935. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it could be required for GPs, gynaecologist and other medical professionals to provide patients with endometriosis informational pamphlets about this condition, that explains what it is and the way in which to manage it. [74366/26]
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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| 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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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.
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958. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total agency expenditure in the HSE's mental health division in 2026 to date, by health region, local health office and staff category; the projected outturn for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73877/26]
969. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average annual cost to the HSE in 2025 of an agency consultant psychiatrist and an agency psychiatric nurse in mental health services, compared with the cost of a directly employed equivalent; whether any value-for-money review of agency spending in mental health services, which totalled €120.99 million in 2025, has been carried out; and if she will make a sta…
970. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 846 and 874, the number of allegations of sexual abuse or sexual harassment made against HSE employees, agency staff or contractors in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, for each of the six HSE health regions, including allegations made by patients and service users; the number referred to An Garda Síochána;…
971. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63798/26, the reasons agency costs in mental health services in local health office, LHO, North Lee rose from €0.71 million in 2021 to €3.97 million in 2025, and in LHO north Cork from €2.35 million in 2024 to €4.82 million in 2025 (details supplied); the number of agency whole-time equivalents engaged in each area in each of …
972. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 870, which HSE health regions, hospitals and services were included in the scope of the HSE's internal audit of international, non-EU, consultant and non-consultant hospital doctor recruitment; the number of doctors in each region whose files were found to lack Garda vetting or overseas police clearance; the number for whom th…
973. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 63798/26, which provided agency costs for the HSE's mental health division, by local health office only, whether the HSE holds agency and locum expenditure for each approved centre, each child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, team and each community mental health team in any finance, payroll or invoice system; if …
978. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 70297/26, the agency whole-time equivalents converted to direct employment in each health region, by staff category, from the commencement of the July 2025 framework to 31 December 2025; the headcount converted to date; the grades converted within the management and administration category; the estimated annual saving from con…
1024. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied), in particular the concerns regarding the regulation and registration of healthcare assistants and the regulatory inspection regime. [74465/26]
1084. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the respective responsibilities of CORU and of employers under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended), and related legislation, for ensuring that registered professionals are competent to practise, including any statutory duty on employers to verify competence or to notify CORU of concerns. [74042/26]
99. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to ensure that all newly qualified nurses and midwives graduating in 2026 are offered permanent HSE contracts in accordance with existing national policy; the reason contracts are being withheld in some health regions despite significant nursing and midwifery vacancies, including at University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statem…
101. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the reason for the continued delays, in some cases extending over months and years, in transitioning agency staff to permanent positions within the Health Service Executive. [72919/26]
158. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been undertaken of the potential patient safety implications arising from findings that evidence of English language competency, Garda vetting and overseas police clearance was absent or incomplete in a number of cases involving internationally recruited doctors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70204/26]
164. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of public health nurses in north Dublin as compared to baseline capacity for 2026; the number of developmental checks carried out in north Dublin; and the steps being taken to increase recruitment. [72889/26]
168. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the employment of newly graduated nurses and midwives. [71358/26]
171. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if funding will be put in place for primary care paediatric occupational therapists in Laois as it currently has no funded vacancies. [72223/26]
178. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health for an update on progress in relation to the recruitment of vacant lactation practitioner and consultant posts in the HSE. [72804/26]
731. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the staffing complement that will be in place at the Solace Cafe announced in Budget 27 for Louth. [73070/26]
851. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health when the domiciliary physiotherapist post previously based in Castleisland became vacant; the reason the post has remained unfilled since that date; if approval has been granted to recruit to the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72500/26]
852. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists currently assigned to the Castleisland-Farranfore primary care area; the number assigned in each year from 2020 to date; if she is aware that physiotherapy staffing in the Castleisland-Farranfore primary care area is due to be reduced to a single senior physiotherapist for the next six-month rotation period; whether a risk assessment was…
680. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if all positions at the Wexford Primary Care Psychology Service for Children and Adolescents are filled. [71352/26]
682. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if private recruitment firms have been contracted by Cork University Hospital or the south west region to hire nurses for the adaptation programme; the spend by firm in 2025 and to date in 2026; if a procurement fee is paid to the firm for each new hire; and to state the procurement fee paid. [71418/26]
705. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE occupational therapist and physiotherapist posts filled at Dunleer health centre, County Louth as of 5 October 2026, in tabular form. [71441/26]
724. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the staffing complement of each specialist menopause clinic, including the number of consultant-led sessions, clinical nurse specialists and administrative staff assigned to each service, in tabular form. [71484/26]
727. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the percentage of general practitioners who have completed menopause-specific continuing professional development training within the past three years on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form. [71486/26]