PQ Responses - October 16th 2025

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PQ 56071-25 - Paul Donnelly

To ask the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality if all vacancies within CDNTs in CHO7 in 2024 and to date in 2025 due to maternity leave have been backfilled; and if not, the vacancies which remained unfilled, in tabular form.

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PQ 56076-25 - Erin McGreehan

To ask the Minister for Health if Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda no longer accepts histopathology samples from general practitioners (GPs) in the catchment area for patients without a medical card or GP visit card; if so, the reason; when the matter will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56230-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current amount of unspent or uncommitted capital funding earmarked for mental health infrastructure (from current and previous years); and the projects that these funds are intended for.

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PQ 56235-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of fully addressing current unmet mental health demand (waiting lists, service gaps); and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56250-25 - Pa Daly

To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time per accident and emergency department, broken down by hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56262-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list figures for ADHD assessments by county; and the reduction targets or timelines being set under Budget 2026.

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PQ 56263-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancy rates across mental health services, including CAMHS and perinatal teams; and the portion of the 2026 Budget which is directed toward recruitment and retention initiatives.

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PQ 56265-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures being implemented to retain staff in mental health services under Budget 2026, including financial incentives, flexible working arrangements, or wellbeing supports; and if her Department has a target for reducing turnover in 2026.

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PQ 56272 -25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide current waiting times for counselling services under the HSE and its funded partners, by RHA area, and to indicate the reduction in targets being set for 2026.

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PQ 56275-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health to provide current vacancy rates for psychologists in public mental health services, broken down by RHA; and the measures being taken under Budget 2026 to fill these posts.

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PQ 56277-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health to set out the average waiting time for a first appointment with a psychologist under HSE mental health services; and to detail how the 2026 funding aims to improve access.

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PQ 56278-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrist posts that are currently filled, vacant, and approved across the HSE; and to provide the number of new or replacement posts funded in Budget 2026.

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PQ 56279-25 - Sorca Clarke

To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatry training places available under the HSE’s postgraduate schemes; and whether Budget 2026 provides for an expansion of these to meet projected service demand.

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PQ 56310-25 - Ken O'Flynn

To ask the Minister for Health the specific winter contingency measures being put in place for hospitals in Cork City and County ahead of the 2025–2026 winter season, including additional acute and step-down bed capacity, emergency department surge funding, and staffing allocations; the way in which these measures align with the HSE’s winter plan 2025; and the projected winter-pressure cost for Cork facilities relative to last year’s expenditure.

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PQ 56318-25 - Robert O'Donoghue

To ask the Minister for Health the number of defibrillators currently located in public buildings (Garda stations, community centres, public libraries, and primary and post-primary schools and if she will provide this information.), by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

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PQ 56398-25 - Pat Buckley

To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on taxis for patients in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025.

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PQ 56406-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the total acute bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025.

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PQ 56407-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025.

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PQ 56408-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the number of high dependency units bed capacity across all section 38 and HSE run hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025.

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PQ 56409-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of operating theatres across HSE and S.38 hospitals, by year, from 2019 to date in 2025.

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PQ 56411-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients classified as delayed transfers of care across all HSE run and section 38 operated hospitals; and the average and longest length of delayed transfer.

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PQ 56412-25 - Marie Sherlock

To ask the Minister for Health the average and longest waiting times for admission from emergency departments (ED) across every ED in the country.

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PQ 56432-25 - Michael Murphy

To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the difficulties in making contact with a service (Wexford Patient Transport Service.), 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 on the matter.