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]
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.
1,556
questions
1,548 written, 8 oral
122
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 21 |
| February 2025 | 72 |
| March 2025 | 106 |
| April 2025 | 64 |
| May 2025 | 106 |
| 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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The questions
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 matter. [42999/25]
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]
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 on the matter. [4300…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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. [43605/25]
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]
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 pilot network beyond …
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]
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]
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]
3239. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of children or adolescents awaiting an appointment for the child and adolescent mental health services in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44069/25]
3240. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals received by Offaly CAMHS in the respective years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44070/25]