964. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been carried out of the impact that limited out-of-hours community nursing provision in County Louth has on emergency department attendances and hospital deaths at end of life. [3945/26]
Topics / Health Services Staff
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Services Staff
2,097 questions from 136 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
2,097
questions
2,094 written, 3 oral
136
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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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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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
1061. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health the current numbers of approved and actual/in post WTE staff grade and senior grade clinicians working in children's services across Longford and Westmeath CDNT, PC, CAMHs/ YAMHs, broken down by community healthcare networks by discipline (details supplied), in tabular form:; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4485/26]
584. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the rate of accrual for access to the public sector pension for those signing POCC23. [3251/26]
169. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider an extension to the special leave with pay scheme for healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2692/26]
2036. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where HSE employed orthoptists are based, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73856/25]
2038. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric psychologists posts that were filled at Portmarnock Primary Care Centre in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [73858/25]
2094. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the approved posts and available full-time equivalent staffing by healthcare professional type in each dialysis unit, by HSE run and third party units (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74153/25]
2095. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the approved number of vascular surgeon posts and available full-time equivalent staffing in each dialysis unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74154/25]
2096. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the approved number of academic professional posts and available full-time equivalent staffing by hospital for each of kidney and cancer disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74155/25]
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 services, in tabular form. …
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 tabular form. [75284…
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 and they can achiev…
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 the matter. [1498/26]
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 close this gap; if …
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 matter. [1668/26]
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]