Health Services Staff

493. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total value of internal transfers made between pay and non-pay expenditure lines within the HSE in 2024; and the month in which each transfer occurred. [68809/25]

495. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any hospital group or community health organisation recorded vacancy-driven surpluses in their 2024 pay budget, and to provide the value of those surpluses in each case. [68811/25]

498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of funded posts that remained unfilled at year end 2024 in each hospital group and community health organisation; and the corresponding value of the associated salary allocation. [68814/25]

499. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of funded posts that remained unfilled in 2024 at Cork University Hospital, by month; and the total value of the associated salary allocation in each month. [68815/25]

500. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of funded posts that remained unfilled in 2024 at Mercy University Hospital, by month; and the total value of the associated salary allocation in each month. [68816/25]

501. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the vacancy levels across the South South West Hospital Group, including the number of funded posts unfilled for more than three consecutive months, and the value of the corresponding pay allocation in 2024. [68817/25]

505. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist within audiology services in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68853/25]

516. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approved 2024 HSE development posts that are currently filled by temporary staff and by agency staff, broken down by staff grade, and the reasons these figures were not included in the HSE’s reply to Parliamentary Question 59635/25. [68910/25]

526. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will provide the full breakdown of approved whole-time equivalent posts and filled posts in Arbour House for 2023, 2024 and 2025; and to confirm whether staffing plans for 2024 and 2025 have been met or remain in deficit. [68920/25]

530. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of funded 2024 posts that remained unfilled as a direct result of the employment control measures applied in 2024 and 2025, the projected timeframe to lift remaining restrictions; and the expected date for full staffing against approved WTE levels. [68924/25]

531. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish the current national performance against all monthly recruitment KPIs for replacement vacancies and development posts, including the KPI governing the elimination of the 6,852 funded WTE staffing gap reported in September 2025; and to provide the Department’s expected timeline to close this gap. [68925/25]

537. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase staff for the public health nurse network in an area (details supplied) given the cessation of child development checks due to staff shortages; if her Department plans to ensure adequate and sustained funding and staffing at the location to ensure community health services are available; when full child health and develop…

518. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in the health service under employment visas or permits; and the percentage that this represents of overall staff. [67302/25]

595. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE adult physiotherapists by grade that are filled at a location (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form, the average waiting time for a first physiotherapy appointment at this centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67736/25]

600. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists by grade that were filled at a location (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, if this number will be increased during the first half of 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67848/25]

601. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in County Wexford; the number of vacant positions for public health nurses County Wexford; when P2 and P3 developmental checks will be provided throughout the constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67872/25]

606. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether workforce needs for oncology, radiology and specialist nursing were incorporated in the regional funding allocations for 2026; and the projected staffing increases for each region. [67888/25]

650. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the staffing and ICT resources required to support IFMS deployment to voluntary hospitals, and to provide the total estimated cost of these supports. [68041/25]

654. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 2025 agency-staffing cost increase between wage inflation, volume increases, and grade mix; and her Department's projected agency expenditure for 2026. [68049/25]

655. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels per 100,000 population for medical, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals and administrative grades in each HSE region; and if the south-west region is above or below the national average for each staff category. [68050/25]

663. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish her Department's methodology for calculating the financial impact of long-term vacancies on agency spend, overtime costs and service capacity; and to confirm whether a standardised template will be introduced for HSE regions. [68058/25]

664. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the policy and operational basis on which the HSE seeks retrospective recovery of specialist-qualification allowances from staff who received the allowance in good faith; and if a formal appeals or waiver mechanism exists for such cases. [68059/25]

665. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will instruct the HSE to suspend retrospective recovery of specialist-qualification allowances in cases involving administrative error pending a full review of the issue. [68060/25]

666. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address the concerns regarding the recent publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by CORU, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68063/25]

669. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultants in pain medicine, by hospital group; and the number of unfilled or approved posts currently vacant. [68066/25]