National Treatment Purchase Fund
An official questions-paper heading. 102 questions (1 oral, 101 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
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| 2025-06-26 | National Treatment Purchase Fund |
The questions
Robert Troy
written
2026-01-28 · to Health
205. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be considered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [6801/26]
Mark Ward
written
2026-01-27 · to Health
1114. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health to clarify if a blepharoplasty procedure is not covered under the National Treatment Purchase Fund the alternatives that are in place to secure this procedure on behalf of patients; and if the cross-Border initiative is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6365/26]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2026-01-13 · to Health
2400. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if funding from the National Treatment Purchase Fund has been restored to a hospital (details supplied); if the audit report on the hospital’s rheumatology billing will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1372/26]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
921. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason endometriosis diagnostics and surgical treatments are not eligible for referral under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), given the extensive waiting lists experienced by patients; if the NTPF has assessed the feasibility of including endometriosis procedures; and if not, whether she will direct the NTPF to begin collecti…
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
922. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason the exclusion of endometriosis treatment from the National Treatment Purchase Fund aligns with commitments in the National Endometriosis Framework to reduce diagnostic delays and waiting times [69385/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
923. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason the NTPF has not been tasked with collecting procedure-level data for endometriosis surgery, despite the condition’s prevalence and the complexity of access pathways; and the steps her Department will take to ensure transparent waiting list reporting for endometriosis treatment across the health service. [69386/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
924. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an assessment of whether the reliance on the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme (ESAIS), combined with the exclusion of endometriosis treatment from the NTPF, risks creating unequal access to timely surgical care; and her plans to ensure equitable access for patients unable to travel abroad. [69387/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-12-09 · to Health
925. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for domestic service capacity at the supra-regional endometriosis centres in Tallaght and Cork to meet demand without the need for interim overseas pathways; and whether her Department has considered using the NTPF as an interim mechanism to relieve pressure on these centres. [69388/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-11-20 · to Health
102. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons treated under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [63788/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-11-20 · to Health
183. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and the urgent steps her Department is taking to ensure that patients who need treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund can avail of it, as in the case of a person (details supplied). [63787/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1645. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients seen for consultations by consultants in the health service; the number of patients seen by those same consultants under the NPTF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57861/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1717. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. [58124/25]
Colm Burke
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
2086. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether a child (details supplied) could apply for funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in order to get braces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60159/25]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-10-14 · to Health
810. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the amounts spent under the Treatment Purchase Fund in each of the years 2015 to 2024; the main countries and recipients of those payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54633/25]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-10-14 · to Health
811. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the average time a person is waiting for medical services before availing of the Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54634/25]
Willie O'Dea
written
2025-10-02 · to Health
189. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the number of procedures that have been carried out in Northern Ireland under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52383/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-09-08 · to Health
2205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 16 July 2025, to provide a breakdown of how the €13.156 million for outsourcing was spent at University Hospital Kerry; the number of procedures and treatments that were paid or partially paid for; the number of patients impacted; and the amount spent by each department, in each of the years 2010 to 202…
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3125. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purchase fund from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case surgeries at Galway University Hospital and Portiuncula University Hospital, for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the nat…
Danny Healy-Rae
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
3223. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a procedure for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43974/25]
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-07-17 · to Health
577. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the plans that exist to promote and fund the National Treatment Purchase Fund arising from the Programme for Government over the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40695/25]
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-07-17 · to Health
578. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number for patients availing of the National Treatment Purchase Fund from CHO6 in each of the years since 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40696/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-07-16 · to Health
291. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purchase fund from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case surgeries at Kerry University Hospital, for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [40054/25]
David Cullinane
written
2025-07-03 · to Health
348. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1495 of 10 June 2025, the breakdown of weekly and weekend activity, by ordinary rostered hours compared to extra-contractual hours funded via NTPF or other insourcing funding streams, in tabular form. [36726/25]
David Cullinane
written
2025-07-03 · to Health
349. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all acute hospital-related NTPF spending for the period 2020 to 2025, inclusive, by spending type by hospital, and by year, in tabular form. [36731/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-07-02 · to Health
252. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of public funding that has been allocated to the NTP fund in 2024 and 2025; and the amount of that funding that has been used for outsourcing public patients to private hospitals. [36448/25]