Health Services Staff

761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the proportion of new HSE clinical recruits that were internationally recruited in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by profession, in order to establish the current baseline of reliance against which any self-sufficiency ambition would be measured [51058/26]

778. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeframe for filling the vacant OT position in Conamara; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51191/26]

804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional 100 speech and language therapists, 100 psychologists, 100 occupational therapists and 100 physiotherapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51327/26]

823. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the WTE staffing, by job title and funding that would be required to fully resource two additional adolescent dual diagnosis teams. [51425/26]

825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapist posts, by grade that have been filled within Cork Primary care system as of 30 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form. [51427/26]

828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the WTE staffing, by job title and funding that would be required to fully resource two additional early supported discharge teams in the community. [51430/26]

465. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant trauma and orthopaedic surgeons based at Tallaght University Hospital as of 24 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50470/26]

466. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade posts filled at Springfield-Tallaght primary care centre as of 24 June 2026. in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50471/26]

467. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists, by grade posts filled at Kilnamanagh/Tymon primary care centre as of 24 June 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50472/26]

468. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade posts filled at Killinarden health centre as of 24 June 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50473/26]

538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she will direct the HSE to disaggregate its existing quarterly administrative leave reporting to identify all cases arising from a criminal investigation; and the timeframe for same. [50681/26]

277. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether travel and subsistence expenses for home care assistants have been reviewed or are under review; the last time that allowable amounts were updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49941/26]

745. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of funded residential placements currently vacant in Damien House Regional Services, HSE Dublin south-east; the length of time each such placement has been vacant; the reasons these funded placements have not been filled; the actions being taken by the HSE and the service provider to recruit and retain the staff required to facilita…

754. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the proposed EU Common Framework for physiotherapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48797/26]

761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the status of pay alignment discussions between advanced nurse practitioner and assistant director of nursing grades; whether the Department intends to depart from the alignment established by the 2004 Labour Court ruling between these grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48868/26]

762. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether advanced nurse practitioners will receive equivalent pay restoration and back pay to that already awarded to CNM2 and below grades since 2023; the timeline for resolving this matter, given it remains outstanding seven years after the 2019 nursing strike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48869/26]

765. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the proposed EU Common Training Framework (CTF) for physiotherapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48899/26]

770. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the consultant oral and maxillo facial surgeon post at Cork University Dental School and Hospital fell from 0.35 whole-time equivalent in December 2025 to 0.00 whole-time equivalent in April 2026; the reason principal dental surgeons whole-time equivalent staffing fell from 12.51 in December 2025 to 10.31 in April 2026; the reason co…

812. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49074/26]

819. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health when she expects the recruitment freeze for physician associates to end; the supports available for physician associates during this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49150/26]

820. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind a proposal by her Department to break the established pay link between Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) and Assistant Directors of Nursing (ADONs), having regard to the Labour Court recommendation LCR 19230 which underpins this alignment; if she will confirm whether this proposal represents a change in long-standing …

826. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by CORU registrants, the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists and higher education institutions regarding the proposed EU Common Training Framework for Physiotherapy; whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of the framework on patient safety, professional standards …

829. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health her response to concerns regarding an EU Common Training Framework for physiotherapy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49224/26]

846. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a centrally recorded number of missed shifts by agency staff supplying workers to HSE-funded services has been identified as a workforce governance risk by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49265/26]

847. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has sought assurance from the HSE that patient safety incidents involving agency staff are captured through any existing reporting mechanism, given the HSE's confirmation that no central record is maintained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49266/26]