250. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health her views on the fact that while the number of NHDs has risen by 52% between 2012 and 2021, the number of hospital consultants has risen by 44% over the past decade, while the number of nurses and midwives has risen by 36% and the number of administrators and managers has risen by 50%, the number of dentists employed by the HSE has in fact fallen by 30% between 200…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Services Staff
2,097 questions from 136 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
2,097
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2,094 written, 3 oral
136
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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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 |
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326. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of WTE psychologists employed by national educational psychological services as of 29 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures for the corresponding period in 2023, in tabular form. [50786/26]
367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of psychologists currently employed by NEPS; the number of sanctioned psychologist posts in NEPS; the estimated full-year cost of running NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51348/26]
718. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2214 of 9 June 2026, to confirm the number of on-site audits of agency staffing suppliers conducted by the HSE in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 individually, given that the reply addressed the year 2025 only; the precise number of instances of non-compliance identified across the six on-site audits conducte…
720. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if any single national system enables the HSE to identify, across all HSE-funded sites, if a healthcare worker, whether directly employed, agency or locum, who is currently on administrative leave or has been removed from placement, is subject to a criminal investigation or an unresolved patient-safety concern. [50918/26]
751. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2792 of 14 April 2026, the number of instances since July 2025 in which a health region exceeded its agency expenditure limit; and the corrective action taken in each such instance, by region. [51031/26]
752. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1079 of 6 May 2026, which confirmed that no formal cost-benefit analysis comparing long-term direct employment with agency staffing has been conducted, and that the only comparator in use is a generic 30% premium which by her Department's own account excludes pension provisions over an employee's career; if her Department inte…
753. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1083 of 6 June 2026, to confirm whether the HSE holds any grade-specific cost comparison between agency and directly employed staff for nursing, medical and allied health grades respectively; if so, to provide same; and if not, the reason a single blended premium is applied across distinct grade markets. [51033/26]
754. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2314 of 9 June 2026, and noting that the same reply confirms health regions hold autonomy to reconfigure vacancies, whether any national assessment has been undertaken of the number of funded posts left unfilled or reconfigured as a result of agency spend limits; and whether any such risk is recorded on a national risk registe…
761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the proportion of new HSE clinical recruits that were internationally recruited in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by profession, in order to establish the current baseline of reliance against which any self-sufficiency ambition would be measured [51058/26]
778. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeframe for filling the vacant OT position in Conamara; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51191/26]
804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51327/26]
823. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the WTE staffing, by job title and funding that would be required to fully resource two additional adolescent dual diagnosis teams. [51425/26]
825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapist posts, by grade that have been filled within Cork Primary care system as of 30 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form. [51427/26]
828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the WTE staffing, by job title and funding that would be required to fully resource two additional early supported discharge teams in the community. [51430/26]
465. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeons based at Tallaght University Hospital as of 24 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50470/26]
466. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade posts filled at Springfield-Tallaght primary care centre as of 24 June 2026. in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50471/26]
467. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists, by grade posts filled at Kilnamanagh/Tymon primary care centre as of 24 June 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50472/26]
468. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade posts filled at Killinarden health centre as of 24 June 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50473/26]
538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she will direct the HSE to disaggregate its existing quarterly administrative leave reporting to identify all cases arising from a criminal investigation; and the timeframe for same. [50681/26]
277. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether travel and subsistence expenses for home care assistants have been reviewed or are under review; the last time that allowable amounts were updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49941/26]
745. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of funded residential placements currently vacant in Damien House Regional Services, HSE Dublin south-east; the length of time each such placement has been vacant; the reasons these funded placements have not been filled; the actions being taken by the HSE and the service provider to recruit and retain the staff required to facilitate these placements;…
754. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the proposed EU Common Framework for physiotherapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48797/26]
761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the status of pay alignment discussions between advanced nurse practitioner and assistant director of nursing grades; whether the Department intends to depart from the alignment established by the 2004 Labour Court ruling between these grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48868/26]
762. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether advanced nurse practitioners will receive equivalent pay restoration and back pay to that already awarded to CNM2 and below grades since 2023; the timeline for resolving this matter, given it remains outstanding seven years after the 2019 nursing strike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48869/26]