Health Services Staff

2097. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of and protected time allocation of renal system administrators (EMED), by dialysis unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74156/25]

2144. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health when the endometriosis hub in Cork will be fully staffed, to provide a breakdown of how many people have accessed the hub in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74244/25]

2157. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of neurological staff vacancies there are within the HSE and the area they are in, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74361/25]

2223. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the recruitment and retention initiatives in place for health professionals serving the Thurles area; the number of vacancies which currently exist across all health services in Thurles; her views on workforce planning to ensure stable services locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74732/25]

2323. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently review the position in respect of staff in the health services that are unable to attend for work on account of having long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75136/25]

2339. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently employed, by grade (assistant, staff grade, senior grade, principal grade) per head of population in each health region for the disciplines of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, audiology, ophthalmology, psychology, dietetics, speech and language therapy across primary care child and adolescent and adult service…

2340. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of approved posts, by grade (assistant, staff grade, senior grade, principal grade) and per head of population in each health region for the disciplines of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, audiology, ophthalmology, psychology, dietetics, speech and language therapy across primary care child and adolescent and adult services, in …

2358. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Health the details of the companies involved in HSE overseas nurse recruitment; the amount spent for recruitment per employee and the amount paid to such recruitment companies over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1014/26]

2371. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians posts filled at Ferrybank Primary Care Centre, Waterford, in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [1157/26]

2391. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Questions No. 346 and 348 of 19 November 2025, if the assessment of the physician associate role, commissioned by the HSE, has been completed; when the recommendations will be reviewed and available to the public; the assurances provided to students who undertook this course, that their degree, will be recognised…

2425. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 10 December 2025, the reason the majority of regional sustainability and energy officers are not on permanent contracts (details supplied); to outline the rational for this over-reliance on contract workers; if these workers will be offered permanent contracts; and if she will make a statement on t…

2429. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health if it has been brought to her attention that there is a gap in the recruitment for Irish Edical Internship Training Programme for Irish citizens who were educated abroad, despite being fully competent in English and trained in comparable medical education systems, but who did not sit the leaving certificate or A levels; if her Department will…

2452. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have availed of supports from the international recruitment and relocation package since 2023 and who have taken up employment within CAMHS; the grades and disciplines involved; the countries from which these staff were recruited; the total costs of these supports to date; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

2483. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the current pause in recruitment of physician associates within the HSE; when the review of the profession will be concluded; and when recruitment is expected to resume. [2142/26]

2484. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the number of physician associate graduates affected by the current recruitment pause; whether the HSE intends to honour its undertaking to employ graduates whose training was fully funded by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2143/26]

2485. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health how the role of physician associates fits within current and future healthcare workforce planning, particularly in acute hospitals experiencing staff shortages and long waiting lists. [2144/26]

2558. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health whether a transfer policy for clinical staff, such as physiotherapists, is currently operational for those employed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2405/26]

641. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Leighlinbridge health centre in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73319/25]

659. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of campaigns over the last five years aimed at attracting medical professionals working abroad to come back to work in Ireland; the duration of the campaigns; the format they took; the total expenditure associated with each; a schedule of external parties used in respect of the campaigns; and the jurisdictions in which …

666. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 6 November 2025, the status of the estimated 390 posts required to achieve baseline implementation of Phases 1 and 2 of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix; the number still outstanding; the timeline for completion of recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7348…

696. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the additional whole-time-equivalent occupational therapy posts her Department has identified as necessary in Cork to achieve a maximum waiting time of 12 weeks in adult and paediatric primary care services; whether funding for these posts has been sought by the HSE; and the decision taken by her Department on the funding request. [73547/25]

398. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the commitment of An Taoiseach during questions on promised legislation in Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2025, if the Taoiseach's office has been in contact with him regarding the approximate 120 healthcare workers (details supplied); the additional steps he will tak…

399. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the commitment of An Taoiseach during questions on promised legislation in Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2025, if the Taoiseach's office has been in contact with him regarding the approximate 120 healthcare workers who are currently receiving special Covid leave with…

856. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers employed by TUSLA that are based in Mayo in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [72214/25]

951. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of additional consultant gynaecologists with advanced laparoscopic skills the HSE estimates will be needed over the next three to five years, to fully staff regional and supra regional services. [71688/25]