899. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of agency public health nurses who have had their posts converted to permanent posts without going on the transfer panel. [73669/26]
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901. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant/unfilled public health nurse posts in the country and in the midwest respectively. [73670/26]
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]
879. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in recruitment for the specialist eating disorder team in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21620/26]
1815. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the process for public health nurses (PHN's) who have left PHN work but remain on the nursing register and wish to return to public health nursing. [19085/26]
1816. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the way in which public health nurses (PHN's) who have left and wish to return to work as a PHN can be facilitated on a formal structure other than doing agency work, as there is a national transfer panel in place for PHN but this is only for PHN's to move around the country, and is only open to practising PHN's. [19086/26]
1817. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if each of the five health regions have implemented a regional transfer policy between acute and community services; if not, when will this policy be implemented. [19087/26]
738. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists by grade posts filled at each CDNT within CHO3 as of 24 February 2026, in tabular form. [16497/26]
739. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the vacancy rate for CDNTs in CHO3 as of 31 December 2025. [16498/26]
836. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologist based at University Hospital Limerick as of 24 February 2026. [16489/26]
837. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, physiotherapists and speech and language therapist posts filled at Nenagh Hospital as of 24 February 2026, in tabular form. [16490/26]
1128. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed podiatrists, by grade, working within older persons services in CHO3 as of 28 January 2026, in tabular form. [8296/26]
915. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses since 2020 that have been registered in Ireland who previously worked in Kuwait, in tabular form. [5427/26]
846. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and genetic resource associates that have been recruited by the HSE, in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65470/25]
1252. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE environmental health officers employed by the HSE that are based in CHO3 in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48404/25]
922. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners based in the minor injuries clinic in Nenagh in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39095/25]
923. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE suicide crisis assessment nurses based in CHO3 in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [39096/25]
924. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided by HSE in 2024 and 2025 for the development of peri and post operative services to support patients receiving deep brain stimulation. [39097/25]
815. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to get sufficient number of healthcare assistants working in areas throughout the country (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35959/25]
1596. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs of fully staffing four additional early intervention in psychos (EIP) teams; and the job title of staff required to fully resource a EIP team. [30397/25]
1597. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical ophthalmologists based within community services of CHO3 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [30398/25]
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]
721. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, hiring, and paying for agency staff across the HSE, including the acute sector, for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9551/25]
818. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit one WTE staff grade optician and one senior grade optician to work within the public health service. [6283/25]