Health Services Staff

321. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo can be lifted from the health services, particularly additional staff reductions due to retirements, resignations, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30972/25]

323. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current resources and staff allocation to Cavan Monaghan palliative care, including the provision for home care palliative care and residential palliative care; the staffing allocation including current vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30974/25]

324. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to increase resource and staff allocations to Cavan Monaghan palliative care or any further proposals to improve the services provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30975/25]

325. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in CHI not available to provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31001/25]

326. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in public hospitals not available to provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31002/25]

350. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the HSE school dental programme in CHO 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31039/25]

1178. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all vacancies for intellectual disability nursing posts within CHO2; and the locations of these vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29549/25]

1205. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of his/her Department’s engagement with the WRC to restore pay parity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30158/25]

1228. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the need to improve pay, terms and conditions within the childcare sector in order to attract and retain staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30372/25]

1229. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staff turnover rate in early learning and care services in 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, in each local authority area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30373/25]

1230. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the annual staff turnover rate in community early learning and care services in 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 in each local authority area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30374/25]

1231. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staff turnover rate in private early learning and care services in 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 in each Local Authority area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30375/25]

1374. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health if she will allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied) from the 2026 National Service Plan for a programme to directly employ nine senior physiotherapists nationally to enable 1,458 people living with multiple sclerosis and other neurological conditions to receive group physiotherapy programmes and to deliver 3,726 individual appoi…

1409. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health if staffing levels of public health nurses have increased in the past twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29543/25]

1410. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health when Dublin 12 will return to a full team of public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29544/25]

1411. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she will report on recruitment plans for the position of emergency medical controller; the current status of the panel for this role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29545/25]

1416. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the number of pulmonary function laboratories in Ireland; the number of laboratories with vacancies for respiratory physiologists; the number of respiratory physiologist vacancies per laboratory, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29568/25]

1417. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being put in place to address the shortage of home support staff in the Limerick area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29584/25]

1420. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering a review of pay scales for clinical radiographer practice tutors to align with salaries for comparative tutor grades in other allied health professions, as noted in HR Circular 004 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29599/25]

1426. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in stroke medicine at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [29608/25]

1429. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in each primary care centre within CHO9 as of 28 May 2025. [29611/25]

1516. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care psychology child and adolescent service posts, by grade (assistant, basic, senior, principal) and by regional health area, advertised since 1 January 2025; and the number of those posts that have since been accepted and filled, with a candidate commenced in post. [29983/25]

1517. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of primary care psychology child and adolescent service posts, by grade (assistant, basic, senior, principal) and by regional health area, that have been filled, with a candidate commenced in post, since 1 January 2025; and the date those posts were originally advertised. [29984/25]

1526. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 29 May 2025, for an update on the number of clinical nurse coordinator posts currently filled nationwide; the number of posts affected by the current HSE recruitment freeze, including posts that were approved but subsequently withdrawn or delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […

1531. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the vacancies that exist in dermatology services at Letterkenny University Hospital; when any vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30042/25]