Parliamentary questions

Questions

TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

Browse the questions

Clear

Showing questions under the heading Health Services Staff.

1,983 questions match, newest first.

Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2902. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the enforcement or corrective actions taken where non-compliance with agency staffing controls has been identified. [24739/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2903. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the comparative cost to the Exchequer of agency staff versus directly employed staff within the public health service, expressed on a per-WTE basis across key staff categories. [24740/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2904. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated savings achieved to date arising from the conversion of agency staff to direct employment contracts within the public health service. [24741/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2905. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the vacancy rates across the public health service by staff category and region; and the extent to which these vacancies are contributing to reliance on agency staffing. [24742/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2906. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the performance indicators developed to monitor agency staffing usage and expenditure; and the frequency with which these indicators are reviewed at Departmental level. [24743/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2934. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to support community-based Health Care Assistants, HCAs, in County Clare who are facing significant financial hardship due to rising fuel costs; if she will conduct an urgent review of the current mileage and travel allowance rates to ensure they reflect the actual costs incurred by front-line staff, particularly in rural areas where travel…
Eamon Scanlon Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2992. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of an MS community worker in the Sligo-Leitrim area, which is currently the only region in the State without access to this community work service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25213/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3059. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene with the HSE to ensure that immediate action is taken to resolve the recruitment and retention crisis affecting radiographer practice tutors, including the allocation of additional funding needed to resolve issues relating to staffing, workload and pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25588/26]
Ann Graves Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3076. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Play Leader posts that have been filled at both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin as of 30 March 2026, in tabular form. [25737/26]
Ann Graves Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3077. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Consultant Cardiologists based at the Mater Hospital that are currently only dealing and treating public only patients. [25738/26]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3087. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all staff vacancies across each Department of the Health service in County Kerry; the implications of these unfilled positions on the Health service in Kerry and its citizens; the action being taken to fill these vacancies, many of which remain unfilled for prolonged periods; will the Minister accept that the residents of Cou…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3107. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of cardiac physiologists and cardiac radiographers posts that have been filled at Beaumont Hospital as of 31 March 2026, in tabular form. [25931/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3108. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of opened and staffed critical care beds in both St James's and the Mater Hospital as of 1 April 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 1 April 2023, in tabular form. [25932/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3109. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care posts (including occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and psychologists) in Longford–Westmeath that have been vacant for more than six, 12, and 24 months; and the reasons these posts remain unfilled. [25943/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Consultant Vascular Surgeons based at Cork University Hospital as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form. [25974/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns that South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital took to the UK seeking nurses, radiographers, physiotherapists and so on to work at this hospital in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of persons that indicated willingness to work within this hospital, in tabular form. [25975/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant registrar's posts by speciality currently at Mercy University Hospital; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [25977/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3123. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists currently employed within services in County Longford; the number of approved posts for each discipline; the number of vacant positions, by full-time and part-time roles; and the length of time these posts have remained unfilled. [26014/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3124. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to recruit and retain speech and language therapists and occupational therapists in Longford; whether any additional funding has been allocated to address service gaps; and the interim measures, if any, in place where no therapists are available. [26016/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3125. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists currently employed within services in County Westmeath; the number of approved posts for each discipline; the number of vacant positions, by full-time and part-time roles; and the length of time these posts have remained unfilled. [26017/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3126. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to recruit and retain speech and language therapists and occupational therapists in Westmeath; whether any additional funding has been allocated to address service gaps; and the interim measures, if any, in place where no therapists are available. [26019/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3133. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title currently working at Tallaght adult community mental health team, in tabular form. [26072/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3134. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title currently working at west Cork adult community mental health team, in tabular form. [26073/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3135. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant specialised in cytopathology and medical scientists specialised in cytology currently at the National Cervical Screening Laboratory; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [26074/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3136. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title currently at Castlebar adult community mental health team; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [26075/26]