744. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health when the recruitment freeze on home support staff in the south Tipperary area will be lifted, as a significant number of approved applicants, including a 92-year-old man, are without home support due to the lack of staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41372/26]
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
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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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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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The questions
183. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of currently vacant posts within Kildare CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40485/26]
198. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of dignity at work complaints made by HSE staff in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by Health Region; the number upheld; and the average and longest time taken to conclude such complaints, in tabular form. [40354/26]
199. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has carried out a national audit or review since 2021 of its handling of staff bullying and grievance complaints; if compliance with stated timelines was assessed; the findings of any such review; and if she will publish them. [40355/26]
200. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of active grievance complaints under the HSE grievance procedure as of 30 April 2026, broken down by health region; the date each grievance was submitted; the date on which a stage one hearing was held or is scheduled to be held; the duration between submission and the stage one hearing in each instance; and the number of cases in each health region whe…
201. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if addressing bullying, low morale and dysfunctional grievance processes within the HSE will be included among the formal priorities for the incoming HSE CEO; if specific targets, timelines and reporting arrangements will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40357/26]
202. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff at grade VII-general manager-equivalent and above against whom a dignity at work complaint was upheld who are currently employed by the HSE; the grade of the staff member concerned; the health region or national division in which they are employed; and if any such staff member was subsequently appointed, promoted or reassigned to a role inv…
231. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if all clinical leads have now been appointed across IHA Louth, hospital services, community services and all health and social care services [40488/26]
242. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the current status of the Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Team established in the HSE South West region; the number of posts allocated and filled to date across all disciplines including consultant in rehabilitation medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology, social work, nursing, rehabilitation…
277. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason new psychology vacancies arising in HSE South-West after March 2026 have been submitted for approval pending REMT approval due to regional whole-time equivalent ceiling limits; whether these ceiling limits are preventing the timely filling of posts that are critical to reducing primary care psychology waiting lists in Cork and Kerry; and if she w…
986. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies across CDNTs nationally, broken down by discipline; the number of vacancies in CHO 2 / HSE West; and the immediate measures that are being taken to restore therapy services. [39487/26]
1056. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is currently no occupational therapist covering adult disability services in County Longford; the steps being taken to fill this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40159/26]
1133. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if there will be an independent assessment within the HSE of the pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38844/26]
1176. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if advice will issue to a person (details supplied) in relation to a matter regarding HSE staff who continue to have health issues post-Covid infection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38981/26]
1232. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each HSE hospital, approved mental health centre, CAMHS service, and community healthcare service, the total whole-time equivalent staffing complement, the number represented by agency or locum staff, and the percentage agency dependency, broken down by staff category, Health Region, and year. [39098/26]
1233. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a centralised national system for recording complaints, safeguarding concerns, removals from placement, “do not return” notifications, credentialing concerns, disciplinary concerns, or repeated performance issues relating to agency or locum healthcare workers across HSE-funded services. [39099/26]
1234. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether an agency or locum healthcare worker removed from one HSE-funded site due to performance, conduct, safeguarding, or patient safety concerns can subsequently be redeployed elsewhere within the HSE system without a central restriction mechanism. [39100/26]
1235. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health how staffing agencies supplying workers to HSE-funded services are performance monitored nationally, including whether complaints, patient safety incidents, missed shifts, cancelled placements, credentialing failures, Garda vetting issues, contract breaches, or supplier sanctions are centrally tracked and performance scored. [39101/26]
1236. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains a national supplier performance framework for healthcare staffing agencies and whether any suppliers have, within the past five years, been suspended, sanctioned, financially penalised, removed from frameworks, or subject to corrective action requirements. [39102/26]
1237. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide, for each of the past five years, the total expenditure on agency and locum staffing within public mental health services, broken down by approved mental health centre, CAMHS, community mental health team, staff category, and Health Region. [39103/26]
1241. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the progress on the public-only consultant contract; the number of consultants now signed to the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39125/26]
1350. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE adult physiotherapists and adult speech and language therapist posts filled at Donabate health centre as of 18 May 2026, in tabular form. [39387/26]
1354. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health to outline the recruitment campaigns that have been rolled out in 2024, 2025, and 2026, to recruit additional home help carers for the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39459/26]
1374. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the State of progressing one clinical nurse specialist post to an advanced nurse practitioner post; the average difference in annual salary costs, associated training and education costs; and any associated implementation or backfill costs; in tabular form. [39586/26]
1379. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of approved but unfilled posts across the HSE, by grade and health region; the way in which these compare to assessed service demand in each area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39646/26]