Mental Health Services
An official questions-paper heading. 1,483 questions (8 oral, 1,475 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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| Month | Questions |
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| 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 |
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| 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
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
863. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to clarify the policy in the psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda specifically concerning communication with inpatients during their stay and the role of the key nurse assigned daily to a patient; if their role is solely confined to the distribution of medications; and if not, if it is to care for each patient as an indi…
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
864. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the staffing vacancies with the psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and the way this impacts on numbers of inpatients that the unit can care for. [7323/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
865. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to issue a review on the practices within the psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda when an individual arrives seeking urgent treatment during a mental health crisis; and the actions that are taken to care for each individual to engage with and ensure that they do not leave the unit without being assessed by a suitably qu…
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
866. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the policy within psychiatry unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda when a person who has presented looking for help and treatment during a mental health crisis leaves and sadly dies by suicide; if it is practice that an automatic review into the case occurs; if so, the duration of that review; and if not, the reason. [7325/25]
Maurice Quinlivan
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
894. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with CAMHS, in Limerick, listed by waiting time, in tabular form. [7576/25]
Maurice Quinlivan
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
895. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the total number of children on the CAMHS assessment waiting lists and CAMHS therapy services waiting list; in the CHO3 area, in tabular form. [7577/25]
Martin Daly
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
914. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in Roscommon waiting for an appointment with a CAMHS team; the number waiting 0 to 12, 12 to 26, 26 to 52 and more than 52 weeks, respectively. [7697/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
915. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the CAMHS assessment waiting lists and CAMHS therapy services waiting list, as of February 2025; the total number in each CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7698/25]
Shane Moynihan
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
928. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when a treatment in CAMHS will be made available to a child (details supplied). [7794/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
966. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps she plans to take to improve access to person-centred child and adolescent mental health services teams. [8061/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-02-25 · to Health
981. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the increased staffed investment she plans to make to address the waiting list crisis in Primary Care Child and Adolescent Psychology Services in CHO9; and when she intends to a recruitment drive for same to begin. [8154/25]
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2025-02-20 · to Health
324. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a certain therapy can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7085/25]
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2025-02-20 · to Health
325. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a certain therapy can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7085/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-02-20 · to Health
351. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current status of the psychiatry position at Dungarvan Community Hospital; if a vacancy occurs at present; the total period of time from 1 January 2024 to date that the position has been vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6949/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-02-20 · to Health
352. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the total number of positions comprising the mental health team at Dungarvan Community Hospital; the number of these positions that are currently vacant; the duration each current vacancy has occurred, by position and number of vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6950/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-02-20 · to Health
353. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurse positions that currently pertain to Waterford; the number of positions that are currently vacant; the duration each current vacancy has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6951/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-02-20 · to Health
354. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of mental health liaison nurse positions attached to University Hospital Waterford; the number of these positions that are currently vacant; the duration since each current vacancy has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6952/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-02-20 · to Health
355. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an initial appointment with child and adolescent mental health services in CHO5, broken down by county and by year of current referral, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6953/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
written
2025-02-19 · to Health
211. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists designated in a full-time capacity for the south Lee area, broken down by adult primary care, child primary care, adolescent and family psychology services; if there are locums; and the plans to recruit further in this regard. [6483/25]
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2025-02-18 · to Health
686. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if funding is available for families who have to go privately for psychology services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5482/25]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
written
2025-02-18 · to Health
694. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Wexford and Wicklow, broken down by the number of months they are waiting, in tabular form; the plans to address the crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5532/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-02-18 · to Health
697. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if a clinical nurse manager (CNM2) will be allocated to the Carrickmacross adult mental health services at the Carrickmacross primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5549/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-02-18 · to Health
698. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the last date in which a clinical nurse manager was allocated to the Carrickmacross adult mental health services; the reason this post was not continued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5550/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-02-18 · to Health
699. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the WTE staff of different grades and positions currently in place at the Carrickmacross adult mental health services; the corresponding figures for January 2020, January 2021, January 2022, January 2023 and January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5551/25]
John Connolly
written
2025-02-18 · to Health
761. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an initial appointment at South Galway CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5871/25]