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]
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
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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
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]
1064. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken by the HSE and National Ambulance Service following recent media reports concerning allegations of sexual assault involving a serving member of the National Ambulance Service; the safeguarding procedures currently in place where serious allegations are made against staff members; the supports available to employees who report m…
1069. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any mechanism in place within her Department that allows for civil servants to transfer on secondment to an equivalent role within the European Union, without negatively impacting their pension and other employment rights; her views on the merits of such a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34425/26]
1076. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health when the review of the physician associate role will be published; the reasons for the repeated delays to its publication since the original due date of 31 October 2025; the current status of the HSE embargo affecting the recruitment of physician associates; the expected timeline for lifting this embargo; and the steps her Department and the HSE will take to pro…
1095. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the recruitment steps that have been taken to fill outstanding posts in the Public Health Nurse section in the CHO6 area year-on-year since 2020; the number of persons that have been interviewed, accepted offers and taken up posts; the number that remain unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34554/26]
1168. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Consultant Anaesthesia with a special interest in Intensive Care Medicine posts filled at Kerry University Hospital as of 5 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34906/26]
1169. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Psychologists by grade posts filled within Kerry Primary Care Services as of 5 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34907/26]
1170. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Registrar in Neurosurgery posts filled at Cork University Hospital as of 5 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34908/26]
1171. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to provide two additional pathfinder teams within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34909/26]
1216. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the structured role community pharmacies are envisaged to play in the promotion of organ donation awareness throughout the year, given that the clinical lead of Organ Donation Transplant Ireland (details supplied), has specifically identified Ireland's network of over 1,800 community pharmacies as a significantly underutilised asset in embedding organ dona…
1237. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health to provide clarification in relation to the recent reported pause on HSE recruitment (details supplied), in particular the way in which it will apply to the Dublin Midlands region and County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35283/26]
1245. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of management staff recruited or redeployed as part of the HSE health region/integrated healthcare area restructuring, broken down by health region and integrated healthcare area; whether each post is a new post, redeployment or re-titled existing post; the grade and salary scale attached to each post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3…
1246. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of additional clinical staff recruited in each health region and integrated healthcare area in 2025 and 2026 so far, broken down by discipline, grade and service area, in tabular form. [35333/26]
795. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occupational therapists that are currently on panels within Children Disability Network Teams; and the expiry deadline for this panel. [32830/26]
842. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3408 of 14 April 2026, when a response will issue. [31925/26]
866. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the number of certified athletic therapists practicing in Ireland; the level of training and professional structure under which they operate; the extent to which her Department and the HSE have engaged with this cohort in the context of musculoskeletal service provision; and if she will outline any plans to consider their potential role in su…
868. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by the HSE to address the ongoing vacancy of a consultant ophthalmologist in south Tipperary; the number of recruitment campaigns undertaken to fill this post and their outcomes; the reason no candidates have been successfully appointed to date; the current waiting list figures for ophthalmology services in south Tipperary; the interim mea…