Health Services Staff

1989. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who have retired in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18564/25]

2007. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the cumulative number of newly employed nurses employed by the HSE in 2024. [18703/25]

2028. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical social workers in older persons services within CHO8 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18836/25]

2035. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the long promised psychiatric consultant to CAMHS patients in County Kerry will take up this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18864/25]

2106. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure full pay parity for section 39 workers with their HSE counterparts, given the persistent disparities in pay and conditions, recruitment and retention challenges, and the commitments made in recent Workplace Relations Commission agreements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19277…

2108. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if there has been any positive movement in finding a resolution on the psychiatric nurses' strike, either in terms of discussions held or facilitating a general improvement in pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19307/25]

2109. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of any engagement on the implementation of a Dublin allowance for nurses since I last raised this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19308/25]

2117. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the six advanced practice posts for radiation therapy which were previously committed to; if the funding has been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19366/25]

2125. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a member of staff (details supplied) will receive clarity from the Health Service Executive regarding their employment status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19441/25]

2127. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a retired person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19464/25]

2148. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of staff directly employed by, and or funded by, north-west regional drug and alcohol task force; the estimated of pay costs per annum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19507/25]

2163. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she plans to lift the recruitment embargo on physician associates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19566/25]

2164. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the details and timeline for the review of the role of physician associates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19567/25]

2174. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to take into consideration that it is becoming increasingly difficult to attract healthcare staff to County Kerry (details supplied); if she will consider introducing special incentives to encourage healthcare workers to come to Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19594/25]

2187. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the recruitment embargo will be lifted from the health services, particularly attritional staff reductions due to retirements, resignations, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19613/25]

2188. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health to engage with the HSE on the pause in recruitment for positions of physician associate; the number of students the HSE funded to partake in a qualifying course; and the amount of funding spent on students who have not yet taken up employment, due to the pause in recruitment. [19630/25]

2261. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a full remuneration review can be undertaken to ensure all frontline staff in the health service are being paid sufficiently, in order that it is not an obstacle to recruitment, which appears to be the case at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19966/25]

2270. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if her Department will determine the professional pathways for an occupation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20033/25]

2271. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a framework for certain positions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20034/25]

2273. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the audits of service users carried out by the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20037/25]

2280. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is her intention to deliver pay equality for workers in Section 39 organisations to bring their remuneration in line with their counterparts working in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20057/25]

2281. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home care workers employed by community and voluntary sector organisations and registered charities will be included in any moves to deliver parity between workers in this sector and their counterparts in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/25]

2285. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, if the information on staffing shortfalls at the HSE Galway community audiology service can now be provided; if the posts have now been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20082/25]

2287. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the staffing shortfalls in audiology services by community health organisation and local health office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20084/25]

2318. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of current vacancies and the number of assigned posts for public health nurse positions for CHO7; and the number of public health nurses required by population, as projected by Sláintecare guidelines, categorised by area, in tabular form. [20217/25]