882. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the current WTE staffing in post, by discipline, in each specialist perinatal mental health team nationally; the recommended WTE staffing by discipline under the relevant model of care; the number of vacant posts in each team by discipline; the number of additional posts which have been approved but have not yet been advertised or progressed to active recruitment;…
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1427. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the relocation financial assistance available to EU and non-EU candidates recruited to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology posts; the number of eligible candidates in each profession in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number offered the assistance; the number who received it; the total e…
1428. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed whether the annual number of graduates from Irish physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics programmes is sufficient to replace staff leaving the HSE and also meet planned service expansion; the projected additional workforce requirement in each discipline to 2030; and the proportion of that requir…
1441. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of funded vacant posts in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology at the latest available date; the number of applicants for those posts who were CORU-registered and required employment sponsorship; the number deemed appointable or offered posts; and the number whose appointment did not proceed because…
1451. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed whether the annual number of graduates from Irish physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and dietetics programmes is sufficient to replace staff leaving the HSE and also meet planned service expansion; the projected additional workforce requirement in each discipline to 2030; and the proportion of that requir…
1452. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and dietitians who left HSE employment in each year from 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number newly recruited in each profession in each year; the number of new graduates from Irish higher-education programmes in each profession who entered HSE employment; and the …
1453. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology who were offered HSE posts in 2025 and to date in 2026 but were unable to take them up because they required an employment permit or employer sponsorship; the figures by profession and HSE Health Region; and the reasons sponsorship was not provid…
1454. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of funded vacant posts in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology at the latest available date; the number of applicants for those posts who were CORU-registered and required employment sponsorship; the number deemed appointable or offered posts; and the number whose appointment did not proceed because…
1455. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s policy on providing employment-permit sponsorship to suitably qualified candidates recruited to physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology posts; whether individual Health Regions or services may refuse sponsorship to an otherwise successful candidate; and whether a national policy applies. [65657/26]
1456. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, dietetics and psychology who were offered HSE posts in 2025 and to date in 2026 but were unable to take them up because they required an employment permit or employer sponsorship; the figures by profession and HSE Health Region; and the reasons sponsorship was not provid…
1477. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and dietitians who left HSE employment in each year from 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number newly recruited in each profession in each year; the number of new graduates from Irish higher-education programmes in each profession who entered HSE employment; and the …
3352. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health to provide, by integrated healthcare area, the number of currently funded whole-time-equivalent posts in general adult community mental health teams in each of the following disciplines: psychiatry, psychotherapy/counselling, psychology, social work and community mental health nursing; the number of vacancies in each discipline; the corresponding staffing require…
174. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether a regional director of health and social care professionals, or equivalent regional HSCP leadership role, has been appointed in each of the six HSE health regions; the title of the post in each region; the date on which the post was created or first filled; whether the appointment is permanent, temporary, acting or interim; the duration of any interim or t…
175. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health in respect of every appointment made to a regional director of health and social care professionals, or equivalent regional HSCP leadership role, in each HSE health region, to provide the full details of the appointment process in each individual instance; whether the post was filled by open competition, confined competition, internal competition, expression of in…
176. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each HSE health region, a copy or summary of the relevant expression of interest, competition notice, job specification, circular, email or other written communication by which applications or interest were sought for the regional director of health and social care professionals, or equivalent regional HSCP leadership role; the date and distributio…
198. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of dignity at work complaints made by HSE staff in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by Health Region; the number upheld; and the average and longest time taken to conclude such complaints, in tabular form. [40354/26]
199. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has carried out a national audit or review since 2021 of its handling of staff bullying and grievance complaints; if compliance with stated timelines was assessed; the findings of any such review; and if she will publish them. [40355/26]
200. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of active grievance complaints under the HSE grievance procedure as of 30 April 2026, broken down by health region; the date each grievance was submitted; the date on which a stage one hearing was held or is scheduled to be held; the duration between submission and the stage one hearing in each instance; and the number of cases in each health region whe…
201. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if addressing bullying, low morale and dysfunctional grievance processes within the HSE will be included among the formal priorities for the incoming HSE CEO; if specific targets, timelines and reporting arrangements will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40357/26]
202. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff at grade VII-general manager-equivalent and above against whom a dignity at work complaint was upheld who are currently employed by the HSE; the grade of the staff member concerned; the health region or national division in which they are employed; and if any such staff member was subsequently appointed, promoted or reassigned to a role inv…
1502. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the approved and filled whole-time-equivalent posts for 0-18 primary care speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology in the Dublin south-east and the Dublin and north-east health regions, broken down by integrated healthcare area within each health region; the number of vacancies in each discipline; the length of time each pos…
1245. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of management staff recruited or redeployed as part of the HSE health region/integrated healthcare area restructuring, broken down by health region and integrated healthcare area; whether each post is a new post, redeployment or re-titled existing post; the grade and salary scale attached to each post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3…
1246. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of additional clinical staff recruited in each health region and integrated healthcare area in 2025 and 2026 so far, broken down by discipline, grade and service area, in tabular form. [35333/26]
865. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all locations/centres in Dublin county within the Dublin and southeast region the number of vacant NCS counsellor/therapist positions in each respective location/centre. [28440/26]
871. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to address recruitment and retention issues affecting clinical practice tutors in radiography; her plans to ensure increases in the number of student radiographers are accompanied by an appropriate increase in the number of practice tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28486/26]