861. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons the four recommendations from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2018 with respect to the development of primary care centres were not implemented (details supplied); if she remains committed to implementing these recommendations; if any progress has been made since mid-2025, at which point the comptrol…
Topics / Primary Care Centres
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPrimary Care Centres
342 questions from 90 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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337 written, 5 oral
90
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 12 |
| February 2025 | 33 |
| March 2025 | 24 |
| April 2025 | 11 |
| May 2025 | 31 |
| June 2025 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 27 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 14 |
| October 2025 | 32 |
| November 2025 | 14 |
| December 2025 | 22 |
| January 2026 | 24 |
| February 2026 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 19 |
| April 2026 | 13 |
| May 2026 | 6 |
| June 2026 | 9 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 23 |
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The questions
862. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will update the priority ranking of locations/communities for development of primary care centres (PCCs), or expansion of existing PCCs, in view of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s finding that the current ranking ‘lacks sound quantification and transparency’; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57371/25]
863. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the €1.56 billion allocation for capital expenditure for 2026, the amount apportioned to the development of primary care centres (PCCs); to list the PCCs to be developed under this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57372/25]
864. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a formal cost effectiveness review of primary care centres delivery methods (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57373/25]
865. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the review of the utilisation of primary care centres has still not been completed, despite being included in the 2019 Sláintecare action plan; the status of that review; the timeline for completion of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57374/25]
866. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the minimum scope of services that constitutes a primary care centre has still not been defined; if she will commit to implementing recommendation 19.3 from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024 (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57375/25]
294. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if a podiatry clinic will be included in the new Birr primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55629/25]
342. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55908/25]
835. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the month the new primary care centre and outpatients department in Nenagh will open. [54873/25]
836. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when dementia and Alzheimer's care services will be provided in Nenagh primary care centre. [54874/25]
861. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new primary care centre in Nenagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54938/25]
862. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the total number of job posts anticipated for the Nenagh primary care centre; the total number of new posts anticipated for the Nenagh primary care centre; if she will provide a breakdown of these new posts by job title or position; when and where these new posts will be advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54939/25]
907. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the new primary care centre in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55446/25]
908. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the business case for Collooney primary care centre, County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55447/25]
913. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied) in County Sligo. [55529/25]
317. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the status of the Glanmire primary healthcare centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54279/25]
349. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in plans to provide the overdue primary care centre in Killarney, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54453/25]
309. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at location (details supplied) in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53993/25]
550. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the proposed primary care centre at Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, including a timeline for when the project will progress to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52943/25]
578. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on the status of Mullinavat Health Centre, County Kilkenny; to confirm the capital works that are in the pipeline for this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53027/25]
629. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the plans to provide a public health centre within the Sandyford Business District given the rapidly growing population in the area. [53330/25]
637. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the month in which the new HSE outpatients and primary care centre in Nenagh will open fully. [53367/25]
638. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken with the long overdue Killarney primary care centre following the recent decision to abandon the Áras Phádraig site in Killarney town; if the development of an interim primary care centre on the grounds of the old Saint Finan's hospital will now be proceeded with as a permanent primary care centre for the residents of Killarney an…
84. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new primary care centre for Graiguenamanagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52193/25]
99. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the promised new primary care centre on Inisbofin, following the transfer of land on which the airstrip is located from the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht in October 2024; the timeline for the delivery of the primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52337/25]