1170. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with CAMHS Louth for a specialist dealing with patients with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2743/25]
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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1171. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allowing a person (details supplied) to avail of appointments with CAMHS-ID specialists available in other parts of the State while on the waiting list for appointment for this service in Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2744/25]
1201. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists based at Ennis Mental Health Day Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2856/25]
1202. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the additional measures to be implemented to improve the mental health service in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2857/25]
1313. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason that access to CAMHS is delayed for a child (details supplied) for a minimum of 13 months, when this person is on a priority list for the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3411/25]
1344. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of each quarter of each year 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [3508/25]
1345. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of December and January of each year 2019 to 2025, in tabular form. [3509/25]
1358. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she and the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health will work together to advance the application for a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford, given that the south-east is the only region not currently served by such a facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3533/25]
1359. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies in Waterford mental health services, Waterford CAMHS and UHW department of psychiatry, by type, location, and duration to date of the vacancy, in tabular form. [3534/25]
1365. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to expand access to mental health services given the high rates of mental illness in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3582/25]
1321. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the funding available to CAMHS teams to carry out electrocardiograms, blood tests and other necessary tests for people with eating disorders. [46287/24]
1330. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the monitoring, support and evaluation efforts that are put in place when a person is released from the National Forensic Mental Health Service. [46324/24]
1336. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an out-of-hours CAMHS for children in County Longford. [46369/24]
1353. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if a number of issues pertaining to a day centre (details supplied) in Dingle will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46462/24]
1379. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on waiting lists for CAMHS for the month of December, by CHO area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46578/24]
1397. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels and vacancies for relevant child and adolescent mental health teams covering County Waterford. [46668/24]
1467. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a staffing matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1009/25]
1485. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if he will make urgent representations for a child with the child and adolescent mental health services (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1078/25]
1546. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health for details of wait times for CAMHS services in Wicklow for Q3 and Q4 of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/25]
1558. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the current number of referrals for support services to Kildare CAMHS service currently awaiting assessment. [1474/25]
1583. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will address a matter with the HSE/CAMHS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1605/25]
1599. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting list numbers and wait times in months for children and adolescents in Cork North Lee, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; the efforts being made to reduce these times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1674/25]
1604. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the north Kerry CAMHS review; the timeline for delivery; the progress to date; the reasons for the delay; if consideration has been given to expand eligibility criteria for the redress scheme to include those who have already received an apology from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1748/25]
1608. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on CAMHS waiting lists in Kerry, broken down by the number of months they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1752/25]
1618. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the progress achieved in 2024 in the recruitment of additional personnel for CAMHS teams in County Laois. [1800/25]