210. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitals and clinical sites required to certify compliance with the Public-Only Consultant Contract 2023; the number which have completed such certification; the number where non-compliance has been identified; the number of consultants identified as undertaking private work on public sites contrary to the terms of their contract; the number ope…
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211. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants at 31 August 2026, nationally and by hospital or principal clinical site, specialty and contract type; the number and percentage employed under the Public-Only Consultant Contract 2023; the number and percentage of such consultants rostered as part of their core contracted hours to work after 5pm on weekdays and on Saturdays;…
570. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment services to date in 2026; and the performance and variance against targets, by region, in tabular form. [54698/26]
576. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment services in the past five years to the end of July 2026, by region, in tabular form. [54704/26]
897. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 23 June 2026, the level of private practice which is occurring in each public hospital by specialty, and not the number of contract holders, in tabular form; if she will confirm whether such data exists; whether it is collected or monitored; and, if so, if it will be provided; if not, the way in which compliance wit…
748. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the pathology department in the Coombe Maternity Hospital; whether this was closed recently and if so, the reason; the approved staffing complement for the department and the breakdown of posts by grade which are filled on a permanent, temporary, locum and agency basis or which are vacant and if vacant, the details of recruitment processes; and t…
521. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing two whole-time equivalent consultant psychiatrists in each emergency department; the number already employed in this regard; the net cost for the additional number required; and the number required, in tabular form. [48672/26]
693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of private practice in each statutory and voluntary hospital for each specialty and consultant in anonymised form for 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47029/26]
558. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant, non-consultant hospital doctor, nursing and health and social care professional posts approved, filled and vacant in emergency departments in each acute public hospital at the end of each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3154/26]
559. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency and locum staffing in emergency departments in each acute public hospital, by staff category, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3155/26]
560. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the proportion of emergency department clinical hours delivered by agency or locum staff, by staff category, in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3156/26]
561. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department consultant posts vacant for more than six months and more than twelve months in each acute public hospital at the end of each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3157/26]
562. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average and median staffing levels per emergency department shift, by staff category, in each acute public hospital; and the way in which these compare with recommended staffing levels, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3158/26]
563. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency and locum staffing in intensive care units in each acute public hospital, broken down by staff category, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3159/26]
564. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the proportion of ICU nursing and medical shifts covered by agency or locum staff in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3160/26]
565. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive care beds that could not be opened or were temporarily closed due to staffing shortages in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3161/26]
566. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing ratios (staff per bed and staff per attendance where applicable) for emergency departments, trauma services and intensive care units in each acute public hospital; and the national average for each service, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3162/26]
567. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on permanent staffing and on temporary staffing (excluding agency), and on agency staffing for each hospital, and for each emergency department or trauma service, by region, by hospital, in tabular form. [3163/26]
343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of whole time equivalent grades providing hernia surgical services at University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form; if there are vacant or otherwise unfilled or absent posts; whether a request has been made for additional posts, the details of that request; and the number of clinic hours provided to date in 2025. [64124/25]
227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing by each statutory and section 38 hospital from 2021 to date in 2025; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first 9 months of each year, in tabular form. [52568/25]
159. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists which are on panels awaiting a job offer, in tabular form. [37947/25]
201. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing by each statutory and section 38 hospital in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first half of each year. [38138/25]
202. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on insourcing by each statutory and section 38 hospital in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the total figure in each year; and the figure for the first half of each year. [38139/25]
203. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on agency staffing in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each provider for each year of the relevant period. [38140/25]
204. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on insourcing in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each provider for each year of the relevant period. [38141/25]