Health Services Staff

1146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts by speciality currently at Hollies Street Maternity Hospital; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [37274/26]

1147. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in gastroenterology based at Beaumont Hospital as of 12 May 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [37275/26]

1166. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of public health nurses, by funded WTE and filled WTE; the number of public health nurses per community health network; the number of public health nurses per 10,000 of population; the number of public health nurses per integrated healthcare area from 2020 to end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on…

1179. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the reason qualified behavioural psychologists are not recognised by the HSE as a chartered profession. [37435/26]

1180. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the reason qualified behavioural psychologists are not permitted to carry out assessments of needs. [37436/26]

1186. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the criteria used by the HSE to determine which posts are designated as non-frontline; if she will provide a comprehensive list of all roles currently categorised as non-frontline; and if she will clarify the operational or policy basis for these classifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37473/26]

1187. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if any HSE roles would be exempt from a potential pause in the recruitment of non-frontline staff; if so, if she will provide a list of the exempted roles and the criteria used to determine such exemptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37475/26]

1188. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the amount of taxpayers' money that has been spent on training of healthcare workers with regard to abortion, on training of healthcare students with regard to abortion, on values clarifications courses with regard to abortion in each of the years from 2019 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37488/26]

1189. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the total number of staff hired between 2019 and 2022 with abortion/termination of pregnancy mentioned in their contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37489/26]

1206. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a consultant post in a HSE service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37645/26]

532. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists, by grade posts filled, at each primary care centre within the Dublin North County healthcare, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35890/26]

734. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has assessed the governance risks associated with the absence of a central reporting system for monitoring compliance with agency staffing controls; and if so, to provide details of that assessment. [36309/26]

735. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal audit, external audit, or review has been conducted regarding compliance with agency staffing restrictions since their introduction; and if so, to provide details and findings. [36310/26]

736. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether regional variations exist in the implementation or enforcement of agency staffing restrictions across the six Health Regions; and if so, the measures in place to ensure national consistency. [36311/26]

737. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any patient safety incidents, service disruptions, or staffing escalations have been linked to agency staffing restrictions since their introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36312/26]

739. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE records the number of unfilled posts or vacancies arising from restrictions on agency staff recruitment; and if so, to provide the figures by region and staff grade. [36314/26]

740. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national KPI framework exists to measure the operational effectiveness of agency staffing restrictions beyond expenditure reduction targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36315/26]

744. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any specialty-specific analysis has been undertaken regarding reliance on agency staffing for Waiting List Action Plan delivery, including in orthopaedics, ophthalmology, ENT and gastroenterology. [36319/26]

746. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national benchmark or target exists regarding acceptable levels of agency staffing expenditure linked to elective and scheduled care services. [36321/26]

748. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any regional variation analysis has been carried out regarding dependency on agency staffing to support Waiting List Action Plan targets. [36323/26]

240. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to recruit and employ a midwife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35466/26]

241. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the cost to recruit and employ nighttime health care assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35467/26]

247. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address a matter regarding a carer (details supplied); to allow for a second carer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35535/26]

1038. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff converted to direct HSE employment under the July 2025 agency conversion framework, broken down by HSE health region and staff category [34123/26]

1060. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Taoiseach following his meeting with healthcare unions and workers regarding long Covid; to confirm that the application of the Critical Illness Protocol will be reviewed, following a commitment given at that meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34286/26]