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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

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Brian Stanley Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
1008. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if clarity will be provided regarding positions that were approved for primary care occupational therapy posts in Laois (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14563/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
1099. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants that have signed up to the POCC across each speciality and the numbers that have not signed up across each speciality [15102/26]
Liam Quaide Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
1119. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for an update on recruitment to the role of director of health and social care professions across each health region. [15205/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
631. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the average time taken to fill funded vacant posts, from approval to commencement in post, is monitored at national level; if so, the most recent national figure; and if not, whether she will introduce a national time-to-fill benchmark as a matter of policy [13741/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
632. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the number of funded vacant whole-time equivalent posts in each of the six health regions as of the most recent reporting date; and the corresponding vacancy rate expressed as a percentage of funded workforce [13742/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
633. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to state the total expenditure on agency staffing in each Health Region in 2024 and 2025 to date; and whether her Department has undertaken any analysis correlating agency expenditure with funded vacancy levels [13743/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
634. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the recruitment control measures introduced in 2023 and 2024; the policy rationale for those measures; and whether any impact assessment was undertaken regarding their effect on vacancy levels, service delivery, or patient waiting times [13744/26]
Holly Cairns Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Health
260. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to detail the current level of staffing in perinatal mental health in each LHO, by role; the current number of vacancies in perinatal mental health in each LHO, by role; and the current number of roles being actively recruited for in perinatal mental health, by role, in tabular form. [12945/26]
Peter Roche Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Health
283. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Health the number of dual-diagnosis clinical nurse specialist and advanced nurse practitioner posts, dealing with co-occurring addiction and mental health needs, currently approved nationally; the number filled to date; the number vacant; the number allocated to each CHO in the west of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13150/26]
Paul Donnelly Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1047. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses since 2021 that are registered in Ireland who previously worked in Japan, in tabular form [11593/26]
Paul Donnelly Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1049. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses since 2021 that are registered in Ireland who previously worked in Thailand, in tabular form. [11595/26]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1106. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for a psychologist for Gorey, County Wexford has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the number of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity; the breakdown of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care, by year;; and if she will make a s…
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1107. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for an occupational therapist for County Wexford has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the number of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity; the breakdown of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care, by year; and if she will make …
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1108. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the length of time the CAHMS vacancy for an assistant psychologist for County Wicklow has been vacant for; the reason this position has not yet been filled; the number of patients currently waiting to be seen by a member of CAHMS in the vicinity; the breakdown of the length of time they have been waiting to receive care, by year; and if she will make …
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1111. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE nurse vacancies currently at Mullingar Regional Hospital; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [12057/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1174. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to avert industrial action by health care assistants in the HSE home support service in Cork, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12396/26]
Robert Troy Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1177. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if HSE employment changes, whereby agency staff who have worked in the same role through an agency for at least one year can convert to a permanent HSE contract. [12427/26]
Robert Troy Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1178. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details on the number of agency staff in CHO8 who have successfully switched from agency employment to permanent HSE contract since changes came into effect following agreement with a trade union (details supplied). [12428/26]
Robert Troy Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1179. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied), who is currently employed through an agency will be offered a permanent HSE contract [12429/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1183. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of employees in organisations that receive funding from the HSE but are not deemed HSE employees that have been included in the auto enrolment process; if so, if this has a financial impact for those organisations if this will be rectified in this financial year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12441/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1238. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the recruitment being undertaken to ensure the primary care psychology service in Dublin west can be reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12850/26]
Paul Lawless Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1243. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive continues to refuse legally compliant written references that confirm only dates of employment and job titles, the full extent of what many private employers are permitted to provide under their own governance and liability policies, and instead applies pressure on private companies to issue verbal or expanded written refe…
Paul Lawless Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1244. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the average recruitment timeline for Health Service Executive nursing positions in County Mayo, from the point at which a vacancy is approved and advertised; to the issuing of a job offer; to the commencement date of the successful candidate; if the Minister will comment on the causes of delays occurring particularly between offer and start date, in tabular form…
Paul Lawless Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1245. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the specific background checks, verification processes, and credential assessments carried out by the Health Service Executive and relevant regulatory bodies on foreign-trained nurses and doctors seeking employment within the HSE; the way in which their qualifications and clinical training are benchmarked against those required of Irish-trained health profession…
Liam Quaide Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1246. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if there are approved centres in any health regions at present without an assigned psychologist, occupational therapist or social worker; the duration of this staffing deficit where it may exist; the location of the approved centre; and for details of efforts to recruit to those posts. [12920/26]