Written answers
Wednesday, 1 October 2025
- Department of An Taoiseach
- National Security
1. To ask the Taoiseach his Department’s engagement on the preparation of a national security strategy; when he expects this strategy to be completed; and if he will make a statement on...
- National Flag
2. To ask the Taoiseach the protocols, guidelines or legislation in place to govern the use and display of the national flag; and his views on whether amendments are needed [52313/25]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Middle East
3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 10 June 2025, his views on whether the principle lesson of the Good Friday Agreement applies...
- Official Engagements
5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of all instances when a Head of State or Government of an EU member state visited Ireland but was not formally received by...
- Middle East
6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the attacks by Hamas on civilians in Israel on October 2023 constituted a genocide; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Departmental Correspondence
8. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give detailed consideration to the issues outlined in correspondence from a national organisation (details...
- Waste Management
9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the public consultation on the feasibility of transitioning the waste collection market from its current...
- Electricity Generation
10. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has considered providing additional monetary incentives for households availing of the micro-generation...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current height restrictions in place for applicants to the Defence Forces; if there are plans to review these restrictions; and if he will...
- Departmental Staff
12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of his Department’s staff using the Trinity Point building, the grades of those staff, the percentage of those staff using the...
- Defence Forces
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps being taken to regulate for each of the 35 recommendations of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made by the National Transport Authority on rolling out a promised nationwide automatic vehicle location system...
- Road Network
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of days the Jack Lynch Tunnel has been closed in 2025 to date; the nature of the closures; and if he will make a statement on...
- Air Navigation Orders
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on investigations into the use of Irish Air Space and Shannon Airport by those travelling to partake in the genocide in...
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to scale car and bicycle parking spaces at Oranmore train station in line with the increased capacity that will arise...
- Rail Network
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the GLuas project has progressed since the publication of the feasibility study in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Transport Costs
27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the 90-minute fare roll-out in Cork. [52324/25]
- Transport Policy
28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence by a national organisation (details supplied), in particular...
- Bus Services
29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details of the frequency of the P29 bus service; if there are plans to increase the frequency of this service; and if he will...
- Rail Network
32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Lucan Luas project; when the project is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Taxi Regulations
33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider setting fixed fares for taxis to and from Dublin Airport, from specified areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Road Projects
36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial financial allocation under the 2026 road works programme is provided for the further planning and design...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
37. To ask the Minister for Finance if an employer, when reimbursing an employee the 24 hour Revenue Commissioners’ approved unvouched subsistence allowance rate of currently...
- Tax Exemptions
38. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include an estimate of the value of tax foregone, as a result of the tax exemption awarded to religious organisation, in the Department of Finance...
- Budget 2026
40. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence by a national association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52292/25]
- Departmental Correspondence
41. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give detailed consideration to the issues raised in correspondence by a national organisation (details supplied), in particular their proposals to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Departmental Expenditure
42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of money spent on the Trinity Point lease on behalf of the Department of Defence, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if...
- Budget 2026
43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence by a national association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Employment Rights
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the public consultation on developing an Action Plan for Collective Bargaining; if the public consultation report...
- Departmental Policies
45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to setting up a cross-departmental-agency task force overseeing competitiveness in Ireland; and if he...
- Work Permits
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to nationals of India in each year from 2015 to date; the categories of work permits issued; the...
- State Bodies
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the numbers of...
- Flexible Work Practices
48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases that have been taken to the WRC in relation to the right to request remote work, the right to request flexible...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Schemes
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department ensures that students in rural or disadvantaged areas have equal access to mental health supports in schools; and...
- Special Educational Needs
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will abandon the new NCSE guidelines for the review of SNA allocations for the 2025/2026 school year and re-engage with school communities...
- Teacher Training
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a PME student (details supplied) who completed all required course work and school placements in 2024, but whose...
- School Transport
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to correspondence regarding an application for special needs school transport for a child (details supplied) in County...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a school (details supplied) who lost a teacher due to student numbers in 2024 and risk doing so again in 2026, if the...
- School Patronage
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the Gaelcholáiste for Dublin south city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52286/25]
- Special Educational Needs
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or the NCSE are currently carrying out a review of SNA allocations; the reason for the review; and the timeframes involved; and if she will...
- Education Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her view on the Constitutional guarantee that parents shall be primary educators of their children; to elaborate on how her Department is working...
- School Curriculum
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the statement contained in the forward to the ‘Aistear’ curriculum published in December 2024 that "babies, toddlers and...
- School Accommodation
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the expansion of a school (details supplied). [52331/25]
- Home Schooling
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the academic performance of home-schooled students is benchmarked against all other students, including in relation to junior certificate and...
- Schools Administration
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the beginning of the new school year is governed in legislation; whether the issue is governed solely by guidelines issued by her...
- Schools Building Projects
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52465/25]
- Teacher Training
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training and resources provided to teachers and school staff to identify and support students experiencing mental health difficulties; if...
- Education Policy
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a standard protocol for schools to follow when a student presents with mental health concerns; the way in which her Department...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Funding
79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding is available for a theatre production (details supplied) designed specifically for leaving certificate...
- Sports Facilities
80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the nationwide audit of sports facilities as committed to under the Programme for Government will take place; and...
- Departmental Strategies
81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date and the plans for future expansion of the night-time economy action plan for County Carlow; and if...
- Sports Funding
83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of payments of sports capital grants to County Carlow in the past three years; and if he will make a...
- Artists' Remuneration
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will give further consideration to the extension of the basic income for the arts scheme (details supplied); and...
- Sports Funding
86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next round of sports capital funding is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52596/25]
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the vulnerability of Ireland’s undersea cable infrastructure as indicated recently by a person...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Postal Voting
88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will bring forward legislative change to allow for those who are pregnant or who have recently given birth to apply for a...
- Defective Building Materials
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to include an additional allowance for the restoration...
- Departmental Schemes
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will widen the scope of financial thresholds of the Housing Adaptation Grants to allow more persons to access the grant;...
- Housing Provision
92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential housing units that have been built in Dublin bay south (or nearest geographical area available) per...
- Wastewater Treatment
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review correspondence (details supplied) regarding wastewater treatment plants; and if he'll provide clarity on this matter...
- Heritage Sites
95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to granting protected status to so-called ‘benchmarks’ which were erected at...
- Planning Issues
96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal powers given to local authorities to grant retention planning to developments which were built without a grant of...
- Vacant Properties
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to extending the first home scheme to include the purchase of vacant properties, applying the...
- Housing Policy
98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if holders of refugee, subsidiary protection and programme refugee statuses who are applying to access social housing supports...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Rates
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of jobseekers’ payment claimants that have had reduced rates applied to them in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that persons in receipt of a widow/widower’s pension and under 70 are not entitled to free travel for a...
- Social Welfare Code
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of the new bereaved partners contributory pension can also claim an illness benefit, or any other...
- Pension Provisions
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify when a person will stop receiving their widow's pension under the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partners and...
- Social Welfare Appeals
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person is unhappy with a section 318 review by the Chief Appeals Officer, the next course of action for the person; and...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the current policy whereby domiciliary care allowance ceases at age 16, requiring families to apply for...
- Social Welfare Code
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to reform the transition process from domiciliary care allowance to disability allowance, with a view to reducing...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families who lose all State support when their child turns 16 and domiciliary care allowance ends, due to not...
- Social Welfare Benefits
110. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on an application for carers allowance (details supplied); if he will expedite same; and if he...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department plans to increase the income threshold for the fuel allowance payment; if not, if he will consider same;...
- Social Welfare Rates
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department plans to increase the rate of for the living alone allowance payment; if not, if he will consider same; and...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- EU Directives
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the network and information security directive (NIS2 Directive) (EU) 2022/2555 was not transposed into Irish law by...
- International Protection
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a list of all properties currently owned, leased, or otherwise used by an organisation (details supplied) or by any of its...
- Family Reunification
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing time for family reunification applications under S.56 International Protection Act; the FTE staffing...
- An Garda Síochána
122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported attacks, knife attacks, and thefts that have been logged by the Garda across Dublin city, by district...
- Deportation Orders
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders which have been signed in respect of persons who have been refused International Protection in...
- Immigration Status
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the situation regarding an applicant for an EU1 treaty rights application whose Irish residence permit has expired and whose...
- State Bodies
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Data Protection Commission; the numbers of staff...
- Asylum Applications
128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his knowledge of the case of a person (details supplied); and whether he is aware of claims that this individual is...
- Immigration Policy
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has carried out an assessment of the potential impact on migration into the State of the proposed...
- International Protection
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons with status living in IPAS accommodation, by family status, number of adults, and number of children, in...
- Family Law Cases
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans to introduce psychological or psychiatric assessments for parents seeking to assert custody rights over minor...
- An Garda Síochána
141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retirements and transfers in and out of An Garda Síochána, in all stations in the Limerick district in...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Animal Slaughtering
142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for continuing to permit the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning for religious markets, given that other EU...
- Agriculture Schemes
148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a Acres scheme payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry for the years 2023 to 2025; and if he will make...
- Animal Feedstuffs
149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of feedstuff samples taken by his Department at animal feed mills to date in 2025 ; the number of samples tested in...
- Food Safety
150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmer milk samples taken by his Department at milk processing plants in to date 2025; the number of samples...
- Nitrates Usage
151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department carries out tests to verify the protection coating on protected urea; if testing is carried out, the procedures on...
- Animal Diseases
152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Departments policy in relation to depopulating herds for TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52254/25]
- Animal Slaughtering
154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if section 14 of the Slaughter of Animals Act 1935 has been applied to the slaughter of animals in relation to the production of...
- Nitrates Usage
155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of fertiliser samples taken by his Department to date in 2025; the number of samples tested in the same period that...
- Budget 2026
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence by a national association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Children, Disability and Equality
- Family Support Services
157. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the gaps in support for kinship carers and their families will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Disabilities Assessments
158. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of parents who have put in a complaint regarding their child not receiving an assessment of needs in a timely manner; the...
- Disability Services
159. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the additional funding allocated to residential placements for adults with an intellectual disability in 2025; the...
- Family Resource Centres
160. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will make provision in the forthcoming Budget to allow for an increase in core funding of the Family Resource Centres of...
- Childcare Services
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has considered the impact of the automatic enrolment retirement savings system on childcare providers as an additional cost;...
- Disabilities Assessments
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the case of a child (details supplied) whose mother applied for an Assessment of Need on 16 June 2024 under the...
- Mental Health Services
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to address the waiting times for students referred from schools, to Child and Adolescent Mental...
- Disabilities Assessments
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of assessments of need completed within timelines as provided for in regulations, in each quarter for each...
- Disability Services
168. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of persons with a disability who are in receipt of less than their full allocation of home support at the...
- Disabilities Assessments
171. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of needs overdue for completion at the end of quarter three for each year to date, in tabular form [52499/25]
- Disability Services
174. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for initial contact with a children’s disability network team at the end of September...
- Disabilities Assessments
176. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total spend in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 on insourcing and outsourcing of assessments of need, in tabular form. [52589/25]
- Disability Services
177. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total spend in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 on insourcing and outsourcing of disability services, by service type, in tabular...
- Department of Health
- Hospital Appointments Status
178. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting on knee surgery in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52201/25]
- Home Care Packages
179. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person will be reviewed (details supplied) whose home help supports ceased when she was admitted to hospital; the reason the service has not...
- Budget 2026
180. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to pre-budget requests from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52229/25]
- Mental Health Services
181. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available in budget 2026 to address critical staffing shortages and infrastructure gaps in CAMHS for young persons with...
- Vaccination Programme
183. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to the provision of the shingles vaccine (details supplied) free of charge for those that are immunocompromised; and if she...
- Healthcare Policy
184. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to put the 'no wait' card issued by patient organisations on a legal standing (details supplied). [52293/25]
- Mental Health Services
185. To ask the Minister for Health to consider establishing a drop-in mental health service in Dungarvan; if funding is available for such a service; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Healthcare Policy
187. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department plans to include myalgic encephalomyelitis on the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52307/25]
- Vaccination Programme
188. To ask the Minister for Health to list all vaccinations which are either legally required or recommended to be administered to children before they reach the age of majority; and if she will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
189. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an appointment for a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list to see a vascular surgeon at Tallaght University Hospital for...
- Healthcare Policy
195. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide the guidelines issued by her Department to the HSE on the use of sex and gender terminology in medical information leaflets and online...
- Cancer Services
197. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received a business case from a group (details supplied); the status of her Department’s consideration of same; if she has engaged with the...
- Pharmacy Services
198. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which will be taken to ensure protections remain in place for persons who rely on phased systems for medication dispensing, ahead of the planned...
- Health Services Staff
199. To ask the Minister for Health if she has had engagements with the HSE in relation to the recruitment of the six WTE public health nursing posts in the Dublin Midlands region as allocated...
- Medical Cards
202. To ask the Minister for Health if she has considered introducing a counselling and psychotherapy funding model under the medical card through accredited private therapists; and if she will...
- Hospital Appointments Status
203. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment to see a neurologist in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52457/25]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
204. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available for persons who suffer from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and require oxygen 24/7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52464/25]
- Mental Health Services
205. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to increase funding for community-based mental health services that support school-aged children; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products
208. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding the availability of weight loss medications, for persons on low incomes, including those with medical cards; the plans to expand...
- General Practitioner Services
212. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that patients referred by their GPs for blood tests through the system (details supplied) are experiencing delays of up to two and a half...
- Patient Transfers
213. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bed days lost due to delayed transfer of care, for each location, to end of September for each of the years 2023 to 2025, in tabular form [52519/25]
- Patient Safety
214. To ask the Minister for Health the number of extreme and major incidents reported to the national quality and patient safety directorate in the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025,...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
215. To ask the Minister for Health the weighted average wait time for persons first access to outpatient departments as of 30 September for each year from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52521/25]
- Hospital Acquired Infections
218. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of new cases of hospital acquired infections, by infection type, by location, as of 30 September for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form [52524/25]
- Patient Safety
219. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of medication incidents as reported to NIMS by 1,000 beds, by location, as of 30 September, for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form [52525/25]
- Mental Health Services
221. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on CAMHS waiting lists, by community healthcare network and length of wait at the end of quarter 3 for each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
222. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter three for each year 2022 to 2025, in tabular form [52544/25]
- Dental Services
223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter three for each year 2023 to 2025, by LHO, in tabular form; the number of...
- Hospital Staff
226. To ask the Minister for Health if the consultant identified in an internal HSE audit report as having been paid €1.6 million as a termination payment, including €1.37 million...
- Hospital Procedures
228. To ask the Minister for Health the spend on insourcing by each statutory and section 38 hospital from 2021 to date in 2025; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first 9...
- Departmental Legal Cases
230. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation against the HSE and her Department from 2014 to date in 2025; to include awards made in the courts; settlements...
- Hospital Admissions
231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to adult mental health acute inpatient units in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [52597/25]
- Health Services Waiting Lists
232. To ask the Minister for Health the median wait time for screening or assessment by counselling in primary care services in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025. [52598/25]
- Emergency Departments
233. To ask the Minister for Health the number of emergency department presentations and admissions in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and the...
- Ambulance Service
235. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status one ECHO incidents responded to within 19 minutes in the first nine months of each year 2019 to 2025, by region, in tabular...
- Cancer Services
238. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of symptomatic breast cancer attendances in 2024 and to date in 2025 whose referrals were triaged as urgent and which did not adhere...
- Hospital Admissions
243. To ask the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department, for all patients nationwide for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025,...
- Hospital Procedures
244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for the first nine months of each year 2022 to 2025, by hospital group and...
- Patient Transfers
245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, by each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed...
- Hospital Admissions
246. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form;...
- Patient Safety
248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52617/25]
- Health Services Staff
249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for the first nine months of each year 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [52618/25]
- Ambulance Service
250. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover for each emergency department, and...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, at the end of the first nine months of each year 2023 to...
- Health Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the establishment of a dedicated pilot study focused on all aspects of the health service in the Iveragh and Dingle peninsulas, including...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Costs
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the eligibility criteria for funding of current PhD candidates who commenced their research...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Cosaint Fostaíochta
262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon mholadh aige maidir le cothromaíocht ó thaobh pinsin agus cearta fostaíochta de do na...
