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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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David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
626. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 WTE public health nurses. [28720/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
627. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 community practicing nurses, by grade, in tabular form. [28721/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
632. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ending pay disparities between section 39 organisations and the HSE. [28726/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
640. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of a community-practicing nurse, for each grade and speciality. [28737/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
653. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a care home (details supplied) is covered under the terms of the latest pay agreement for section 39 workers. [28754/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
663. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the disparity that exists between the pay of diagnostic radiography tutors, when compared to colleagues in other allied health professions (details supplied); if she will take steps to address this discrepancy in pay scales for clinical tutors; if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28800/…
Mark Wall Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
678. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health if sanction has been given to cover a post at a health facility in County Kildare (details supplied); the timeframe for such a sanction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28893/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2025 · to Health
374. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the funding and recruitment of advanced nurse practitioners (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27822/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
591. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses that are responsible for the Donaghmede area of Dublin 13; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26795/25]
David Cullinane Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
648. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on any form of long term sick leave, by grade, in tabular form. [26920/25]
Seamus Healy Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
666. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year costs to recruit two additional WTE clinical specialist podiatrists and two additional WTE senior podiatrists for public health services. [26944/25]
Seamus Healy Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
667. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the staffing breakdown of each ambulance station across south Tipperary, by the number of EMTs, the number of paramedics and advanced paramedics per station, in tabular form. [26945/25]
Seamus Healy Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
668. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric rheumatologists based at Cork University Hospital, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26946/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
675. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of hiring an additional 50, 100 and 250 clinical psychiatrists, psychologists and psychiatric nurses, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26964/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 27 May 2025 · to Health
721. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the basis for the recruitment embargo on physician associates; to provide an update on the review of this role; the timeline for competition of said review; the number of physician associates currently employed by the HSE; the status of their posts since the review was announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27382/25]
Paul Murphy Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
131. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there is a speech and language therapist in post at the National Gender Service; and if so, the years in which the National Gender Service had a speech and language therapist. [26203/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
136. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if there is an embargo on hiring radiotherapists with working experience for the HSE; the reasoning for such an embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26074/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
137. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if there is a policy to recruit only graduates for radiotherapists positions; and how this has been analysed in terms of best outcomes for patient care and safety. [26075/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
138. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason her Department has not made available requisite funds to hire qualified persons with experienced for radiotherapy positions in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26076/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
143. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse's per community health network, and per 10,000 of population, across each community health network from 2018 to 2020, in tabular form. [26089/25]
Albert Dolan Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
162. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community orthoptist posts in CHO2 area in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [26139/25]
Edward Timmins Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
172. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health when the commitment in the Programme for Government to provide a progressive career pathway for healthcare assistants will be implemented; the plan for achieving this across the healthcare sector both public and private; the funding that has been allocated to support this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26237/25]
Edward Timmins Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
173. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made with the HSE in implementing a progressive career pathway for healthcare assistants; the reason the HSE does not support the participation of its healthcare assistants in the advanced healthcare assistant practitioner apprenticeship programme (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26238/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 21 May 2025 · to Health
174. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the allocation of the 26.7 WTE community nursing posts recently announced by her Department, with particular reference to the prioritisation of Dublin mid-west; and if she will indicate when these posts are expected to be filled. [26246/25]
Liam Quaide Written 20 May 2025 · to Health
844. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the average monthly cost to the HSE of a full-time agency staff psychiatrist, clinical nurse specialist, staff nurse, psychologist, social worker and occupational therapist; and to ask for a comparison of average monthly salary costs to the HSE for a staff member who is directly employed by the HSE across the same disciplines, in tabular form. [25712/25]