2402. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45847/25]
Topics / Mental Health Services
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMental Health Services
1,556 questions from 122 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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1,548 written, 8 oral
122
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| June 2025 | 80 |
| July 2025 | 140 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 51 |
| October 2025 | 99 |
| November 2025 | 55 |
| December 2025 | 48 |
| January 2026 | 104 |
| February 2026 | 87 |
| March 2026 | 90 |
| April 2026 | 121 |
| May 2026 | 89 |
| June 2026 | 84 |
| July 2026 | 66 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 27 |
| October 2026 | 46 |
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2408. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if a proportionality assessment was carried out prior to the adoption by CORU of the new Standards of Proficiency and Criteria for Education and Training Programmes for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, as required under the Proportionality Regulations (S.I. No. 413 of 2022); the process followed, including consultation with stakeholders; and if she will make …
2409. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health her views in relation to issues raised (details supplied) regarding the recent publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45857/25]
2413. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide clarity on the process followed by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU in adopting the recently published Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists; if a proportionality assessment was carried out before their adoption; the consultation process undertaken; the rationale for the changes made betwee…
2417. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine concerns raised in correspondence regarding a recent publication (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45888/25]
2421. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she ensured a proportionality assessment and public consultation was carried out regarding the set standards of proficiency and criteria for education and training programmes for counsellors and psychotherapists, as published by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU in July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45921/…
2426. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of members of an association (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45954/25]
2433. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if she has received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) expressing concerns with regard to the recent publication of the standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU; her response to such concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46102/25]
2443. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health when the report into the review of CAMHS in north Kerry will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46135/25]
2472. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46221/25]
2479. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for EU (Regulated Professions Proportionality Assessment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 413 of 2022) to be complied with in order for standards of proficiency and criteria in education and training programmes to be finalised for psychotherapists and counsellors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46295/25]
2489. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will review the adoption of standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists by the counsellors and psychotherapists registration board of CORU given issues that have been raised (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46367/25]
2490. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a proportionality assessment of the standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46368/25]
2492. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the concerns raised by an association (details supplied) regarding changed standards and criteria for counsellors and psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU (the Board); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46371/25]
2554. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the standards and criteria for a sector (details supplied); if she will ensure proper procedure has taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46759/25]
2610. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve mental health services for young people in county Clare, including details of additional resources allocated to mental health service delivery in 2024 and 2025. [46939/25]
2682. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health if a proportionality assessment was carried out prior to the recent publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47547/25]
1210. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports being put in place to support student mental health and wellbeing including access to counselling and mental health education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43382/25]
2618. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were recorded in each CAMHS region 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents. [41106/25]
2654. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide extra psychiatric capacity at a facility (details supplied), given the fact that people are being sent home for the lack of capacity; and if she will end the practice of sending patients home with serious mental health challenges in taxis. [41254/25]
2669. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 1 October 2024, if she will clarify the contradiction between the reply with Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 5 February 2025, which both confirmed that an application for a Jigsaw Youth Mental Health service had been submitted to the HSE in 2022 and resubmitted in 2023, and the reply to Parliamentary Questio…
2670. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 19 June 2025, in light of the apparent contraction in the HSE response, if she will detail all applications made in the past five years with respect to the establishment of a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford, by the date of the application, by whom it was made, how it was received, the considerat…
2735. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of fully staffing and resourcing all perinatal mental health teams across the six RHAs. [41755/25]
2736. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of perinatal mental health teams in Ireland. [41756/25]
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]