Health Services Staff

1485. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of applications that are currently outstanding with CORU. [40247/26]

1489. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the current processing time for applications to register with CORU for social workers and social care workers. [40251/26]

1502. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the approved and filled whole-time-equivalent posts for 0-18 primary care speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology in the Dublin south-east and the Dublin and north-east health regions, broken down by integrated healthcare area within each health region; the number of vacancies in each discipline; the len…

366. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE posts that remain unfilled across all aspects of the health service in County Kerry; what are these posts; the locations of same; the impact of these unfilled posts; the measures being taken to fill them and the length of time it will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38594/26]

373. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE posts that remain unfilled across all aspects of the ealth service throughout the country; what are these posts; the impact of these unfilled posts; the measures being taken to fill them; the length of time this will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38601/26]

388. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether the workforce projection model published in December 2025, which projects a shortfall across all modelled professions, including nurses, midwives and medical practitioners by 2040, has been updated to incorporate data from each of the past five years; the professions beyond the seven currently modelled that are expected to be inc…

229. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on the number of senior health and social care professional whole-time equivalent posts allocated to deliver therapy services across special schools nationally; if she is aware that of the 136.3 senior HSCP whole-time equivalents allocated for onsite service provision across 82 speci…

233. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers recruited by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, in each of the past five years; if she is aware that Tusla's own Chief Executive has stated that at least 500 new social workers need to be recruited annually to keep pace with demand, while only 143 were appointed in 2024; the portio…

246. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current position with regard to the recruitment of a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary, given the ongoing failures to recruit the urgent measures that will now be taken to address the ever growing waiting lists; the proposals in place to resolve this as a matter of urgency; the number of children now waiting to see an ophthal…

254. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether the workforce projection model published in December 2025, which projects a shortfall across all modelled professions including nurses, midwives, and medical practitioners by 2040, has been updated to incorporate data from each of the past five years; the professions beyond the seven currently modelled that are expected to be inc…

255. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the measurable targets and timelines that have been set to reduce Ireland's reliance on internationally-educated health workers in line with Ireland's obligations under the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of health personnel; the year in which Ireland is projected to reach the self-sufficiency definition set …

257. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographers and radiation therapists registered with CORU and employed in the public health service in each of the past five years; the vacancy rate for those posts across each of the six HSE Health Regions, noting the acknowledgement in her Department's December 2025 workforce paper of a current shortage of both professi…

259. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total number of whole-time equivalents employed across mental health services in the HSE in each of the past five years; the number of unfilled consultant psychiatry posts and the number of unfilled psychology posts across Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in each HSE health region; the progress that has been made in establ…

269. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical graduates registered with the Medical Council, the number of medical graduates and the number and proportion currently employed in the Irish health service, broken down by Irish nationals, EU-UK nationals and non-EU nationals; the analysis undertaken by her Department on the capacity of the Irish healthcare system t…

272. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery graduates registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, the number of midwifery graduates, and the number and proportion currently employed in the Irish health service, broken down by Irish nationals, EU/UK nationals and non-EU nationals; the analysis undertaken by her Department on the capacity of t…

278. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the number of staff employed in community services delivering care to mothers and babies, by role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38116/26]

307. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against healthcare workers, by incident category in each of the years from 2021 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, by region, in tabular form. [38417/26]

1005. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE general dental surgeons based at Balbriggan Primary Care Centre as of 8 May 2026; If she will provide the same figures as of 1 June 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36610/26]

1006. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric physiotherapist posts filled at Skerries Health Centre as of 8 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36611/26]

1007. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social worker posts filled at Rush Health Centre as of 8 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36612/26]

1008. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a second OT into the St. James's Hospital long-Covid clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36620/26]

1009. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans for at least one OT in each long-Covid clinic nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36621/26]

1062. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in diabetes posts filled at North Dublin Chronic Disease Hub as of 11 May 2026, in tabular form. [36833/26]

1064. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapist vacancies currently existing in County Longford; the number of approved posts filled and unfilled; the measures being taken by the HSE to recruit and retain occupational therapists in Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36840/26]

1145. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric neurologist registrars based at CHI Tallaght, in tabular form. [37273/26]