Questions

163. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE-commissioned review into safeguarding, patient safety and governance concerns at Bloomfield Hospital; whether the final report has been completed and provided to her department; whether she will commit to its publication; the actions that have been taken to address the failures identified at the hospital; and the timelines for impleme…

727. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an intellectual disability who are currently inpatients in acute or other hospitals where the admission or continued hospital stay is related to significant behavioural challenges or distress levels; the number of these children who have been in hospital for more than one, three and six months, by health region; and the number who remai…

881. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current status of the feasibility process for Ireland’s first specialist psychiatric mother and baby unit at St. Vincent’s University Hospital; the date on which the current feasibility study commenced; the expenditure on feasibility and planning work to date; the options currently under consideration, including whether any option would involve the service bei…

882. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current WTE staffing in post, by discipline, in each specialist perinatal mental health team nationally; the recommended WTE staffing by discipline under the relevant model of care; the number of vacant posts in each team by discipline; the number of additional posts which have been approved but have not yet been advertised or progressed to active recruitment;…

888. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical incidents recorded at Bloomfield Hospital in each of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 relating to choking, aspiration, dysphagia, modified diets or feeding; and the number that resulted in transfer to an acute hospital. [68969/26]

889. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of residents of Bloomfield Hospital transferred to an acute hospital in each of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 with aspiration pneumonia or another condition associated with swallowing or feeding difficulties; and the number of deaths during this period in which aspiration pneumonia was recorded as a primary or contributory cause of death. [68970/26]

890. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE, as part of its enhanced oversight of Bloomfield Hospital, has examined compliance with recommendations made by speech and language therapists, dietitians, psychologists and other members of multidisciplinary teams in relation to modified diets, feeding plans and behavioural support plans; whether any deficiencies have been identified; and the corr…

891. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the status and scope of any HSE review or investigation into clinical governance and patient safety at Bloomfield Hospital; whether current and former members of the multidisciplinary clinical team, including staff who resigned from the service, have been invited to provide evidence; whether a report will be published; and the expected timeframe for its completion…

892. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an intellectual disability who are currently inpatients in acute or other hospitals where the admission or continued hospital stay is related to significant behavioural challenges or distress levels; the number of these children who have been in hospital for more than one month, three months and six months, by Health Region; and the num…

894. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the planned date for the opening by CORU of the register for psychotherapists and counsellors. [68902/26]

602. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on one-to-one, two-to-one or three-to-one supervision, or other enhanced observation, for children and adolescents with an intellectual disability admitted to each Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Limerick, by month from January 2026; the number of admissions for this cohort; whether each such admission was to a paediatric war…

662. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health to provide, in respect of safeguarding referrals or notifications relating to residents of nursing homes, the number recorded under each category of safeguarding concern used by the HSE, including physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, financial abuse, neglect, discriminatory abuse, institutional abuse, self-neglect and any other category recorded, in …

1402. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of roles vacated at Bloomfield Hospital since 1 December 2025, by discipline and grade; and the number of those roles that have since been filled. [65568/26]

1403. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number and WTE of staff employed at Bloomfield Hospital, Rathfarnham as of 1 September 2026, by discipline and grade; and the number of residents in the hospital on that date. [65567/26]

1427. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the relocation financial assistance available to EU and non-EU candidates recruited to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology posts; the number of eligible candidates in each profession in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number offered the assistance; the number who received it; the total e…

1428. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed whether the annual number of graduates from Irish physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics programmes is sufficient to replace staff leaving the HSE and also meet planned service expansion; the projected additional workforce requirement in each discipline to 2030; and the proportion of that requir…

1441. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of funded vacant posts in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology at the latest available date; the number of applicants for those posts who were CORU-registered and required employment sponsorship; the number deemed appointable or offered posts; and the number whose appointment did not proceed because…

1451. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed whether the annual number of graduates from Irish physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics programmes is sufficient to replace staff leaving the HSE and also meet planned service expansion; the projected additional workforce requirement in each discipline to 2030; and the proportion of that requir…

1452. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and dietitians who left HSE employment in each year from 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number newly recruited in each profession in each year; the number of new graduates from Irish higher-education programmes in each profession who entered HSE employment; and the …

1453. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology who were offered HSE posts in 2025 and to date in 2026 but were unable to take them up because they required an employment permit or employer sponsorship; the figures by profession and HSE Health Region; and the reasons sponsorship was not provid…

1454. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of funded vacant posts in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology at the latest available date; the number of applicants for those posts who were CORU-registered and required employment sponsorship; the number deemed appointable or offered posts; and the number whose appointment did not proceed because…

1455. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s policy on providing employment-permit sponsorship to suitably qualified candidates recruited to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology posts; whether individual Health Regions or services may refuse sponsorship to an otherwise successful candidate; and whether a national policy applies. [65657/26]

1456. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology who were offered HSE posts in 2025 and to date in 2026 but were unable to take them up because they required an employment permit or employer sponsorship; the figures by profession and HSE Health Region; and the reasons sponsorship was not provid…

1477. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and dietitians who left HSE employment in each year from 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number newly recruited in each profession in each year; the number of new graduates from Irish higher-education programmes in each profession who entered HSE employment; and the …

3346. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred by her Department and the Health Service Executive, separately, on external consultancy and advisory services for each contract; the name of the consultancy firm or supplier; the title and purpose of the contract; the relevant Department or HSE division; the amount paid in each year; the number of personnel assigned to the contract …