Pádraig O'Sullivan

768. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the telephone support allowance per year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40165/26]

769. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the fuel allowance per year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40167/26]

770. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the household benefits package per year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40169/26]

1099. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38709/26]

1379. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of approved but unfilled posts across the HSE, by grade and health region; the way in which these compare to assessed service demand in each area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39646/26]

1380. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the monitoring and reporting mechanisms that exist under the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix; when the most recent national compliance report under the framework was published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39647/26]

1381. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who have left employment in the HSE in each of the past three years, by grade; the number recruited in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39648/26]

1382. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staff in the HSE in 2024 and 2025; the number of unfilled permanent posts during the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39649/26]

1383. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether a fully funded multiannual workforce plan exists across all health service grades; if so, when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39650/26]

1384. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of posts that were approved but remain unfilled or were not retained following the introduction of the Pay and Numbers Strategy in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39651/26]

1385. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been carried out on the impact of staffing shortages on service delivery across acute, community and home care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39664/26]

1386. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of approved but unfilled home support and healthcare assistant posts in the HSE south-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39665/26]

1387. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of home support hours allocated but not delivered in the HSE south-west region due to staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39666/26]

1388. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the national targets and timelines exist for the recruitment of home support workers; if she will outline whether these targets are being met across all HSE regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39667/26]

1389. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total number of delayed discharges recorded in Cork hospitals in the most recent available reporting period and the proportion of those delayed discharges attributed to a lack of home support or community care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39668/26]

1390. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants and home support workers who left employment in Cork in 2024 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39669/26]

1391. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the monitoring that is carried out of staff burnout, sick leave and absenteeism across the HSE; if this data is available, by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39670/26]

1392. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of administrative and support staff vacancies currently recorded across the HSE; the assessment that has been made on the impact of those vacancies on clinical service delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39671/26]

1393. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the workforce capacity required to fully implement Sláintecare reforms, particularly in community and primary care services; the way in which current staffing levels compare to that requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39672/26]

1511. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Irish nationals, as distinct from EU and non-EU students, currently enrolled in accredited pharmacy programmes across all higher education institutions; the proportion of Irish nationals expected within graduate output over the next five years; the way in which this aligns with national workforce requirements in the pharmacy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39698/26]

96. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the public consultation process for the successor to the Our Rural Future policy; the way the recently announced €3 million investment in Coillte recreational sites and the €60 million allocated for rural regeneration and development fund projects in 2026 will be prioritised to address depopulation in the most remote western regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31546/26]

388. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether the workforce projection model published in December 2025, which projects a shortfall across all modelled professions, including nurses, midwives and medical practitioners by 2040, has been updated to incorporate data from each of the past five years; the professions beyond the seven currently modelled that are expected to be included in the next iteration of the model; when the next published update of the workforce projections will be available; whether a feasibility analysis on the education expansion required to close projected gaps has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39371/26]

59. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities in which alcohol was identified as a contributory factor in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38437/26]

60. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities in which drugs or controlled substances were identified as a contributory factor in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38438/26]

61. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of road fatalities on rural roads in which excessive speed or speeding was identified as a contributory factor in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38439/26]