2218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE produces analyses comparing the cost of agency staff and equivalent directly employed staff by grade and profession; whether these analyses are used in budget preparation; and if she will provide details. [43280/26]
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2219. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any threshold exists whereby sustained agency expenditure in a service automatically triggers consideration of additional permanent posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43281/26]
2220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staff in each year from 2020 to 2025; the estimated additional cost arising from agency premiums compared with direct employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43282/26]
2322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts approved for recruitment under the public-only consultant contract in each year since 2023; the number filled; the number remaining vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43615/26]
2323. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant recruitment campaigns undertaken since 2023 that failed to result in an appointment to a public-only consultant contract post, by specialty and HSE Health Region. [43616/26]
2324. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual additional Exchequer cost associated with the introduction of the public-only consultant contract since 2023; the budget provided for this purpose in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43617/26]
2325. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a value-for-money review of the public-only consultant contract has been undertaken since its introduction; and if not, whether such a review is planned. [43618/26]
542. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of instances in which agency expenditure limits were exceeded by individual hospitals or services during January and February 2026. [41001/26]
543. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any assessment regarding the operational or patient safety implications of attempts to reduce agency expenditure under the National Service Plan 2026. [41002/26]
2642. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive maintains a monthly record of funded but unfilled posts at Cork University Hospital; if so, the number of such posts for each month in 2024, and the total associated salary allocation in each month, in tabular form; and if such records are not maintained, to outline the governance, reporting and oversight arrangements in place…
497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a post-implementation review of the Public Only Consultant Contract is planned; and if so the timeline. [21246/26]
498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform approved the Public Only Consultant Contract without a requirement for a value-for-money review. [21247/26]
1671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based at Mercy University Hospital as of 1 March 2026; and the number as of 1 March 2023, in tabular form. [18328/26]
1673. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE suicide crisis assessment nurse posts filled within Cork as of 1 March 2026; and the number as of 1 March 2023, in tabular form. [18330/26]
1674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons within Cork University Hospital that are currently only dealing and treating public only patients. [18331/26]
1164. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists and ophthalmologists registrars based at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital as of 9 February 2026, in tabular form. [12262/26]
456. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultants delivering chronic pain services in each hospital group; the number of vacant posts in these services in Q4 2025; and the actions her Department is taking to expand consultant capacity in line with population need. [68700/25]
513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent staffing levels for Arbour House, St Finbarr’s Hospital, for each year 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by role, and the number of posts that remain unfilled in each year. [68907/25]
315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current vacancy rate within the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, by hospital, service, grade and specialty; and to provide the total number of approved posts versus filled posts as of the most recent reporting period. [66533/25]
316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2004 of 4 November 2025, the number of staff recruited in 2024 and to date in 2025 within the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare under each of the recruitment and retention initiatives referenced, including graduate retention, nurse and healthcare assistant campaigns, Health and Social Care Pro…
317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the total number of agency staff currently working within the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare; the number offered conversion to permanent HSE contracts in 2024 and 2025; the number who accepted; and the number of posts that remain dependent on agency staff. [66535/25]
884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent staffing levels for Arbour House, St Finbarr’s Hospital, for each year 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by role, and the number of posts that remain unfilled in each year. [65758/25]
795. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that there is currently no consultant based in Cork to provide care for patients with prosthetic eyes; the measures being taken to address this gap in service provision; and if she will urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied). [33876/25]
757. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists based at Cork University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15353/25]