Health Services Staff

933. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE recruitment model for senior speech and language therapists, particularly the exclusive use of regional panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8479/26]

934. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will direct the HSE to explore alternative recruitment pathways that would allow experienced speech and language therapists to apply for specific posts or locations rather than being restricted to regional panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8480/26]

995. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in eating disorder services nationally; the steps being taken to address these vacancies, particularly County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7572/26]

1084. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant and filled psychologist posts respectively, with the HSE, in County Mayo; the measures her Department is taking to increase such jobs in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8022/26]

1092. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse positions in each county. [8134/26]

1093. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses who have resigned in each county over the past five years, in tabular form. [8135/26]

1094. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of agency nurses working as public health nurses in each county, in tabular form. [8136/26]

1095. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that public health nurses in some counties are permitted to work four-day weeks, while others are not allowed any leeway in terms of working hours; the reason for this discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8137/26]

1096. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each county who are currently on sick leave; and the number of whom are citing stress as the reasoning for their leave. [8138/26]

1097. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse vacancies in each health centre; the number of weeks they have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8139/26]

1098. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of regular general nurse positions vacant in each health centre nationwide; and the number of weeks for which they have been vacant, in tabular form. [8140/26]

1128. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed podiatrists, by grade, working within older persons services in CHO3 as of 28 January 2026, in tabular form. [8296/26]

1140. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade posts, filled at each primary care centre within CHO7 as of 27 January 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8371/26]

1156. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE infection prevention and control clinical nurse specialist posts that have been filled for the County Clare area as of 23 January 2026, in tabular form. [8506/26]

1162. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses based in the community do not receive a car and pay for their own car expenses. [8526/26]

1170. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists assigned to local authorities, in particular for assessment of housing adaption grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/26]

448. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the costs associated with agency staffing in the health sector; the measures in place to reduce reliance on such staffing to ensure value for public money; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7265/26]

176. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTEs assigned to CDNT8, Chamber House in CHO7 each year since the formation of the team; and the number of those posts that were filled each year, in tabular form. [6768/26]

178. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTEs assigned to CDNT8 Chamber House in CHO7 each year since the formation of the team; and the number of those posts that were filled each year, in tabular form. [6781/26]

181. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of occupational therapists in County Meath for the period 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6789/26]

182. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists in primary care in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6790/26]

191. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if, as a result of understaffing in public health nurse services in Dublin, follow-up checks on infants at three months and at nine to 11 months are not being conducted, and follow-up checks promised within 48-hours of hospitalisation of infants are also not taking place within that timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

192. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the appropriate staffing numbers and actual staffing numbers for public health nurse services in Dublin; and the measures she intends to take to address understaffing in these services. [6729/26]

198. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the current number of occupational therapists in CAMHS in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6788/26]

207. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding situation in terms of pay parity with HSE equivalents and proper funding generally for section 39 organisations, including the restoration of pay parity between section 39 workers and their counterparts in State-run services; if it can be guaranteed that such parity will be maintained in future, including wag…