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]
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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]
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 it…
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…