1446. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if agency workers who take up employment with the HSE do not have their experience as agency workers taken into consideration and effectively start again on the pay scale; to confirm that this was not always the practice; and if she will consider reverting to the previous practice of taking experience into consideration regardless of if it is with an agen…
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765. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the proposed EU Common Training Framework (CTF) for physiotherapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48899/26]
433. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health her plans to deal with the significant staffing shortages in Clare (details supplied) which would hinder the implementation of the Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A strategy for Better Care Diabetes Strategy within the HSE National Service Plan and Estimates process for 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48478/26]
551. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason paramedics and EMTs do not receive the same level of flat-rate uniform-related tax relief as other frontline healthcare professionals, despite carrying out comparable clinical duties and being subject to similar uniform requirements; if she will increase the relief for paramedics and EMTs to address this anomaly; and if she will make a statement on…
762. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical secretaries posts filled as part of the ENT Department of University Hospital Limerick as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28055/26]
763. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant oncologist with a special interest in genetics based at University Hospital Limerick as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28056/26]
764. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiovascular clinical nurse specialists based at University Hospital Limerick that were filled as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28057/26]
400. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE Administrative Staff by grade posts that were filled in each CDNT within CHO3 as of 10 March 2026, in tabular form. [21048/26]
1024. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior staff grade physiotherapists based in each CDNT within CHO3 as of 9 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12242/26]
2335. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health whether all primary care eye teams are in full operation nationwide; to provide details of all primary care eye teams in operation and all PCETs that are not operational as of 14 August 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45626/25]
2336. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of catering managers employed by the HSE within CHO3 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45627/25]
869. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, based at Kilrush health centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38794/25]
871. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Kilmihill health centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38796/25]
1574. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in infectious disease’s based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30284/25]
543. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 200 additional nursing places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28505/25]
544. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a local authority-led graduate entry medicine scholarship pilot project (public service commitment to work as a local GP); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28506/25]
681. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of providing an additional 200 medical places to meet the increased need for doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28508/25]
254. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies currently within cardiology services in public health service. [17669/25]
842. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE psychologists, per county, in the Midwest, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14112/25]
843. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE dieticians, per county, in the Midwest, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14113/25]
1203. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical social workers based in Ennis General Hospital, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2858/25]
1299. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly employed community nurses in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3384/25]
1300. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent public and private non-acute physiotherapists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3385/25]
1301. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent publicly employed non-acute occupational therapists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3386/25]
1302. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent publicly employed non-acute speech and language therapists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3387/25]