1403. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vacancy rate for therapists for each CDNT in CHO9, in tabular form. [11918/25]
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
9
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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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 |
Who asks, by party
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
1597. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the case of a patient (details supplied) of the mental health service who has been accommodated in an emergency homeless hostel for a prolonged period. [11182/25]
1599. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have aged out of adolescent primary care mental health teams without having received therapeutic support, by local health office and the length of time spent on the list (details supplied). [11193/25]
1609. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of children on a list for the primary care child and adolescent psychology service in south Lee, in total, for longer than six months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months and over, in tabular form. [11269/25]
1619. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when a treatment in CAMHS will be made available to a child (details supplied). [11358/25]
1628. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a psychology appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11369/25]
1662. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on 14 posts in a children’s mental health facility (details supplied); the status of recruitment for these posts; the number of contracts that have been issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11501/25]
1674. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to primary care psychology in CHO4, for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024 and to date in 2025. [11563/25]
1714. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the next implementation plan for Sharing the Vision to replace the 2022-2024 plan; the timeline she is working towards in publishing the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11741/25]
1757. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to review its approach to patients presenting with emergency mental health situations at accident and emergency facilities around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11914/25]
1788. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the understaffing in the healthcare system, specifically in terms of mental-health support, leaving some waiting for services for extended periods of time; if she will instruct her Department to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12035/25]
1792. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the reason a registered mental health nurse working in the HSE (details supplied) has been waiting eight months on a contract to be issued by the regional executive officer; and if she will provide a date for when it will be issued. [12071/25]
1796. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists recruited by the HSE, by county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [12081/25]
1815. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health when the funding that was promised in 2015 for `ItsGood2Talk` will be provided; the reason this funding has been held up for ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12219/25]
1829. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the breakdown, by year of the categories of funding provided, expenditure and any unspent funds in respect of the National Counselling Service from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [12270/25]
1843. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to address the total lack of out-of-hours mental health services for people on the Iveragh peninsula in south Kerry who are experiencing a crisis in their mental health (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12362/25]
1861. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to outline what mental health supports are available to those affected by flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12529/25]
1890. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of category 1 incidents involving a service user that have been reported to each psychiatric unit for each year from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; the number of serious incident management team meetings that have been convened in those years; the number of reviews that have been undertaken; the requirements for a review to occur; the different type…
1898. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the immediate steps being taken to improve the treatment of individuals presenting at accident and emergency departments with suicidal ideation, including measures to ensure they are properly assessed, monitored, and provided with appropriate crisis intervention; and if there are plans to introduce dedicated emergency mental health response units outside of ac…
74. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health how a €64 million centralised residential mental health service on the grounds of Saint Stephen’s Hospital, Glanmire can be in accordance with the ethos of community integration that is core to national mental health policy and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Person with a Disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10158/25]
86. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the construction of a ten-bed community mental health residence on the grounds of the Owenacurra centre Midleton and on the referral destinations of east Cork service users requiring residential placement since the Owenacurra centre stopped taking referrals in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10157/25]
87. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a mental health information database CAMHS consultant has been recruited to the children's disability network team for Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan; if there are adequate supports for this role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9505/25]
90. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned about ongoing delays in approving the application for a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford city; and her views on whether it acceptable that Waterford is the only city in the State, and the south east the only region, without such a service. [10828/25]
93. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will fund the expansion of Jigsaw services to ensure that no county is without a Jigsaw primary mental health care service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10114/25]
94. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health to address the urgent issue of funding required by an organisation (details supplied); if she will intervene with the HSE to ensure interim funding is provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9896/25]