426. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants, by clinical principal site, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10393/25]
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427. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant hospital consultant posts, by clinical principal site, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10394/25]
428. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate with the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997/European Working Time Directive for non-consultant hospital doctors, by clinical site and month, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10395/25]
429. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number and percentage of consultants signed up to the public-only consultant contract; the total number of consultants not on the public-only consultant contract; and the total number of consultants, by principal clinical site, in tabular form (details supplied). [10396/25]
430. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants signed up to the public-only consultant contract, by speciality, in tabular form. [10397/25]
168. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health what measures are being introduced to recruit and retain more health care support assistants in the HSE in view of delays in certain areas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9863/25]
174. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no community social worker for south Tipperary; if she will fund this role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9893/25]
187. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the current staffing shortfall at the HSE’s Galway community audiology service (details supplied); when these posts will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9958/25]
195. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when the holders of degrees in athletic therapy from Dublin City University will be automatically accepted, as is the case under the Health and Care Professionals Council in the UK, to qualify for a Masters in physiotherapy in University College Dublin and University of Galway; and the reason CORU is taking so long to recognise this. [10024/25]
631. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she will identify the posts in children’s primary care disability services in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9308/25]
635. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total number of full and part-time staff employed by the HSE in each year from 2020 to 2024; the total cost of the gross salaries paid to these staff in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8967/25]
636. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time or part-time HSE staff who have received written requests from the HSE seeking repayments of amounts purportedly overpaid to them in each year from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the breakdown of these staff, by gross salary bracket; the total amount of repayments which were sought in each year; the amounts received or written off; the total over…
644. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in filling occupational therapy services at a location (details supplied), including maternity cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9071/25]
645. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the progress to date in filling all positions available in CH04 including maternity leave cover; the number of positions likely to be filled to ensure continuity of care for the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9072/25]
647. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider sanctioning the appointment of a part-time psychologist attached to the diabetes unit at University College Hospital, Sligo. [9074/25]
650. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses working for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service were not included in the pandemic special recognition payment, nurses, who were at risk during the pandemic and worked right through it and if there are any plans to reconsider service to be included in any of the four cohorts for the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [90…
651. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the current position in respect of the employment of occupational therapists in the Mayfield area of Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9108/25]
659. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the registration process for physiotherapists who have achieved qualifications in EU Member States; the cost of registration; the average length of time it takes to register; if there is a standard framework used across all EU Member States for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9119/25]
660. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the number of doctors in HSE consultant posts who are not on the Irish Medical Council specialist register for the specialty they are practising in (details supplied); her views on the potential for patient safety issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9120/25]
670. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists and physiotherapists currently working at a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9218/25]
699. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and language therapists; if she will provide details of such a campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9377/25]
710. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he can address the shortage of dieticians in CH04 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9535/25]
714. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses on a HSE career break are not permitted to take up temporary employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/25]
719. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of staff vacancies within the HSE, including the acute sector on 1 July 2024, and 1 February 2025, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9549/25]
720. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of agency workers in operation across the HSE, including the acute sector as of 26 February 2025, broken down by grade, category and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9550/25]