Health Services Staff

2022. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of time the HSE internal recruitment process takes when one staff member is moving from one section to another, for example from mental health services to disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47290/25]

2031. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated total number of staff employed delivering HSE-funded disability services across the statutory, section 38, section 39 and tendered sectors, including a separate estimation of disputed numbers (details supplied); and for an approximate breakdown of the skill mix of these employees. [47493/25]

2035. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant primary care posts currently within HA2 Swords and Balbriggan (Dublin north County), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47293/25]

2036. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant primary care posts currently by location (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47294/25]

2042. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists currently employed by the HSE serving County Offaly, the location which they operate from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47540/25]

2075. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the changes that have been made to the incremental pay grade for multi-task attendants employed by HSE after March 2025; if all new employees regardless of experience are paid at the lowest pay grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44595/25]

2082. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists by grade based at Ballaghaderren primary care centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form. [44630/25]

2083. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians by grade based at Strokestown health centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form. [44631/25]

2084. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dentists and dental nurses based at Castlerea primary care centre in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form. [44632/25]

2097. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of public ophthalmologists available for children across the south east, south, and south-west, WTE and headcount, by catchment area, in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [44667/25]

2098. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologist vacancies in the south east; and her plans to fill them. [44668/25]

2100. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans regarding special leave with pay for Covid19 after 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44680/25]

2146. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the length of time the vacancy for a children and young persons occupational therapist and dietician in County Laois has been open; the expected date for when an appointment will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44864/25]

2147. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant child psychologist and consultant psychiatrists posts. [44868/25]

2149. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if the delay in processing a job offer for a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44876/25]

2150. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health when the position of occupational therapist manager in Laois will be filled; the length of time the position has been vacant; the steps that have been taken to fill this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44877/25]

2158. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will carry out as a matter of priority, a pilot study/research on all aspects of the health service in the Iveragh Peninsula in County Kerry; the reasons it is proving difficult to get staff; the reasons that all areas throughout the region are struggling with services, including mental health, day care, primary care, home care, keep…

2159. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will carry out as a matter of priority, a pilot study/research on all aspects of the health service in the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry; the reasons it is proving difficult to get staff; the reasons that all areas throughout the region are struggling with services, including mental health, day care, primary care, home care, keepi…

2166. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health when the post of occupational therapist in a primary care centre (details supplied) will be filled; the progress she is making in doubling the number of places in high-demand healthcare professions including occupational therapy as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44932/25]

2171. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of maternity hospitals that rely on locum consultants for obstetric care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44956/25]

2172. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the efforts made to address the job vacancies which are in maternity services in Ballinasloe; the number of vacancies there i.e. doctors, nurses and consultants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44957/25]

2179. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants appointed specifically to Portiuncula university hospital maternity unit since the 2018 report (details supplied); if this has been the recommended level for safe maternity care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44964/25]

2199. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of health care assistants in Donegal employed by the HSE’s home help department who have left the service since July 2024, when the pay and numbers strategy commenced; and the number of new home care assistants who have been recruited by the HSE in Donegal since July, 2024, in tabular form. [45043/25]

2221. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if an urgent matter in relation to staff shortages (details supplied) in County Kerry will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45190/25]

2233. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing in each region, by service division in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [45222/25]