1047. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to widen or conduct a further clinical examination of pelvic osteotomies conducted on children with development dysplasia of the hip at Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh beyond the years 2021-2023; if so, the years concerned, the number of children concerned, and the number of surgeries by year of surgery, in tabula…
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1048. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the year of the earliest case of concern following the early recommendations of the clinical audit into pelvic osteotomies at several Dublin hospitals; the number of cases of concern; and the number of surgeries of concern to which they relate, by year of first surgery, in tabular form. [17599/25]
825. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health 1159. how many physicians associates are currently employed in public and private hospitals across the State. [14068/25]
826. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how many physicians associates were employed in public and private hospitals annually since 2019. [14069/25]
827. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health how many HSE scholarships / bursaries were granted to students to undertake a physicians associate studies programme annually since 2017. [14070/25]
828. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE recruitment embargo applies to the recruitment of physicians associates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14071/25]
829. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the independent assessment of the physicians associate role, as referred to in the HSE National Service Plan 2025, has commenced; if the independent assessor has been appointed; who the independent assessor is if they have been appointed; how long she anticipates the review to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14072/25]
1530. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to address a matter reported in a media outlet (details supplied); if this report exists; if this report will be published; if the findings, as reported, are accurate; the steps which have been taken by Children’s Health Ireland on the matter; the steps she has taken on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10874/25]
1537. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics recruited into the ambulance service from July 2024 to year end 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10897/25]
1538. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of applicants for paramedic posts that are on panels since June 2024 without a job offer. [10898/25]
1539. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of approved headcount and whole-time equivalent posts and new posts allocated to the National Ambulance Service in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [10899/25]
1540. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time from advertisement to job offer in the National Ambulance Service. [10900/25]
1541. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 3 October 2024, to provide a breakdown of the €16 million additional expenditure allocation announced for the National Ambulance Service; the purpose of the allocation; the details of intended spend by line item, in tabular form; if it was the intention that funding would be allocated for advanced paramedic training…
1542. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of staff across each service division of the HSE currently suspended with pay; and the number on administrative leave, by the year the suspension or leave started, in tabular form. [10912/25]
1543. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each January for each year from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10913/25]
1544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10914/25]
1545. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10915/25]
1546. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10916/25]
1547. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [10917/25]
1548. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10918/25]
1549. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10919/25]
1550. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [10920/25]
1551. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of Clinical Status 1 ECHO and Clinical Status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less in a direct tabular comparison for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times, nationally and by reg…
1552. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of incidents responded to by the ambulance service, by clinical status and substatus, for each year from 2019 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10922/25]
1553. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover, for each emergency department and for each hospital for each quarter in 2023 and 2024 and each month to date in 2025, tabular form. [10923/25]