183. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapist posts, by grade that were filled at Ardee health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50726/25]
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.
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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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599. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who have left before their regular retirement age, in St. James’ Hospital, Crumlin Hospital and Temple St. Hospital, in tabular form. [49768/25]
626. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists, by grade that were based within older persons services in Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49945/25]
630. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE psychologists, by grade based at Waterford primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49949/25]
336. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the counselling and psychological supports that are available for medical staff, including doctors, nurses and operating theatre staff, who participate in abortion procedures; whether specific supports were offered to staff involved in the 12 cases in 2022 in which babies were born alive; and the details of how staff are informed about these supports and the level…
342. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers, by grade posts that were actually filled within the primary care system in CHO9 in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49396/25]
343. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists posts that were actually filled in Swords CAMHS in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49397/25]
345. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of approved play specialist posts in Cork University Hospital; the number of posts that are in place and filled; the number that are vacant; if there are plans for recruitment to vacant posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49399/25]
1123. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce specialist public health nurses as proposed in the national early years policy framework; the number and the cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47634/25]
1154. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist neurology nurses in each CHO, since 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47822/25]
1171. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current position in relation is to appointing an optometrist in south Tipperary to assist with the backlog that has been building since the retirement of a doctor (details supplied); if a business case has been submitted for this position; if so, the position in relation to same; when an optometrist will be appointed; the position in relation to the newly …
1175. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will examine issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); if she is aware of the gap in service provision caused by the vacant consultant orthodontist post in the Navan/Dundalk area; if she considers the situation acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47933/25]
1176. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 17 July 2025, and her Department’s reply of 23 July 2025 indicating that a successful candidate for the ophthalmologist post in Clonmel would commence duty in August 2025; the reason that no ophthalmologist is currently in place; the steps being taken to immediately fill this critical vacancy; the interim measures b…
1203. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine, consultants in critical care and emergency medicine registrars on duty each night within the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital between the hours of 8pm to 8am between 24 and 31 August 2025 inclusive. [48115/25]
1221. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff based at Leixlip Health Centre in 2024 and to-date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48205/25]
1223. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetists with a special interest in pain management based at Naas General Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48207/25]
1252. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE environmental health officers employed by the HSE that are based in CHO3 in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48404/25]
1264. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ENT surgeons working in the public health service; her plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for consultant ENT surgeons to population; the current ratio to population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48459/25]
1266. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that have had their positions made redundant as a result of the integrated financial management and procurement system (IFFS) implementation earlier in 2025; the number of affected staff still permanently employed by the HSE; whose responsibility it is to ensure they continue to be employed in a fit for purpose role; how much notice any a…
1268. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to provide details on the proportionality assessment completed by her Department relating to the standards and criteria implemented on 11 July, 2025, by CORU, regarding the standards of proficiency for counsellors and psychotherapists, and the criteria for education and training programmes for counsellors and psychotherapists adapted; and if she will make a sta…
1302. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health for an update regarding the recruitment of public health nurses in Drimnagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48695/25]
1337. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the HSE or voluntary hospitals carry out exit interviews with staff on leaving the organisation; if so, the categories and grades of staff with which such interviews are conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48967/25]
1346. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to confirm if the consultant working in a clinic (details supplied) has retired; if the vacancy has been filled; if children waiting to be seen need to be seen by a consultant; if a vacancy is causing delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49024/25]
1857. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the employment of nine additional senior physiotherapists to assist those with multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions receive the care that they need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46768/25]
1957. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality outline the current numbers of children waiting for speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychology services in South Tipperary; to outline the average waiting time for each service; the numbers of children waiting for an assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45935/25]