202. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the overtime expenditure and overtime hours in each public and voluntary acute hospital for each year 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by staff group; the number of rostered shifts left unfilled by hospital and staff group; and the number of shifts filled through agency staffing or other temporary arrangements, in tabular form. [67625/26]
204. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of medicines which entered the HSE reimbursement process in each year 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number which received a final reimbursement decision; the average, median and longest time spent at each stage from reimbursement application and pharmacoeconomic assessment to final decision; the number and duration of clock stops; the number…
206. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons eligible, invited and screened in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026 in respect of BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen; the relevant target number, screening interval or participation target and actual performance against each target; the number and percentage whose screening interval exceeded the applicable program…
208. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of personal-data breaches recorded by the HSE and public and voluntary hospitals for each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, nationally, by HSE health region and facility where available, broken down by breach category; the number of persons affected; the number involving health or other special-category personal data; and the number not…
209. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of serious reportable events and other serious patient-safety incidents recorded in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, nationally and by hospital or facility, by incident category, including wrong-patient or wrong-site procedures, retained foreign objects and other applicable serious reportable event categories, and by level of pati…
210. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals and clinical sites required to certify compliance with the Public-Only Consultant Contract 2023; the number which have completed such certification; the number where non-compliance has been identified; the number of consultants identified as undertaking private work on public sites contrary to the terms of their contract; the number ope…
211. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants at 31 August 2026, nationally and by hospital or principal clinical site, specialty and contract type; the number and percentage employed under the Public-Only Consultant Contract 2023; the number and percentage of such consultants rostered as part of their core contracted hours to work after 5pm on weekdays and on Saturdays;…
213. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the HSE and each Section 38 organisation on management consultancy and external professional services for each full year 2021 to 2025 and for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026, broken down by organisation, firm and service type and, for HSE expenditure, by HSE Health Region or national service where available, in tabul…
215. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of requests received for assistance with assignment to a GP or dentist from medical card holders, GP visit card holders and persons without such qualification, for each full year 2016 to 2025 and for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region and by local area, broken down by GP and dentist requests and appl…
216. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for access to dental treatment under sedation or general anaesthetic at 31 August 2025 and 31 August 2026, broken down by sedation or anaesthetic type, adult and child, patient category including patients with additional or special care needs, waiting-time band, HSE Health Region and Integrated Healthcare Area; and the average an…
218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children eligible and scheduled for school dental screening, the number actually screened, the number and percentage of eligible children not screened, the number receiving treatment following screening, and the school year or class cohort currently being called for screening in each local dental area, for the 2021/22 to 2025/26 school years and …
219. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients assessed and waiting to commence orthodontic treatment at 31 August in each of the years 2022 to 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region, Integrated Healthcare Area and local dental office, broken down by waiting-time band and treatment priority; the number of treatment commencements in each year and in the period 1 January to 31 August 2…
220. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for an orthodontic assessment at 31 August 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region, Integrated Healthcare Area and local dental office, broken down by waiting-time band; and the average and longest waiting time in each area, in tabular form. [67581/26]
221. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children awaiting assessment or treatment through HSE primary care dental services at 31 August 2026, nationally, by HSE Health Region, Integrated Healthcare Area and local dental office where available, broken down by patient category, treatment type and waiting-time band; and the average and longest waiting time in each area, in tabu…
222. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of funded or sanctioned posts for which recruitment, appointment or commencement has been paused, delayed, refused or otherwise restricted as a consequence of financial, employment or recruitment controls in 2026, nationally and by HSE Health Region, Integrated Healthcare Area, hospital and National Service, broken down by staff category and grade; …
174. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of claims received, resolved and outstanding under schemes managed by the State Claims Agency in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by claim category and scheme; the number and value of settlements, awards and other compensation payments made in each year; the associated expenditure on legal costs, expert and professio…
394. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure by his Department on ICT contractors and consultants in each of the past five years and to date in 2026; the number of ICT contractors currently engaged by the Department; the number of permanent civil servants currently employed in ICT roles; and if he will provide the information in tabular form. [66735/26]
395. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has conducted any analysis comparing the cost of ICT contractors with directly employed civil service ICT staff; if so, if he will provide a copy of that analysis, including the average comparative cost across ICT roles on an anonymised and aggregated basis, with individual contractor rates or commercially sensitive supplier i…
500. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approved staffing complement for each children’s disability network team; the number of sanctioned, filled and vacant whole-time equivalent posts in each team, broken down by discipline and grade; the number of children currently waiting for services in each team, by service type and time waiting; the average and median waiting t…
593. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of approved posts which are unfilled, by location and grade for each region by service in tabular form; and the length of each vacancy. [66740/26]
594. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of major hospital equipment stock which has a use in diagnostics, such as various scan or lab test machines, and the level of throughput for each for each public hospital, in tabular form; the difference between potential full capacity and actual throughput; and the rate of breakdown for each and equivalent days lost due to breakdown. [66739/26]
595. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the extent of use of virtual ward technology across each public hospital, requested from each hospital, including the amount of units available, the average amount deployed at any time, and the equivalent to traditional capacity, for 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [66738/26]
596. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of CAMHS consultations which are conducted in person and remotely for each year 2020-2026, by CAMHS team, in tabular form; and the extent of telemedicine across each CAMHS team. [66737/26]
597. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant psychiatrists working in each CAMHS team by contract type and tenure, in tabular form; the number of whole time equivalent; and the headcount. [66736/26]
601. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of claims received, resolved and outstanding under the clinical indemnity scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by HSE region and claim category, including specialty or clinical area where available, in tabular form; the number and value of settlements, awards and other compensation payments made in each region and year; the …