Health Services Staff

3181. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of positions that have been filled in the mental Health services in the past 12 months, by county, in tabular form. [55145/26]

3197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community ophthalmic physicians posts filled within CHO2 community services as of 13 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55209/26]

3233. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists and speech and language therapist posts by grade that were filled at Wexford General Hospital as of 14 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55346/26]

3234. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional clinical specialist podiatrists and three additional podiatrists managers for the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55347/26]

3296. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the head of discipline dietician in the mid-west region; the specific work that has been carried out in the north Tipperary area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55704/26]

3297. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health given there is no dietician support service yet in place through north Tipperary CDNT, if north Tipperary CAMHS' dietician service is available to CDNT service users who require dietetic supports; if not, the reason is this not the case; if this support will be considered as an interim measure to ensure a provision of the service in the regio…

3332. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 11.6 % reduction in primary care WTE personnel numbers in the Carlow, Kilkenny and Tipperary south IHA between December 2025 and May 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55816/26]

3347. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of staff who have completed AI-related training programmes since January 2024; the levels of training, introductory or advanced use; to confirm the associated expenditure on each level of training provided, by her Department and public body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55876/26]

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 correspond…

3368. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when the promised two suicide crisis assessment nurses for Kerry will be delivered; if they will be operational by quarter 3; and the reason for failure to meet the summer deadline. [56045/26]

3369. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the promise from the Minister of State to deliver two suicide crisis assessment nurses by summer; and to outline the reasons for the delay in delivery. [56046/26]

3374. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in critical care medicine based at University Hospital Limerick as of 16 July 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56063/26]

3375. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade posts, filled within CHO3 older persons services as of 16 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56064/26]

3741. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists designated in a full-time capacity to the Carrigaline primary care centre; if there are locums; and her plans to recruit further in this regard. [57524/26]

4013. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of funded, filled and vacant speech and language therapist posts assigned to adult community rehabilitation and stroke recovery services in north Dublin, by service area; the current waiting times for these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58568/26]

4022. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health to directly employ two senior physiotherapists delivering specialist neurological physiotherapy services across Cork and Kerry. [58579/26]

4031. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand or increase the staffing levels within each National Counselling Service, local County office and the wider National Counselling Service services (details supplied). [58793/26]

498. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health her plans and the current actions she has undertaken to address the chronic shortage of healthcare assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54381/26]

525. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the total amount paid by the HSE to agency staffing providers in each of the past five years, broken down by each provider and the amount paid in each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54469/26]

526. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff engaged by the HSE in each of the past five years and the associated expenditure incurred, broken down by each public acute hospital and by staff category, including nursing and midwifery, medical and dental, health and social care professionals, healthcare support, management and administration, and all other cate…

606. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within University Hospital Kerry, broken down by specific role and department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54745/26]

392. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the progress in recruiting staff outside this State for employment in the HSE to provide a range of healthcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53829/26]

393. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy between a job specification and the actual role and renumeration (details supplied); the reason the core specifications previously published have been disregarded; her views on whether this was misleading and may have led to potential candidates not applying; if those recruited have signed per…

417. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time carers in Cork over the age of 65. [54140/26]

433. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has investigated if public-only consultants in laboratories in other public hospitals are engaged in private work on site (details supplied); if other public laboratories have service level agreements in place with private facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54258/26]