Health Services Staff

607. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if the HSE employment freeze has been completely lifted, specifically in relation to the Midlands Regional Hospital Mullingar. [4157/25]

620. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health her plans, if any, to provide the appropriate diabetes staffing resources to provide access to the dose adjusting for normal eating programme for all persons with type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4220/25]

667. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of additional WTE staff recruited into neonatology services in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4455/25]

1052. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-employed smoking cessation officers based in CHO3 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2224/25]

1102. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the immediate steps she will take to address a shortage of public health nurses in Drumcondra and Glasnevin (details supplied). [2410/25]

1108. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if there has been a change since 2022 to the criteria required to deem a person incapable on medical grounds of regular and effective service, which would allow an HSE employee to retire on grounds of ill health; if the bar for employees seeking to retire on grounds of ill health has been raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

1114. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when the recruitment process will commence to fill two vacant speech and language therapy posts with Sligo/Leitrim primary care services. [2453/25]

1126. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if plans are in place to recruit additional public health nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2522/25]

1175. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a dietician has been hired for Éist Linn in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2777/25]

1197. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dual diagnosis teams across the State; the number that are operational; the catchment areas they serve; the number that are fully staffed; and the number of vacancies otherwise, in tabular form. [2845/25]

1203. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE medical social workers based in Ennis General Hospital, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2858/25]

1208. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE stop smoking advisors employed by the HSE currently within CHO9; the length of time each of those posts has been vacant since; and the estimated timeframe in which those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [2890/25]

1219. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to provide additional office accommodation at University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2938/25]

1220. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of public sector workers in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare, per sector (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2973/25]

1221. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health to list all section 38 agencies that operate in County Clare; the type of service provided by each; the total grant received by each agency for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2974/25]

1222. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health to list all section 39 agencies that operate in County Clare; the type of service provided by each; the total grant received by each agency for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2975/25]

1228. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly employed community nurses in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2981/25]

1229. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent public and private non-acute physiotherapists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2982/25]

1230. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent publicly employed non-acute occupational therapists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2983/25]

1231. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent publicly employed non-acute speech and language therapists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2984/25]

1232. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent publicly employed non-acute podiatrists and chiropodists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2985/25]

1233. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent publicly employed non-acute counsellors and psychologists in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2986/25]

1234. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent publicly employed non-acute social workers in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2987/25]

1249. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health how many staff vacancies arose during the HSE recruitment freeze; how many of those vacancies have been filled since the lifting of the freeze; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3094/25]

1253. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians working in CHO5 primary care services in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3120/25]