Health Services Staff

1507. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on the recruitment campaign for HSE home care workers in the Sligo Leitrim area; the number of home care workers recruited since January 2024 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1170/25]

1527. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of staff working in weight management services broken down, by location and service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1253/25]

1528. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of current staff vacancies in weight management services broken down, by location and service, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1254/25]

1529. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the details of the plans that are in place to fill current vacancies in weight management clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1255/25]

1533. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to give urgent attention to an ongoing issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1272/25]

1595. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the financial toll that long-Covid has on healthcare workers with the disease, given that the long-Covid payment scheme is due to end in June; and if he will extend the payments beyond this deadline and commit to supporting healthcare workers affected long-term. [1664/25]

1632. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists, per grade and per LHO; the population size they serve, employed in the CHO 4 primary care child and adolescent psychology services, in tabular form. [1887/25]

1633. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of additional psychology staff, per grade, his Department is committing to recruiting to address the crisis in primary care psychology waiting lists in CHO 4; and when he expects this recruitment drive to commence, in tabular form. [1888/25]

1635. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of HSE vacancies in Kerry, broken down by location and specialism, in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1900/25]

1642. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities in each quarter for each of the years 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1910/25]

1651. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the HSE spend on agency staffing for each quarter for each year 2019 to 2024 to date, in tabular form; the services to which the expenditure relates; the agencies to which payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1919/25]

1665. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to removing any recruitment embargo for front-line medical staff, whether in name or in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1953/25]

1666. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health if he will consider provision of accommodation for junior medical personnel, particularly in Dublin and areas where the cost of accommodation is high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1954/25]