Health Services Staff

1235. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title currently working at the pharmacy department of CHI Temple Street. [30437/26]

1248. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the approved number and category of ophthalmology posts in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the number of these posts filled; the number of vacancies; the stage of recruitment each of these vacancies is at; when the consultant ophthalmology service at Clonmel will resume, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

514. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a CORU registration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29235/26]

517. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that at present paramedics and EMTs do not receive the same level of flat-rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare professionals, such as nurses, despite carrying out comparable clinical duties and being subject to similar uniform requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29278/26]

541. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to outline the different pay grades for qualified nurses in Ireland in comparison to agency nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29414/26]

542. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount of accommodation subsistence agency health care workers across all Departments receive per night in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29415/26]

551. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason paramedics and EMTs do not receive the same level of flat-rate uniform-related tax relief as other frontline healthcare professionals, despite carrying out comparable clinical duties and being subject to similar uniform requirements; if she will increase the relief for paramedics and EMTs to address this anomaly; and if she will…

560. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of clinicians currently available in north Kildare under the primary care speech and language therapy service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29509/26]

219. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that paramedics and emergency medical technicians do not receive the same level of flat-rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare professionals, such as nurses, despite carrying out comparable clinical duties and being subject to similar uniform requirements; if her Department would consider reviewing this disp…

134. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for an update on the current staffing levels, per job type, at the two supra-regional endometriosis centres respectively per number of WTE posts, filled posts and current vacancies; the current waiting times for a first outpatient appointment at each centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28378/26]

148. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health her plans to address the significant staffing shortfalls in orthodontic services in south Tipperary, including long-standing vacancies dating back to 2021; the current provision of just 0.1 WTE consultant orthodontist cover in Clonmel, and the reduction in specialist orthodontist capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [235…

152. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health her plans for more suicide crisis assessment nurse teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28350/26]

186. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the filling of three presently vacant consultant child psychiatrist roles in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28451/26]

193. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with striking workers from an organisation (details supplied); her views on their status as section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28488/26]

195. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to increase the number of healthcare professionals in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28347/26]

212. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of consultants in emergency medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28356/26]

220. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27853/26]

725. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within Letterkenny University Hospital, broken down by occupation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27916/26]

739. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE infection prevention and control clinical nurse specialist posts that was filled for the Meath area as of 10 April 2026, in tabular form. [28004/26]

762. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical secretaries posts filled as part of the ENT Department of University Hospital Limerick as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28055/26]

763. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant oncologist with a special interest in genetics based at University Hospital Limerick as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28056/26]

764. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiovascular clinical nurse specialists based at University Hospital Limerick that were filled as of 13 April 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28057/26]

864. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health to instruct Beaumont Hospital to provide the names of the relevant medical staff to the Medical Council and Nursing Board, where appropriate, and to inform a person (details supplied), together with the relevant dates on which decisions were made, in order that complaints can be submitted if necessary; and if she will make a statement on …

865. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all locations/centres in Dublin county within the Dublin and southeast region the number of vacant NCS counsellor/therapist positions in each respective location/centre. [28440/26]

866. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the allocation of and recruitment to public health nursing posts in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28470/26]