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Mental 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202521
February 202572
March 2025106
April 202564
May 2025106
June 202580
July 2025140
August 20250
September 202551
October 202599
November 202555
December 202548
January 2026104
February 202687
March 202690
April 2026121
May 202689
June 202684
July 202666
August 20260
September 202627
October 202646

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.

  • 100% RDR3 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú37 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil195 from 26 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael133 from 21 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party5 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent55 from 9 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland124 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party97 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity33 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin726 from 37 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Sorca Clarke
    298
  2. Ken O'Flynn
    113
  3. Liam Quaide
    98
  4. Pa Daly
    55
  5. Marie Sherlock
    44
  6. David Cullinane
    37
  7. Michael Cahill
    33
  8. Donna McGettigan
    27

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

John Connolly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1621. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS services throughout the country with specialist ADHD clinics with specific specialist defined pathway for children and adolescents referred for assessment and intervention. [1814/25]
John Connolly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1622. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the initiation of specific services for adults with ADHD in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. [1815/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting lists for CAHMS in CH04, broken down by county or local area, and by 3-, 6-, 9-, 12-, 18- and 24-month categories, in tabular form [1939/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1660. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO 4 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [1941/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1661. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE child and adolescent psychiatrists employed at CAMHS mental health intellectual disability services within CHO 4 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [1942/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1675. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress being made to return the CAMHS in Dundalk and north Louth to full operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1983/25]