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the cost of running each existing community café providing free out-of-hours adult mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43736/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3175. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the pilot Solace cafés under the HSE's crisis resolution services model of care; the timeframe and criteria, including milestones, by which the pilot phase is expected to conclude and sites transition to permanent (non-pilot) Solace café status; whether any decisions have been made to extend, scale back or expand the p…
Matt Carthy
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3203. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists and the length of wait in the years 2023 to date, by CHO area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43847/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3228. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding a single CAMHS bed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44008/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3229. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully funding a CAMHS team; and the number of fully operational CAMHS teams currently in place nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44009/25]