Questions

2311. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any assessment has been undertaken of the impact of agency staffing restrictions on vacancy levels, service delivery, waiting lists or patient outcomes; and if she will provide copies of any such assessment. [43604/26]

2312. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health why the HSE does not centrally record vacancies arising from restrictions on agency staff recruitment despite operating a national agency reduction policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43605/26]

2313. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the HSE can properly evaluate the effectiveness of its agency conversion programme when it does not record the number of vacancies attributable to agency recruitment restrictions. [43606/26]

2314. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national workforce risk assessment has been undertaken regarding the possibility that agency staffing restrictions may result in funded posts remaining unfilled. [43607/26]

2315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the vacancy rate by staff grade and health region for each month from January 2024 to date. [43608/26]

2316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of consultants employed in the public health service who have not transitioned to the public-only consultant contract as of the most recent date available, broken down by specialty, hospital group and HSE Health Region. [43609/26]

2317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has undertaken any assessment of the reasons consultants have not transitioned to the public-only consultant contract; and if so, whether she will provide a summary of the findings. [43610/26]

2318. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the targets, if any, established by her Department for uptake of the public-only consultant contract in each year since its introduction; the extent to which those targets have been achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43611/26]

2319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what evidence her Department has gathered regarding the impact of the public-only consultant contract on hospital overcrowding, emergency department waiting times and inpatient waiting lists since March 2023. [43612/26]

2320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether an evaluation has been undertaken of the effectiveness of the public-only consultant contract as a mechanism to reduce trolley numbers and improve patient access to consultant-led care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43613/26]

2321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the key performance indicators used by her Department to measure the success of the public-only consultant contract; the most recent performance against those indicators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43614/26]

2326. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she is satisfied that the absence of formal national criteria governing the suspension or reassignment of healthcare professionals subject to criminal investigation for serious offences provides sufficient consistency and patient-safety assurance across all HSE regions. [43619/26]

2380. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to project home; the specific strategies being taken to promote careers in the HSE to Irish graduates overseas; the countries being targeted; if any partnerships have been established with Irish diaspora organisations or overseas professional networks to support this initiative. [43843/26]

2402. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to introduce regulation and registration of healthcare assistants; the work carried out to date in this regard; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44030/26]

2403. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to ‘provide a career pathway for healthcare assistants’; to outline the work carried out to date to progress this commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44031/26]

520. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent and headcount figures for personnel employed within the HSE, categorised strictly as middle management grades V to grades Vlll and senior executives general manager grade up to and including national director and chief executive level; the specific percentage increase in personnel within both of these categories over the past ten years;…

539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff converted to permanent HSE employment under the Agency Control Framework in each Health Region to date in 2026, broken down by grade and service area. [40998/26]

541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any Health Region has sought revised agency expenditure limits for 2026 due to operational pressures or staffing shortages. [41000/26]

700. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 19 February, whether the Office of the Chief Clinical Officer, the National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead for Mental Health, the National Clinical Advisor and Group Lead for Children and Young People, or any national HSE governance structure formally approved reliance upon WPATH Standards of Care Version 7 in connecti…

708. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 19 February, whether the Consultant Applications Advisory Committee imposed any conditions, observations, amendments, or governance recommendations when considering the consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post referenced. [41277/26]

711. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 19 February, whether the HSE has undertaken any assessment of why repeated recruitment campaigns over a three-year period for the consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post referenced in the reply failed to attract applicants. [41280/26]

712. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 19 February, whether any internal review, workforce analysis, governance review, or recruitment assessment concluded that the absence of applicants for the consultant child and adolescent psychiatry post referenced in the reply reflected concerns regarding the proposed service model, evidential framework, governance arr…

725. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff currently employed by the HSE, broken down by category (medical and dental, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals, management and administrative, general support staff, and other patient and client care); the number of new hires and the number of staff who departed the service in each of 2024, 2025, and to date in 20…

726. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of formal disciplinary proceedings initiated against HSE staff in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026; the number of suspensions (with and without pay) that resulted from such proceedings; the average duration of suspension; the number of cases that resulted in dismissal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41307/26]

727. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff grievances and complaints filed through the HSE’s internal human resources processes in 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026; the average time to resolution; the number of cases referred to the Workplace Relations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41308/26]