Departmental Staff

542. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58498/25]

560. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the rules regarding State agencies permitting staff to earn flexi time credits while working remotely; whether there are any upcoming reviews of the rules around this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59109/25]

596. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58491/25]

731. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58490/25]

947. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58488/25]

1032. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58496/25]

1190. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58500/25]

1263. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. No. 301 of 3 July and 248 of 15 October 2025, if staffing levels in the Dublin visa office have declined since July 2025; the reason for this reduction given his replies to 86 Parliamentary Questions this year that “additional staff and resources have been assigned to the…

1285. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58497/25]

1286. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58515/25]

1411. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any senior officials within his Department currently hold or have held directorships or governance roles within an organisation (details supplied); and to clarify how this aligns with the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 and the Department's obligations under EU Regulation 2016/1012. [57896/25]

1430. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58485/25]

1509. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58486/25]

1720. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of lactation posts, by integrated healthcare area, total number of posts, number of posts filled and number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58128/25]

1725. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHLG ever blocked a member of staff from transferring to the community; the number of persons who have been blocked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58172/25]

1726. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of administration staff in the acute settings in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; the number of staff; the reason staff are not selected from the panels instead of appointing agency staff to "permanent positions", as is the practice in Ennis Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58173/25]

1727. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency administration staff in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58174/25]

1730. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason agency staff who fill temporary vacancies owing to staff shortages and are in a position for longer than 12 months are not regarded as having a permanent post that should be filled internally; if each location received guidance regarding their agency dependence; the amount by which it has to be reduced/converted by; and if she …

1741. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians in the Dublin south, Kildare and west Wicklow area; if there are plans for the recruitment of dietitians in the coming months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58243/25]

1748. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE positions in each CHN, by position type; the number of each that is currently vacant; and if she considers if CHN teams have sufficient staffing levels to meet local population needs, in tabular form. [58276/25]

1771. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58495/25]

1777. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if an interim radiographer has been identified or appointed to resume mammogram services in County Mayo; if not, the specific actions being taken to expedite recruitment and avoid further delays in diagnostic care for women in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58550/25]

1800. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in community mental health teams in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58605/25]

1805. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the advanced paramedic role for Roscommon was advertised externally; if so, to provide details of this advertisement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58652/25]

1815. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of pathologists currently employed in the State; their location; the number of locum pathologists in employment and their location; the reason there are no locum pathologists being used in UHW; the efforts which have been made to recruit new pathologists/ locum pathologists in the south east; and if she will make a statement on t…