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Roderic O'Gorman Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Health
618. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses, by grade posts that were filled at Corduff Primary Care Centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form. [71284/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Health
619. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neonatologists based at National Maternity Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form. [71285/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
807. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a neonatal intensive care nurse (details supplied), whose specialty allowance is being taken back, has grounds for appealing this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65186/25]
Michael Murphy Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
808. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department and the HSE are taking to address the severe staffing deficit in consultant pathology posts at University Hospital Waterford, in light of the confirmation that only six of the required 18 WTE surgical pathologists are in post; the reason recruitment campaigns have repeatedly failed; the measures being implemented to ensure sufficient qu…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
917. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city and county managers or those of a similar grade in her Department that have subsequently served on State boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65996/25]
George Lawlor Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Health
1011. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of these vacancies filled between internal and external methods; the number of vacancies each year at principal officer level filled by mobility; the number of internal com…
Louis O'Hara Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Health
1073. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists based at each primary care centre in County Galway; if they are permanent or temporary positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63326/25]
Michael Murphy Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Health
1085. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the impact of current staffing shortages and the recruitment embargo on the delivery of home support services in Clonmel; the number of approved posts currently unfilled in the Clonmel area; and whether any derogations have been sought to address urgent local needs. [63415/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1720. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of lactation posts, by integrated healthcare area, total number of posts, number of posts filled and number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58128/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1725. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHLG ever blocked a member of staff from transferring to the community; the number of persons who have been blocked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58172/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1726. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of administration staff in the acute settings in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; the number of staff; the reason staff are not selected from the panels instead of appointing agency staff to "permanent positions", as is the practice in Ennis Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58173/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1727. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency administration staff in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58174/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1730. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason agency staff who fill temporary vacancies owing to staff shortages and are in a position for longer than 12 months are not regarded as having a permanent post that should be filled internally; if each location received guidance regarding their agency dependence; the amount by which it has to be reduced/converted by; and if she will make a statemen…
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1741. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians in the Dublin south, Kildare and west Wicklow area; if there are plans for the recruitment of dietitians in the coming months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58243/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1748. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE positions in each CHN, by position type; the number of each that is currently vacant; and if she considers if CHN teams have sufficient staffing levels to meet local population needs, in tabular form. [58276/25]
Barry Ward Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1771. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58495/25]
Paul Lawless Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1777. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if an interim radiographer has been identified or appointed to resume mammogram services in County Mayo; if not, the specific actions being taken to expedite recruitment and avoid further delays in diagnostic care for women in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58550/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1800. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in community mental health teams in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58605/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1805. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the advanced paramedic role for Roscommon was advertised externally; if so, to provide details of this advertisement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58652/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1815. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of pathologists currently employed in the State; their location; the number of locum pathologists in employment and their location; the reason there are no locum pathologists being used in UHW; the efforts which have been made to recruit new pathologists/ locum pathologists in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58685/25…
Marie Sherlock Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1823. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in each endometriosis hub by total WTE and filled WTE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58730/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
800. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialists employed by the HSE, broken down by year from 2018 to 2024; the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialist positions advertised by the HSE in each of those years; the number of applications received for each of these positions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54562/25]
Michael Cahill Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
331. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if all frontline health staff, carrying out the same work as their colleagues, are in receipt of the same pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49342/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1324. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the position of HSE clinical lead on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevention will continue to be funded and filled, pending the retirement of the current clinical lead on FASD prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48914/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2596. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of staffing levels, by job title at a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46903/25]