Health Services Staff

1265. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health when the freeze on public health nurses conducting developmental checks for all children in the Killester/Millmount area in Dublin will end; what steps are being taken to ensure the timely resumption of this vital service; the measures being taken to ensure adequate staffing levels within the service; and if she will make a statement on th…

1294. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a position has remained vacant in a PrEP clinic since 2023 (details supplied); if recruitment has begun; the timeline being worked towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3334/25]

1299. Deputy Donna McGettigan 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. [3384/25]

1300. Deputy Donna McGettigan 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. [3385/25]

1301. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime 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. [3386/25]

1302. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime 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. [3387/25]

1303. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime 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. [3388/25]

1304. Deputy Donna McGettigan 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. [3389/25]

1305. Deputy Donna McGettigan 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. [3390/25]

1347. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if her Department supports the policy of conscientious objection in the Irish health service; if her Department has engaged with the HSE or any of the professional medical bodies to discuss changes to the current guidelines on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3515/25]

1364. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies across ophthalmology in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3581/25]

1200. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing composition of HSE speech and language services, including the number of managers and therapists, that cover the Tramore and Kilmeadan areas in County Waterford; the number of approved posts; the number of filled posts; the number of maternity cover posts needed in 2025 and the nu…

1247. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of vacancies in the speech and language therapy in Mayo; and the steps his Department is taking to recruit more SLT professionals in the Mayo region. [1445/25]

1248. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapy professionals who have been recruited in Mayo in each of the past five years.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1446/25]

1249. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of speech and language therapist professional who have left their jobs in Mayo in each of the past five years. [1447/25]

1254. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical psychologist based in the children's disability network team based in north Kildare in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [1470/25]

1296. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the total number of vacancies in the speech and language therapy in Mayo; and the steps his Department is taking to recruit more SLT professionals in the Mayo region. [1445/25]

1297. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapy professionals who have been recruited in Mayo in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1446/25]

1298. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapist professionals who have left their jobs in Mayo in each of the past five years. [1447/25]

1302. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the situation of only one part-time palliative care social worker covering all of counties Laois and Offaly will be rectified, given other counties with a similar population have two full-time palliative care social workers. [46178/24]

1315. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Health to examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46272/24]

1317. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health is he aware of a situation in Linn Dara, Cherry Orchard, CHO7, that has occurred so newly qualified staff nurses who received their registration pin in October, and their graduation certificates in November 2024, have not been offered contracts with the HSE; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46274/24]

1408. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time public health nurse posts within CHO4, in 2023 and 2024; the specific geographic area within CHO4 that currently has no public health nurse in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46719/24]

1410. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse posts per CHO; and the number of posts filled and the number of vacancies, in tabular form. [46737/24]

1505. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of a HSE community dietitian manager in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1159/25]