709. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels of the Early Transfer Team at Cork University Maternity Hospital; whether additional staff have been allocated to absorb post-natal home visits previously delivered under the DOMINO scheme; the expected change in caseload per midwife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71433/26]
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758. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 70922/26, the reason the number of public only consultant contract work plans uploaded to DIME exceeds the number of post matched consultants in most health regions; the number of such consultants at Cork University Hospital, and the number of those with planned Saturday and extended day activity, in tabular form; and if she w…
759. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 70922/26, the means by which the HSE verifies that Saturday and extended day activity planned in consultant work plans under the Public Only Consultant Contract 2023 is actually delivered; the number of Saturday sessions delivered by such consultants in each health region to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on th…
760. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 66526/26, the date on which the request to replace the clinical nurse specialist post supporting skin cancer follow up at Cork University Hospital was received by the HSE nationally; the unit or committee responsible for that approval; the number of posts across HSE South West currently awaiting national approval after regiona…
625. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery posts currently vacant at Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of those posts awaiting HSE approval to fill; the number of DOMINO midwives being redeployed and the areas to which they are being redeployed; if her Department will guarantee the full resumption of the DOMINO service in January 2027; the current status of the home bir…
637. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant dermatologist posts at Cork University Hospital; the number currently vacant; the current waiting list and longest wait for a dermatology outpatient appointment at the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70293/26]
864. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE plans to extend the internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment to hospitals in the HSE South West region, including Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital, the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital and Mallow General Hospital; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68924/26]
865. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate recorded in the HSE internal audit of non-EU doctor recruitment for each of the seven sites examined, namely Tullamore, Portlaoise, Mullingar, Drogheda, Cavan, Navan and the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, by hospital, in tabular form; the two sites found to be fully compliant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68923/26]
821. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologist posts filled at Cork University Hospital as of 30 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form. [51423/26]
827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget for Cork University Maternity Hospital in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [51429/26]
829. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars and consultant in emergency medicine posts filled at Mercy University Hospital as of 30 June 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form. [51431/26]
513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the consultant post at UHL’s long-Covid clinic became vacant; the interim arrangements that exist for new patients in the Midwest; and the timeline for filling the post. [50607/26]
2205. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains historical records of funded posts, filled posts and vacant posts at each acute hospital; and if they will provide the data available for Cork University Hospital for the years 2022 to 2025. [43267/26]
2206. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what workforce information systems are used by the HSE to monitor funded and unfilled posts across the acute hospital sector. [43268/26]
2207. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether there is a national requirement for hospitals to retain monthly vacancy data for audit, workforce planning and budget oversight purposes. [43269/26]
2208. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether Internal Audit, the National Director of HR or any other body has examined the adequacy of vacancy reporting arrangements within the HSE since 2020. [43270/26]
2209. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health how the HSE measures the financial impact of funded but unfilled posts where retrospective vacancy data is unavailable. [43271/26]
2210. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the agency staffing supplier removed from the national supplier panel since 2020 was removed due to clinical governance concerns, contractual non-compliance, financial irregularities, regulatory issues, or another category of concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43272/26]
2211. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1432 of 26 May 2026, the date on which the agency staffing supplier referred to was removed from the national supplier panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43273/26]
2212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1432 of 26 May 2026, whether the HSE conducted a formal investigation, audit, review or compliance assessment prior to the removal of the agency staffing supplier referred to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43274/26]
2213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any agency staffing suppliers have been issued with formal warnings, corrective action plans, improvement notices, enhanced monitoring requirements, or other remedial measures since 2020; and if they will provide the number issued in each year. [43275/26]
2214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of on-site audits of agency staffing suppliers were conducted by the HSE in each year from 2020 to 2025; the number of instances of non-compliance that were identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43276/26]
2215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a national risk-rating system for agency staffing suppliers; the criteria used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43277/26]
2216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE formally incorporates estimated agency staffing cost differentials, including the indicative 30% agency premium previously referenced by the HSE, into workforce planning models, business cases, staffing projections, or recruitment strategies; and if so, to provide details of the methodology used. [43278/26]
2217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national or regional targets exist within the HSE for reducing agency expenditure through direct recruitment; the financial savings expected from such reductions; and if they will provide the targets by year from 2020 to date. [43279/26]