402. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will appoint specialist lactation consultants who are on a panel awaiting appointment. [74983/26]
Topics / Health Services Staff
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Services Staff
2,097 questions from 136 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
2,097
questions
2,094 written, 3 oral
136
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
7
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 27 |
| February 2025 | 81 |
| March 2025 | 96 |
| April 2025 | 96 |
| May 2025 | 103 |
| June 2025 | 94 |
| July 2025 | 145 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 96 |
| October 2025 | 49 |
| November 2025 | 116 |
| December 2025 | 68 |
| January 2026 | 76 |
| February 2026 | 96 |
| March 2026 | 138 |
| April 2026 | 143 |
| May 2026 | 162 |
| June 2026 | 215 |
| July 2026 | 62 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 148 |
| October 2026 | 86 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
454. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the reason additional payroll approval requirements are preventing newly qualified nurses from commencing employment within the HSE; the steps that are being taken to expedite these approvals; the anticipated timeframe for resolving these delays; the total number of nursing appointments currently impacted, nationally and at MUH specifically; and the supports…
455. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the withdrawal of employment offers made to approximately 20 newly qualified nurses who studied nursing in Castlebar and were highly placed on recruitment panels; the reason these positions in Mayo University Hospital have now been withdrawn due to funding constraints; whether additional Department of Health approval is required b…
456. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that employment offers made to approximately 20 newly qualified nurses, many of whom completed their nursing degrees in Castlebar and were placed highly on recruitment panels, for positions at Mayo University Hospital have been withdrawn; the reason for the withdrawal of these offers; whether the withdrawal is due to funding constraints and a requ…
466. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if her Department in conjunction with the Medical Council would provide greater transparency around SHO shortlisting criteria, interview selection and feedback for unsuccessful candidates. [75133/26]
468. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the total number of doctors recruited externally to SHO positions from 2022 to 2026; of these externally recruited doctors, the number that were EU citizens; and the number that were non-EU citizens. [75131/26]
480. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the first local bargaining instalment under the Public Service Agreement 2024–2026, due from 1 September 2025, for medical grades employed by the HSE; whether local bargaining agreements for these grades have been concluded and their costings verified by her Department; the reason for any delay in payment; and the date on which payment, includ…
186. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the senior occupational therapist position recruitment process in Longford-Westmeath. [74521/26]
192. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of clinical placement hours provided by student nurses and student midwives within the public health service in each of the past ten years; the number of students involved; the estimated replacement cost had those hours been provided by paid healthcare assistants, staff nurses or agency staff; and the estimated savings to the health service aris…
193. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing and midwifery graduates who applied for certificates of current professional status, verification of registration, or any equivalent documentation required for overseas employment in each of the past ten years, broken down by destination country where available; and the number who subsequently ceased employment in the Irish public health se…
194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing and midwifery graduates from Irish higher education institutions in each of the past ten years; the number who entered employment in the Irish public health service within one year of qualification; and the number remaining employed in the public health service after one year, two years, three years, four years and five years, in tabular fo…
195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of undergraduate nursing and midwifery students who undertook clinical placements in HSE and HSE-funded services in each of the past ten years; the total number of placement hours completed by those students in each year; the estimated monetary value of those hours if remunerated at the appropriate healthcare assistant, student nurse, or equivalent ra…
196. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned that workers entering the public health service with substantial relevant experience in the private healthcare sector can be required to commence employment at or close to the first point of the HSE pay scale despite having many years of experience performing comparable duties; whether she accepts that such arrangements may be viewed as inequi…
197. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of requests received by the HSE in each of the past three years seeking recognition of prior private sector healthcare experience for incremental credit purposes; the number approved and refused; whether there is an appeals mechanism available to employees who believe their previous experience has not been properly recognised; and if she will make a st…
198. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the policy applied by the HSE regarding the recognition of previous service in private healthcare settings for the purpose of salary placement on HSE pay scales; specifically, whether experience gained as a healthcare assistant in a private healthcare facility is taken into account when determining the incremental point on appointment to an eq…
209. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health her views on workers entering the public health service with substantial relevant experience in the private healthcare sector that can be required to commence employment at or close to the first point of the HSE pay scale despite having many years of experience performing comparable duties; whether she accepts that such arrangements may be viewed as inequitable a…
230. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health whether any plan or pathway is under consideration to enable clinical embryologists to obtain CORU registration; whether she is aware that the current eligibility criteria for andrology posts in the HSE Regional Fertility Hubs exclude experienced clinical embryologists from applying. [74715/26]
899. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of agency public health nurses who have had their posts converted to permanent posts without going on the transfer panel. [73669/26]
901. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant/unfilled public health nurse posts in the country and in the midwest respectively. [73670/26]
916. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists posts by grade filled at Cahir primary care centre as of 9 October 2026, in tabular form. [73754/26]
918. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapist posts by grade filled at Tipperary Primary Care Centre as of 9 October 2026, in tabular form. [73760/26]
920. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapist posts by grade filled at Carrick-On-Suir Primary Care Centre as of 9 October 2026, in tabular form. [73756/26]
927. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the cost of agency, overtime and cross cover arrangements used to cover vacant posts in the ophthalmology department at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of patients waiting for an ophthalmology outpatient appointment and procedure at the hospital, by time band, at the latest date available, in tabular form. […
928. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 68752/26, the expected appointment date for each vacant post in the ophthalmology department at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital for which no start date has been confirmed; the stage each recruitment campaign has reached; and if any of these posts are subject to approval under the HSE pay and numbers strategy, in t…
933. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 68769/26 and 68810/26, to which the HSE reply provided none of the information sought, the staffing complement and current vacancies in Unit 1 at St Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; the number of admissions to the unit since July 2025; the number of referrals received and declined in that period; the reason the unit's registere…