Health Services Staff

828. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE provides ring-fenced funding to Central Remedial Clinics (CRC) specifically for the payment of staff wages; whether CRC clinics are expected to absorb pay increases or wage-related costs within existing budgets; if she will clarify the HSE's obligations in this regard; and if she will make a stat…

915. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses since 2020 that have been registered in Ireland who previously worked in Kuwait, in tabular form. [5427/26]

941. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if the endometriosis hubs and supra-regional specialists centres have been provided with sufficient staffing and theatre capacity to deliver the National Endometriosis Framework; and the current waiting times for consultants and surgeries at each site, in tabular form. [5551/26]

951. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts approved under the Health Service Capacity Review 2018 and subsequent Sláintecare Implementation Strategy; the number filled as of 31 December 2025, broken down by speciality and hospital group; and when remaining posts are expected to be filled. [5660/26]

990. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year costs to recruit three additional WTE epidemiologists, and three additional principal epidemiologists to work in the public health services. [5747/26]

991. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE principal dental surgeons employed by HSE based in CHO7 as of 16 January 2026; if she will provide same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [5748/26]

1023. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 15 January 2026, the percentage of consultants that are still employed on the pre-2023 contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5831/26]

1024. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE consultant posts, by speciality at Tallaght University Hospital, in tabular form. [5835/26]

1025. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title working within the pharmacy department of Naas General Hospital as of 19 January 2026, in tabular form. [5836/26]

1035. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the steps she and her Department have taken to address grievances of staff at a facility (details supplied) in Coolock, which has seen them on indefinite strike since 16 January 2026; if she and her Department will liaise with the workers and their union to come to a satisfactory agreement around pay; and if she will make a statement on th…

1115. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the reason assistant psychologists within primary care are only employed on a maximum three-year contact; her views on whether this leads to longer waitlists and delays to accessing psychology services; if she is considering altering the length of time for employment contracts for assistant psychologists; and if she will make a statement o…

1116. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware that healthcare assistants employed by an organisation(details supplied) were excluded from the 2025 pay agreement between the union and representatives of the social and community sector which provided for a 9.25% increase for Section 39 workers; the reason these workers were deemed "out of scope"; whether her Departme…

1117. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has considered the equality and employment law implications of healthcare assistants performing comparable work receiving materially different rates of pay within Section 39 funded services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6371/26]

1121. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health her views on whether given the relatively low number of advance paramedics, it is appropriate and necessary that they continue to be recruited in large numbers to teach paramedic students; if they might be more needed on the front line where their skills and expertise can impact service delivery and patient care; the rationale for the curre…

1123. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for consultant in emergency medicine to population and current ratios. [6434/26]

1135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current number of public health nurses per LHO; and the number of approved public health nurse positions in each LHO, in tabular form. [6482/26]

1144. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department will provide pharmacists with direction regarding eligibility for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6526/26]

44. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Health the level of mental health staffing in the midlands region, and whether additional resources will be allocated in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4915/26]

48. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacant posts across the health service, by staff group; whether she accepts that recruitment and employment ceilings are undermining safe staffing and service delivery; the outcome she is pursuing in the WRC process with health unions; and when she will publish a time-bound plan to fill vacancies and expand staffing in fr…

55. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the number of new WTE posts per discipline identified for Longford/Westmeath per CHN with the additional funding announced by the Minister for Health in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4487/26]

95. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the recent study by the health and welfare division of a trade union (details supplied) which found that over two thirds of health workers are actively considering leaving their role; the measures she is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4676/26]

99. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the barriers identified by her Department in recruiting RGNs in community settings; the steps being taken to address these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4978/26]

100. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure RGN posts in community settings are being adequately filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4977/26]

132. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposal to recruit nine mental health service co-ordinator posts to support access to, and delivery of, mental health services for Travellers, in each community health area, as proposed in the National Traveller Health Action Plan 2022-2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4894/26]

134. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the estimated full cost to the Exchequer of the special leave with pay for health and social care workers unfit for work post-Covid-19, if it were to continue until all affected staff had retired; the number affected and timeline until retirement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69981/25]