2069. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Health Service Executive has undertaken any review, analysis or briefing assessing the operational impact of recruitment control measures introduced under CEO Memo 09892 of 4 October 2023 and CEO Memo 10885 of 26 February 2024, including impacts on vacancy persistence, recruitment delays and service delivery; and whether she will pub…
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2,097 questions from 136 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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2,094 written, 3 oral
136
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| 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 |
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2070. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department monitors the number of vacant posts which remain unfilled due to recruitment approval processes introduced under CEO Memo 09892 and CEO Memo 10885; the number of such posts in each health region and national service area; and whether this information is reported to her Department on a routine basis. [20141/26]
2071. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed whether the recruitment control measures introduced under CEO Memo 09892 and CEO Memo 10885 have contributed to delays in filling clinical or frontline posts, including those within hospital services, community health services and the National Ambulance Service; and if she will provide details of any such assessment. [20142/26]
2076. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 5 March 2026, the sites in which the 7 WTE staff provided for under 2025 PrEP funding are working; if funding has been provided for additional staff in PrEP services in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20180/26]
2079. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTEs now working in the rare disease section of her Department; the number of the posts which are filled; the number of vacancies there are; and the further plans there are for expansion. [20185/26]
2205. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the plans and progress in relation to the provision of appropriate staffing at the primary care centre being built at Citywest. [20687/26]
2206. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20704/26]
2211. 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. [20740/26]
2212. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to confirm the up to date position in respect of recruitment of additional staff to enable the opening of 24 additional beds in Mallow General Hospital, if the intended date for opening these beds of 31 March 2026 will be achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20745/26]
2214. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on radiographer tutor retention; her plans to ensure adequate number of practice tutors to match recent increases to the numbers of student radiographers; if she will report on her communications with the HSE in respect of same, and on the need for more resources for accommodating radiographer students more generally; and if she will make a statement on…
2215. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health for an update on a review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20779/26]
2216. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brough to the dispute between radiographer practice tutors and the HSE regarding retention and resourcing of tutor roles; if her Department has been briefed on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20789/26]
2217. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographer clinical practice tutor posts currently approved and funded within the HSE; the number of such posts filled and vacant, by hospital and hospital group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20790/26]
81. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health her plans to address staffing shortages in child and adolescent mental health services and eliminate lengthy waiting lists in the provision of vital care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17636/26]
135. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken by her Department increase the number of child psychologists in primary care in order to ensure adequate service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17869/26]
137. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of approved whole-time equivalent posts in south Tipperary and the south-east community healthcare area for professions (details supplied); the number of those posts currently filled and the number vacant, by grade; the duration for which each vacancy has remained unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17512/26]
139. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to end reliance on unregistered consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17633/26]
509. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the measures her Department is taking to provide an occupational therapist for Laois, as there has been none in the county since 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13097/26]
570. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to resolve the situation in south Kildare and west Wicklow, where the health service is operating with a staffing vacancy rate of 44%, there is insufficient capacity to meet current clinical demand , and a routine referral to see a physiotherapist in south Kildare and west Wicklow is currently a 77-week waiting time; and if she will make …
601. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, of current staffing levels and vacancies in audiology services in each CHO area; the number of posts filled and unfilled for senior audiologists, staff grade audiologists, clinical specialists, ENT linked audiology posts, and administrative support roles, in tabular form. [18185/26]
602. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the way staffing shortages in audiology services are contributing to the waiting lists and capacity pressures; and to provide a plan to address recruitment and retention challenges. [18186/26]
607. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of audiologists graduating annually; the number recruited into HSE posts in each of the past five years; and whether training capacity will be expanded to meet rising demand. [18187/26]
244. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Portlaoise Regional Hospital as of 26 February 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17266/26]
247. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists attached to Laois mental health services as of 26 February 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17269/26]
252. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of patients/residents in a location and the number of staff associated with the long stay patient unit at Abbeyleix Community Nursing Home, Abbeyleix, County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17281/26]