1152. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetricians posts filled at St. Luke's Hospital Kilkenny as of 31 March 2026, in tabular form. [30011/26]
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Services Staff
2,097 questions from 136 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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2,094 written, 3 oral
136
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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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 questions
1154. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional chief audiologists and three additional audiological scientists for public health services. [30013/26]
1164. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health when the mileage allowance was last increased for HSE staff; ;and if there are plans to increase this allowance in the future. [30054/26]
1171. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the staffing arrangements in place for UHL’s forensic medical examination service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30163/26]
1211. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses and dental hygienists posts filled within Galway primary care services as of 21 April 2026; the number of vacancies within Galway dental services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30259/26]
1227. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if staff of a Section 39 organisation (details supplied) are eligible for a pay increase for the years 2024-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30393/26]
1231. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to increase the number of healthcare professionals in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30399/26]
1232. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to increase the number of healthcare professionals in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30400/26]
1234. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based in CHO7 as of 17 April 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 1 May 2023, in tabular form. [30436/26]
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 matter. [30648/26]
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 make a statement on…
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 disparity; and if she wi…
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. [23518/26]
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]