Departmental Staff

385. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31274/2…

391. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of i…

399. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in ad…

166. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the membership of the child poverty unit within his Department; and if he will provide an update on its work. [29099/25]

217. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are two Principal Officers working within the Inland Fisheries Division of the Department, with one Principal Officer dealing solely with legacy issues regarding fisheries legislation and the legality of inland fisheries bye-laws in Special Areas of Conservation; and if he will make a statement on the m…

224. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of WTE accountants that are employed by his Department as of 27 May 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 1 June 2022, in tabular form. [29362/25]

402. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the current number of staff responsible for the collection of the vacant homes tax by grade level and the overall wage cost for the unit. [29529/25]

419. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE qualified architects and quantity surveyors employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28964/25]

555. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff members employed to support the school completion programme in Galway in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29561/25]

590. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current allocation of educational welfare officers in County Longford, noting that there is only one officer currently in situ; if and when an additional officer will be appointed to meet the demand in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29856/25]

597. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will formally announce the reforms of how teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/25]

630. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first-, whole- and school-year cost of recruiting 15 additional educational psychologists. [29915/25]

644. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 7 May 2025, if the person is part of the public service pensions scheme; the actions that are required by the school for them to continue unemployment after their 70th birthday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30085/25]

666. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full year costs to recruit 50 additional WTE educational welfare officers. [30399/25]

674. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a home school community liaison for a school (details supplied) which would greatly benefit from the role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30511/25]

797. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff currently in the vacant homes unit in his Department. [29532/25]

866. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE staff in his Department, by grade, at the end of May 2024 and 2025; the number of vacancies, by grade, at the end of May 2024 and 2025; the number of staff, by grade, on career break; the number of staff, by grade, on career break for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on th…

872. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE departmental staff by grade that are currently dealing with carer's allowance applications. [28913/25]

1087. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full year cost to recruit three additional WTE agricultural inspectors and three additional WTE veterinary inspectors for his Department. [28907/25]

1145. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade working in Longford children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28903/25]

1146. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE medical social workers, by grade working in Clonbrusk children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28904/25]

1159. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality she will provide the status levels of CDNT staff in CHO6; if any vacancies remain unfilled; if she will provide a breakdown of these unfilled vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29158/25]

1170. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her position on the recognition or otherwise of university-level social worker qualifications from other EU member states by CORU and TUSLA, and if she considers that refusals or delays in recognising such qualifications is hindering the recruitment and retention of social workers. [29355/25]

1177. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessment of need liaison officers employed in CHO2 area as of 31 January 2023 and 28 May 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29548/25]

80. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of staff in his Department's new infrastructure division; the respective grades and areas of responsibility of staff; and if he will confirm the division's key responsibilities and deliverables for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28801/25]