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]
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
7
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
Jan 2025Oct 2026
Show as a table
| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Who asks, by party
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.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
-
314
-
93
-
77
-
74
-
70
-
50
-
45
-
43
Asked of
Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
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 the matter. [28437/2…
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]
871. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to address recruitment and retention issues affecting clinical practice tutors in radiography; her plans to ensure increases in the number of student radiographers are accompanied by an appropriate increase in the number of practice tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28486/26]
302. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health to clarify whether there is currently any adult speech and language therapist assigned to County Leitrim, noting that adult speech and language therapy services are available in Sligo, Donegal and west Cavan but are not accessible to adults in Leitrim; if no such post exists, when an adult speech and language therapist will be appointed; and if she will make a s…
309. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on funding for an MS community support worker in Sligo, Leitrim (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27463/26]
341. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed the report of the independent comprehensive assessment of the physician assistant role; her position on the findings of the report; if the report will be published; to provide an update on the situation in relation to the agreement where the State would pay the fees of the course and the students would be contracted thereafter by the HSE fo…
347. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the current ratio of healthcare workers available to perform colonoscopies, by hospital nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27431/26]
2492. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the application for the provision of funding for a multiple sclerosis community worker for Sligo and Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25292/26]
2530. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of sanctioned whole-time equivalent posts and the number currently filled within each CDNT; the number of vacant posts by discipline; the number of children currently awaiting assessment and first intervention; and all per county and team. [25924/26]
2535. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current staffing levels within the CDNT serving Longford, including speech and language therapy and occupational therapy posts; the number of children currently on waiting lists for each service; the average waiting time for assessment and intervention; and the measures being taken to address staffing shortages in this area. [26015…
2536. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current staffing levels within the CDNT serving Westmeath, including speech and language therapy and occupational therapy posts; the number of children currently on waiting lists for each service; the average waiting time for assessment and intervention; and the measures being taken to address staffing shortages in this area. [2601…
2545. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social care workers posts filled at each CDNT within CHO8, as of 1 April 2026, in tabular form. [26081/26]
2625. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update in relation to radiography recruitment and retention challenges in the HSE. [23624/26]
2628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of OT's working in each of the CHO areas; and the average OT hours supplied to each CHO area.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23641/26]
2672. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the number of radiographer practice tutors, further to the decision to increase the number of student radiographers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23781/26]
2673. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that difficulties may arise for radiographer students in getting clinical placement hours due to a lack of radiographer practice tutors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23782/26]
2674. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns about safety issues in the placement of radiographer students where students are placed in locations where there are inadequate resources to cater for them; if she will commit to ensuring that such resources are provided as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23783/26]
2742. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to resolve the current impasse at the Workplace Relations Commission involving radiography practice tutors, a union (details supplied), the HSE and her Department; if she will address the pay-parity concerns raised by radiography practice tutors in comparison with radiotherapy tutors, mammography tutors and other clinical specialist radio…