1350. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her response to recent data showing over 4,200 children on CAMHS waiting lists, with over 620 children waiting longer than one year; and the policy changes she intends to pursue. [29281/25]
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
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Independents counted together
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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 party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
1360. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29346/25]
1361. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025 will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29347/25]
1362. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the funding has been allocated for the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29348/25]
1363. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the staffing that will be allocated for the two early intervention, in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29349/25]
1541. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies there are within CAMHS in County Donegal, by area; the length of time the roles have been vacant; the action that has been taken to ensure vacancies are filled; if there is a date for any vacancies to be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30094/25]
1544. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if a psychiatric bed will be made available in the Mater Hospital for an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30107/25]
1546. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health if, in light of a recent Mental Health Commission report that has confirmed that general emergency departments are failing people in a mental health crisis every day, he will support the development of a mental accident-and-emergency departments to support people who is in a mental health crisis such as that seen in the NHS; and if she will make a stateme…
1549. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a child in Cork will receive an appointment with CAMHS (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30120/25]
1635. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the current model of care in place for individuals with a dual diagnosis of mental illness and addiction; the number of individuals with a dual diagnosis who accessed integrated mental health and addiction services in the past year; the number of individuals who were not accepted for treatment by community mental health teams due to an act…
1636. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health when and in what facility in Ireland electro-convulsive therapy was last used as a mental health treatment for minors. [30673/25]
1637. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the details of the use of electro-convulsive therapy as a mental health treatment for minors since 2010, namely frequency and in what settings. [30674/25]
558. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her views on comments made by an individual of note (details supplied) on using smaller hospitals to provide urgent mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28586/25]
592. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing clinical, counselling, and educational psychologist training posts by 10% and the number of posts this would create; and the cost of funding and paying counselling and educational psychologist trainees at the same level of trainee clinical psychologists. [28685/25]
656. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to publish the findings of the Draft Lookback Review into the North Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service that was originally due to be published in March 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28768/25]
659. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents on the primary care psychology waiting-lists in each regional health area; the breakdown of the total number of months and years waiting; and the longest wait-time as of 1 April 2025, in tabular form. [28784/25]
660. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total number of children and adolescents on the CAMHS psychology waiting-lists in each regional health area; the breakdown of the total number of months and years waiting; and the longest wait-time as of 1 April 2025, in tabular form. [28785/25]
664. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if she is considering the opening of mental health emergency departments across this State, staffed by specialist doctors and nurses, similar to the network being opened by the NHS across England. [28809/25]
665. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health where the five specialist teams working with people who have psychosis are located; if she will provide a list of the counties without a specialist team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28810/25]
669. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the two new early intervention in psychosis teams promised for Limerick and Dublin, a timeframe for when the teams will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28826/25]
670. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to early intervention psychosis services over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28829/25]
407. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the budget allocated to Mental Health in 2025; the amount for adult services and the amount for child and adolescent services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28102/25]
528. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s engagement with the Department of Health regarding delays in CAMHS access and their impact on the welfare of vulnerable children. [26871/25]
530. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department's engagement with the Department of Health regarding delays in CAMHS access and the impact on the welfare of vulnerable children. [26902/25]
588. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if an out of hours psychology team is assigned to A&E services, during the hours of 5pm to 8am, and if she could provide the details of these for all emergency departments, in tabular form. [26787/25]