293. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services, by CHO area, at the end of 2024, and the number of vacant posts in mental health services at present, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16331/25]
Topics / Health Services Staff
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHealth Services Staff
2,097 questions from 136 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
2,097
questions
2,094 written, 3 oral
136
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
7
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
Jan 2025Oct 2026
Show as a table
| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 27 |
| February 2025 | 81 |
| March 2025 | 96 |
| April 2025 | 96 |
| May 2025 | 103 |
| June 2025 | 94 |
| July 2025 | 145 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 96 |
| October 2025 | 49 |
| November 2025 | 116 |
| December 2025 | 68 |
| January 2026 | 76 |
| February 2026 | 96 |
| March 2026 | 138 |
| April 2026 | 143 |
| May 2026 | 162 |
| June 2026 | 215 |
| July 2026 | 62 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 148 |
| October 2026 | 86 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
-
314
-
93
-
77
-
74
-
70
-
50
-
45
-
43
Asked of
Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
294. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of job vacancies present in CAMHS in December 2024; if all of these vacancies are to be filled; the CAMHS staffing levels of today versus December; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16333/25]
295. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of new development jobs in CAMHS that are planned for each CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16334/25]
305. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 5 March 2025, if the reply will now be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16363/25]
318. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16454/25]
327. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the amount of that budget allocation that was spent in 2023 and 2024. [16488/25]
699. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists employed by the HSE in each CDNT nationwide; and the number of vacancies for psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists in each CDNT nationwide. [15026/25]
717. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the details on the situation in Rosmuc, Leitir Mealláin and Carraroe with regard to ensuring a locum is in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15089/25]
729. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given for additional staff as a matter of extreme urgency to allow two respite beds (details supplied) reopen at the earliest possible date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15200/25]
732. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts under active recruitment, broken down across disciplines, including, but not restricted to, psychology, radiation therapy and social work across units, in CHO7, in tabular form. [15244/25]
733. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed staff in palliative care teams within CHO7, by location, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15247/25]
735. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for WTE cardiological specialist, by job title and by CHO region, in tabular form. [15249/25]
742. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if a position (details supplied) will be filled; the status of those on the panel since 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15287/25]
756. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior grade psychologists based in community care within CHO4 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15352/25]
768. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses employed in the Lucan area every five years from 1981 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15415/25]
769. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of registered GPs working in the Lucan area, every five years from 1981 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15416/25]
770. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of nurse specialists employed to cover the Lucan, from 2000 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15417/25]
830. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in community healthcare network 4, northwest Cork; the current vacancies that exist in the network and the measures being put in place to recruit staff for the network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15848/25]
369. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address the shortage of public health nurses in Dublin mid-west. [14654/25]
370. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to recognise Foróige employment as part of CORU application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14661/25]
375. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts by discipline, speciality, and clinical site, in tabular form; the number filled on a permanent basis, temporary, locum or agency; the number of vacant posts; the length of time each vacant post has remained vacant; and the total number under recruitment. [14737/25]
389. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to recruit the additional 11 WTE staff needed towards delivering an obesity service in Mallow to coincide with the funding in the capital submission for 2025 for the required infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14765/25]
391. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all healthcare vacancies unable to be filled in County Roscommon due to the recruitment embargo. [14793/25]
392. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all healthcare vacancies unable to be filled in County Galway due to the recruitment embargo. [14794/25]
253. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the short-term and medium-term plans to improve the provision of public health nursing services in Dublin mid-west. [14467/25]