Aidan Farrelly

Social Democrats · Kildare North

Activity on Health — 142 events (31 lobbying · 101 questions · 15 votes) full profile →

• 2026-04-15
  VOTE
  Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025

  A bill to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other Acts; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 65–83
• 2026-04-02
  LOBBY
  Medical Emergency Response Education and Training

  • Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER) issued written communications to Deputies with whom there had been prior engagement, providing an update on MER’s activities and recent developments. The communication referenced discussion at an Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health meeting on allergy services, including mention of MER’s work, and outlined subsequent committee actions, including correspondence to the Minister for Health and the Minister for Education.
• 2026-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Emergency Medicine Registrars and Advanced Nurse Practitioners based at the HSE Minor Injuries Clinic, Smithfield as of 12 March 2026, in tabular form. [21279/26]
• 2026-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Cardiology Registrars based at St Vincent's University Hospital as of 12 March 2026, in tabular form. [21280/26]
• 2026-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation for National Rehabilitation Hospital in the years of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [21281/26]
• 2026-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays currently available at St James's Hospital. [21282/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in 2024 and 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20318/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in legal costs to each of the top ten named legal firms representing the agency in medical negligence cases in 2024 and 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20319/26]
• 2026-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant respiratory medicine based at St Vincent's University Hospital. [15437/26]
• 2026-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of percutaneous coronary intervention procedures including primary PCI and non-primary (elective or urgent) PCI carried out in Beaumont Hospital in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [15438/26]
• 2026-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles available for calls on a 24-7 basis within Kildare as of 18 February 2026, in tabular form. [15439/26]
• 2026-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE rapid response vehicles available for calls on a 24-7 basis within Wicklow as of 18 February 2026, in tabular form. [15440/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of births that occurred in each month of 2025 at Coombe Maternity Hospital, Rotunda Hospital and Holles Street, in tabular form. [10307/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapist, occupational therapist and physiotherapist posts, by grade, which have been filled at CHI Crumlin as of 4 February 2026, in tabular form. [10308/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement her Department has had with the Online Health Taskforce in respect of its recommendations and more specifically, the recommendation to establish a dedicated cross-departmental fund for youth spaces and facilities, recognising the urgent need for increased capital investment in youth infrastructure; if she will seek a meeting with the taskforce or the Minister for Health on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8665/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the costs to date, including start-up cost of Ireland's Covid-19 evaluation; if she will provide incurred costs by heading (details supplied); the number of staff working on the evaluation; a detailed outline of its work to date; the anticipated date of completion; and if she has been provided with an interim report to date, in tabular form. [8458/26]
• 2026-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the point at which, and level at which her Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales; the duration for same; and the plans to revise current remuneration arrangements [8469/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

  • AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Budgetary matters

  • LGBT Ireland Pre-Budget Submission
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Movember Health

  • Launch of the Real Face of Men's Health report focused on the delivery of the National Men's Health Action plan, with a range of recommendations on priority areas
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • IFA Budget 2026 Briefing
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Croi - The West of ireland Cardiac Foundation Limited Health

  • Croi held health checks inHealth checks in Leinster House to highlight the need for a National Cardiovascular Health Strategy and Cardiovascular policy in general - held 19 November.
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in colorectal surgery and senior house officers in colorectal surgery based at St. Vincent's University Hospital as of 13 January 2026, in tabular form. [3735/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients that presented at the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital that were liable to the €100 fee in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [3736/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of liver function scans performed at St. James's Hospital in 2025; the average waiting time for results of these scans. [3737/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns Beaumont Hospital were involved with in the UK during 2025 seeking to encourage Irish trained nurses, physios, doctors, radiographers an so on, to return home and work in the hospital; and the number of persons which indicated they were willing to return home per recruitment campaign in 2025, in tabular form. [3738/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been admitted to Tallaght University Hospital for 90 or more consecutive days in 2025, in tabular form. [3739/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify whether personal data held by her Department and its customer-facing sections is subject to processing by artificial intelligence tools (details supplied). [4304/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she and or her officials have conducted a data protection impact assessment with regards to the use of artificial intelligence tools, and, if so, the dates on which this assessment was conducted. [4309/26]
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Teiripe Pobail Éireann CLG Health

  • Community Therapy Ireland Clinical Governance Badge of Excellence
• 2026-01-08
  LOBBY
  The Union of Students in Ireland Health

  • Supporting Labour Party Motion for Drug Decriminalisation
• 2026-01-07
  LOBBY
  Medical Emergency Response Health

  • Medical Emergency Response Ireland engaged with individual members of the Oireachtas in relation to public policy on emergency preparedness in schools and allergy awareness. Engagement focused on discussing the findings of MER’s national report on medical emergency preparedness in Irish schools, including current levels of staff training, access to emergency medicines and awareness of existing regulatory and policy frameworks.
• 2026-01-05
  LOBBY
  FASD Ireland CLG Health

  • Invitation to FASD Ireland & RCSI Research Launch
• 2025-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of campaigns over the last five years aimed at attracting medical professionals working abroad to come back to work in Ireland; the duration of the campaigns; the format they took; the total expenditure associated with each; a schedule of external parties used in respect of the campaigns; and the jurisdictions in which campaigns were run.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73449/25]
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

  A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 24–124
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed)

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 71–73
• 2025-12-17
  VOTE
  Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024

  A bill to amend and extend the Health Act 2004 and for that purpose to provide for the conferral of additional functions on the Minister for Health in relation to setting of priorities and performance targets by that Minister in relation to maximum waiting times for health and personal social services; to amend the National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 to provide for additional reporting, revised corporate governance and accountability arrangements; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 66–80
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs of providing three additional 24-7 HSE critical care ambulances. [71701/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade posts, which are filled at each primary care centre within CHO7 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [71702/25]
• 2025-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule by hospital and HSE of the number of instances in which they utilised a debt recovery agency and or debt recovery individual to collect outstanding fees from a person in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [67769/25]
• 2025-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent job offers that Naas General Hospital offered newly graduated physiotherapists in 2024 and 2025; and of the new job offers, the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [65876/25]
• 2025-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant epileptologists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [65877/25]
• 2025-11-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent job offers that Naas General Hospital offered newly graduate occupational therapists in 2024 and 2025; and of the new job offers, the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [65878/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if her Department and bodies under her aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58459/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of graduates who were in the academic year 2024-2025 through the HSE sponsorship scheme for public health nurses;and the number which were located in Kildare integrated health area. [59314/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have been accepted onto the 2025-2026 HSE sponsorship scheme for public health nurses; and the number of those who are located in Kildare integrated health area. [59315/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the specific winter contingency measures that will be in place for Naas General Hospital ahead of the 2025-2026 winter season including extra acute and step down bed capacity, emergency department funding and staffing allocation. [59316/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for children to receive prosthetic limbs and subsequent upgrades or replacements. [59317/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if she will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51366/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she has visited Naas General Hospital since her appointment as Minister, and, if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [51834/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the specialist teams and services in place to support children requiring prosthetics alongside complex abdominal and stoma care; and if the HSE has sufficient expertise and resources in place to deal with this care. [51835/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ophthalmologists and paediatric ophthalmologist registrars based at CHI Temple Street in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [51836/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if she will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in her Department on annual basis. [50495/25]
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Movember Health

  • Liaison on the upcoming launch of the Real Face of Men's Health report which makes clear the need for the government to progress the National Men's Health Action plan, with a range of recommendations on priority areas including the need for cross government support statement and clarity on initial funding for the action plan.
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • Nicotine products
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Mental Health Reform Health

  • PBS Campaign
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

  • Call for Investment in Budget 2026 to begin to implement the commitments to the development of neurorehabilitation services within the current Programme for Government
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Health

  • Raising public awareness of brain health and improving sport inclusion for people impacted by brain conditions
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times in the emergency departments of both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin. [48204/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff based at Leixlip Health Centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48205/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE paid towards covering partial costs of external chiropody services for medical card holders aged over 65 who have a chiropody treatment card within CHO9 in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the rates that the HSE pay the external chiropodists for this service. [48206/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists with a special interest in pain management based at Naas General Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48207/25]
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

  • Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
• 2025-09-02
  LOBBY
  Sensational Kids CLG Health

  • Emails to seek support for funding to complete the construction of the National Child Development Centre
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Greystones health centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [39121/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [39122/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists, by grade based at bray primary care centre in each the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [39123/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of persons who were waiting for HSE home support in County Kildare for June in each of the years 2022 to 2025 respectively, in tabular form. [39124/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the way in which compliance with laws in respect of the supply and sales of vape products to persons under the age of 18 is being enforced; if he will provide a schedule of the number of sanctions imposed on retailers that have breached the law since enactment to date. [38588/25]
• 2025-07-09
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 86–69
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the steps that must be taken, and documentary evidence that must be provided, by a couple giving notification to marry to the civil registration services, where that notification is of a timeframe shorter than the standard three months due to the medically affirmed likelihood of a greatly shortened lifespan of one of the couple; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37482/25]
• 2025-06-25
  VOTE
  Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

  A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the plans to apply a zero value added tax rate to sunscreens, cosmetics containing sunscreen and other items such as garments that provide UV protection in order to further enhance public health policy in the context of the prevention and or mitigation of skin cancers; if he has engaged with Healthy Ireland or the HSE in respect of any of these measures; and if he will provide a schedule of bodies that have communicated their views on a zero VAT to him in 2025. [34500/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based at St. James's Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34253/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, based at Leixlip health centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [34254/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the full-year capital and current funding required for an additional national dual diagnosis rehabilitation centre. [34255/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title, currently working at the supra-regional endometriosis centre at Tallaght University Hospital; the WTE vacancies, by job title, currently at this service; and the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [34256/25]
• 2025-06-18
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 3 divisions

  A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of the amount expended by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indicating for which Oireachtas committee the services were utilised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31497/25]
• 2025-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31274/25]
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

  A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
  • ✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended each outpatient clinic at St. James's Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025; the frequency in which each of those clinics are held; if you could also indicate if each outpatient clinic is consultant led or nurse led, in tabular form. [29364/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of cubicle treatment bays within accident and emergency department of Naas General Hospital. [29365/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have attended each outpatient clinic held at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025; the frequency in which each of those clinics are held; if they will indicate if each outpatient clinic is consultant led or nurse led, in tabular form. [29366/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the details of the National Ambulance Service fleet for each of the years 2022 to 2025 inclusive and the number of vehicles by type, in tabular form. [29367/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently at St. Vincent's University Hospital; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those consultant posts, in tabular form. [29368/25]
• 2025-05-28
  VOTE
  Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

  A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 113–49
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  FASD Ireland CLG Health

  • Meetings with various TDs in the 34th Dáil around the FASD Ireland Manifesto
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Medical Organisation Health

  • Invitation to attend the IMO AGM 2025 educational session on the link between pornography and sexual and gender -based violence
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Children and Youth Affairs

  • Meeting with the Social Democrats
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Health information labelling of alcohol products
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Autism Spectrum Information, Advice and Meeting Point Ltd, Trading as AsIAm Children and Youth Affairs

  • Meeting with the Social Democrats
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

  • Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Heart Foundation Health

  • Welcoming and congratulating new TDs on their election to the 34th Dáil.
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in Wicklow primary care services, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25854/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registered advanced nurse practitioner in tissue viability at St James's Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25855/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrist based in Kildare mental health team in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25856/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of deep brain stimulation surgeries carried out in Beaumont Hospital, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25857/25]
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Rare Diseases Ireland Health

  • Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the recruitment of staff for the ADHD clinic in CHO 7. [23499/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the location of the proposed site for the north east primary care centre, and what planning stage the project is at. [23500/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the number of senior- and staff-grade speech and language therapist posts at Kilcock primary care centre, given that a post seems to have been rendered defunct, despite being awarded off the panel. [23501/25]
• 2025-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO7 that currently have vision testing services. [21501/25]
• 2025-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21502/25]
• 2025-04-30
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the Centre of Obesity Management; and the average waiting time for access services once a referral has been made. [21503/25]
• 2025-04-30
  VOTE
  Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68
• 2025-04-29
  LOBBY
  Sensational Kids CLG Health

  • Emails to seek support for funding to complete the construction of the National Child Development Centre
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a petition in respect of the use of sodium valproate in women (details supplied); and the steps she will take on foot of the petition. [20095/25]
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by her Department and organisations under the aegis of her Department since 1 January 2020; and the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have come to her Department's attention for reasons of overspend or due to the fact that they failed to be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16686/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts under active recruitment, broken down across disciplines, including, but not restricted to, psychology, radiation therapy and social work across units, in CHO7, in tabular form. [15244/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed staff in palliative care teams within CHO7, by location, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15247/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dermatologist registrars based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15248/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for WTE cardiological specialist, by job title and by CHO region, in tabular form. [15249/25]
• 2025-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of reports to the HSE of elder abuse, by category of abuse, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases investigated and resolved over that time; and the number of cases that the health ombudsman has reviewed and is reviewing in respect of safeguarding of older persons. [14600/25]
• 2025-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the total number of copper communication lines within her Department currently in active operation and for which her Department is paying for on a monthly basis inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12988/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of fines issued to her Department and the HSE in respect of breaching general data protection regulations, by year, from 1 January 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown by amount, year and breach criteria cited. [10812/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the annual amount claimed by special advisors attached to her or her Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11765/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in to date in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8905/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the overall legal bill to the State Claims Agency in medical negligence cases in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [8906/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in legal costs to each of the top ten named legal firms representing the agency in medical negligence cases in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8907/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of claims ongoing by the State Claims Agency in relation to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis in relation to failings in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the number of cases settled; the total amount paid out in claims to date; and the legal costs of the cases to date. [8908/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE to ensure that Kildare North is future-proofed with regard to its provision of primary care centres, particularly in relation to separate centres for Maynooth and Leixlip. [8945/25]
• 2025-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a rationale for the HSE expending approximately €2 million on non-emergency vehicles in 2024, if she will examine same in the context of value for money; and if she and-or the HSE produced a VFM report in respect of the expenditure. [8946/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that she engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged, in tabular form. [7437/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of medical negligence cases currently being managed by the State Claims Agency; the value of such claims; the value of awards made in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of cases these related to. [5541/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of her Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if she will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if she has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI; if she will provide a schedule of consultants engaged and costs of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6340/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the annual payment by her Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4958/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and amount expended with them, in tabular form. [4475/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the grant aid and funding available from her Department to a community group to assist in the provision and installation of a defibrillator in a public space. [2794/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of special advisors attached to her, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special advisor. [3000/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new national maternity hospital project; and if the project has navigated the various decision gates in order to proceed. [1853/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount expended on home help and home care, by month in 2024; the amount paid to private agencies for the provision of these services; and if he will provide the company name of the top five beneficiaries of payment. [1468/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the current number of referrals for support services to Kildare CAMHS service currently awaiting assessment. [1474/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the budget allocation towards National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [1475/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologist attached to Naas General Hospital in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [1476/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new national maternity hospital project; the date on which it is expected to be delivered; the amount in total expended on the project to date; and if he will provide a schedule of external consultants engaged on the project to date and the costs related to those engagements. [1852/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Health

  Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1863/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Epilepsy Ireland Health

  • Contacted listed DPOs in their capacity as General Election Candidates to support EI's advocacy campaigns if elected to the next Dáil
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Health

  • General Election campaign
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

  • The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking returning to smoking, with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to all members of Dáil Eireann.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Alcohol Action Ireland Health

  • Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Chronic Pain Ireland Health

  • General Election to pledge support to add chronic pain key asks to the programme for government