2338. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the free transport supports available to wheelchair-dependent patients attending medical appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43676/26]
Topics / Patient Transport
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPatient Transport
24 questions from 17 TDs, between 19 March 2025 and 9 June 2026.
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1239. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 11 February 2026, to provide the breakdown across all hospitals for subcategories of patient transport such as private taxi, minibus, private ambulance, local transport initiatives and all forms of patient transport. [35305/26]
1186. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health to outline her Department's plans to increase transport options for people who are medically vulnerable to get to medical appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33076/26]
1757. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that patient transport and care from the intermediate care operatives in the National Ambulance Service has been handed over to the private sector with no engagement with intermediate care operatives; if this decision will be reversed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18766/26]
1831. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a bus service (details supplied) is facing a reduction of service to only three days a week; if so, the reason for this reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19173/26]
598. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the tender contract in UHW regarding taxis for dialysis patients and patients in general; when the contract is up for renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3306/26]
362. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if permanent transport will be provided for a person attending treatment (details supplied). [60800/25]
462. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if permanent transport will be provided for a person attending treatment (details supplied). [60799/25]
194. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to assist those particularly in rural areas who cannot drive, in order to be able to get to hospitals, in particular if any financial supports are available where the only option may be to hire a private taxi. [60356/25]
391. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the difficulties in making contact with a service (details supplied), with repeated phone calls and emails from members of the public and public representatives going unanswered; the measures being taken to ensure this vital service is accessible and responsive to patients and their families in the southeast; and if she will make a statement …
392. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there have been recent staffing or organisational changes within a service (details supplied) which will explain the recent lack of communication and responsiveness; if she will provide details of the current point of contact for public representatives and constituents seeking assistance with patient transport in the southeast region; and if she will make a …
393. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the governance and oversight arrangements in place for the HSE Patient Transport Service in the southeast; if she will ensure that there is a dedicated and accountable liaison point for public representatives to raise urgent cases where elderly or vulnerable patients require transport to hospital appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56…
394. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the impact that recent communication failures within a service (details supplied) have had on patients awaiting hospital transport in the southeast; and the immediate steps being taken to ensure that no patient misses a hospital appointment due to the inability to reach the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56435/25]
395. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to reviewing the operation of the HSE patient transport service in the southeast with a view to improving response times, accessibility, and communication with the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56436/25]
554. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Health if her Department has, in collaboration with other stakeholders including the Department of Transport, carried out analyses of the capacity of public transport connections to Beaumont hospital; the other work, if any, her Department has carried out to explore the way in which demand for parking and private car access to the hospital may be reduced; and if she will…
115. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to resolve the issue of public patients in nursing home care being unable to access ambulance transfer to hospital appointments when necessary, including some who are a long distance away; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51532/25]
414. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health for an update on non-emergency ambulance patient transport in the greater Dublin area; if the contract for this will remain with the National Ambulance Service; if any changes will be made to this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52693/25]
808. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on private taxis by Letterkenny University Hospital for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular form. [37412/25]
995. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the hospital transport budget for all hospitals in the south-east and mid-west regions; the qualifying criteria for patients availing of hospital transport; the application process for hospital transport; the way in which a wheelchair user can avail of their own transport; the supports available to a patient who must seek their transport; the way in which they …
996. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on hospital transport provided to members of the Travelling community from Tipperary; if members of the Travelling community are automatically supplied with hospital transport when transport services are restricted for most patients; the level of expenditure on hospital transport being provided to IPAS or BOTP residents in Tipperary ove…
2195. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she will consider allocating funding for a transport service to a day care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19677/25]
2469. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide transport for vulnerable patients who lack personal support networks when travelling to Northern Ireland for medical treatment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21190/25]
738. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no funding for hospital transport for patients based in south Tipperary (details supplied); if she will urgently review this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13621/25]
1776. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent on transportation for dialysis patients from County Mayo to both Mayo University Hospital and Galway University Hospital in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11993/25]