231. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on the number of the up to 6,500 clinical assessments funded through the Assessment of Need Targeted Waitlist Initiative under Budget 2026 have been delivered to date; the number of those assessments that have been allocated to families in the HSE South West region covering Cork and Kerry; the projected…
232. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children living in emergency accommodation or in homeless families' accommodation who are currently awaiting their first contact from a Children's Disability Network Team or awaiting an assessment of need; if she is aware that the number of homeless children in the State rose from 4,510 in January 2025 to 5,188 in De…
233. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers recruited by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each of the past five years; if she is aware that Tusla's own Chief Executive has stated that at least 500 new social workers need to be recruited annually to keep pace with demand, while only 143 were appointed in 2024; the portion of the €6 million …
241. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details on the number of children currently waiting for a psychology assessment through primary care and Children's Disability Network Teams in the HSE South West region covering Cork and Kerry; if she is aware that Cork and Kerry had the highest regional psychology waiting list in the country with 6,216 children awaiting assessment as o…
244. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a child will receive a bed in a Dublin hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37968/26]
254. 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 it…
255. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the measurable targets and timelines that have been set to reduce Ireland's reliance on internationally-educated health workers in line with Ireland's obligations under the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of health personnel; the year in which Ireland is projected to reach the self-sufficiency definition set out in the December …
256. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staff for her Department's funded activities in each of the past five years; whether expenditure has reduced from the €734,192,000 recorded in 2024, which professions and care areas account for the highest proportion of agency spend in each of those years; the specific targets that have been set under the Productivity and Sav…
257. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographers and radiation therapists registered with CORU and employed in the public health service in each of the past five years; the vacancy rate for those posts across each of the six HSE Health Regions, noting the acknowledgement in her Department's December 2025 workforce paper of a current shortage of both professions across the publi…
258. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of healthcare assistants and home support workers employed across the public health service in each of the past five years; the number of people waiting for home support packages in each of those years; the proportion of the long-term care workforce who are foreign-born compared to the OECD average of 20.6%; the progress that has been made toward…
259. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total number of whole-time equivalents employed across mental health services in the HSE in each of the past five years; the number of unfilled consultant psychiatry posts and the number of unfilled psychology posts across Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each HSE health region; the progress that has been made in establishing the eight new…
260. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the next iteration of the Ireland's Future Health and Social Care Workforce planning model will be published; whether supply and demand projections will be extended in that iteration to cover dentists, radiographers, radiation therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, and social care workers, all of which were excluded f…
269. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical graduates registered with the Medical Council, the number of medical graduates and the number and proportion currently employed in the Irish health service, broken down by Irish nationals, EU-UK nationals and non-EU nationals; the analysis undertaken by her Department on the capacity of the Irish healthcare system to absorb the growing…
270. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing graduates registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, the number of nursing graduates and the number and proportion currently employed in the Irish health service, broken down by Irish nationals, EU/UK nationals and non-EU nationals; the analysis undertaken by her Department on the capacity of the Irish healthcare syste…
271. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of dental graduates registered with the Dental Council, the number of dental graduates, and the number and proportion currently employed in the Irish health service, broken down by Irish nationals, EU/UK nationals and non-EU nationals; the analysis undertaken by her Department on the capacity of the Irish healthcare system to absorb the growing n…
272. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery graduates registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, the number of midwifery graduates, and the number and proportion currently employed in the Irish health service, broken down by Irish nationals, EU/UK nationals and non-EU nationals; the analysis undertaken by her Department on the capacity of the Irish healthcare …
273. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant radiologists registered on the specialist division of the Medical Council, the number newly registered, and the number and proportion currently employed in the Irish health service, broken down by Irish nationals, EU-UK nationals and non-EU nationals; the analysis undertaken by her Department on workforce capacity and demand for rad…
274. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrists registered on the specialist division of the Medical Council, the number newly registered, and the number and proportion currently employed in the Irish health service, broken down by Irish nationals, EU-UK nationals and non-EU nationals; the analysis undertaken by her Department on workforce capacity and demand for ps…
275. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total number of registrants on the Medical Council register, the number of new first-time registrants in each year, and the number and proportion employed in the Irish health service in each of those years, broken down by those who obtained their primary medical qualification in Ireland, in the EU and UK, and outside the EU and UK, respectively; the ana…
182. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to address the growing gap between wages and house prices, including the affordability gap facing first-time buyers and renters; and the further policy or legislative measures planned to improve housing affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37221/26]
285. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her assessment of reports from Iran Human Rights, a Norway-based monitoring organisation, that the Iranian regime has deliberately accelerated the execution of political prisoners and protesters under the cover of the ongoing US-Israeli military conflict with Iran, including at least 145 confirmed executions since 28 February 2026; whethe…
286. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she has communicated to the United States administration, or to EU counterparts engaged with the US-Iran peace process, Ireland's position that any negotiated settlement between the United States and Iran must include binding human rights commitments, including a moratorium on the execution of political prisoners and protesters, g…
454. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of updated demographic plans for Mallow being prepared by Cork County Council in relation to the future development needs of a school (details supplied); whether these plans have been finalised and shared with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36622/26]
821. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the independent scientific assessment of the threat to apis mellifera mellifera, commissioned by his Department under a 12-month research contract signed in October 2023 with University of Galway and delivered in December 2024, will be published in full; the reasons for the delay in its publication; and if he will make a state…
822. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's position on the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 (Bill No. 133 of 2021), which passed all Seanad stages in October 2024 and is currently awaiting Second Stage in Dáil Éireann; whether the Government intends to support, oppose or amend the Bill; the timeline for bringing the Bill to Second Stage in…