Health Services Staff

984. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the additional staffing resources that have been sanctioned for the south Tipperary memory clinic since January 2026; the grades involved; the current status of recruitment for each post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45680/26]

1005. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national register, exclusion list, restriction mechanism or equivalent system exists to prevent agency or locum healthcare workers who have been removed from an HSE-funded site due to performance, conduct, safeguarding or patient safety concerns from being placed at another HSE-funded site; and if she will make a statement on the m…

1006. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of agency or locum healthcare workers who were removed from assignments within HSE-funded services due to performance, conduct, safeguarding or patient safety concerns in each of the years from 2020 to 2025; the number that were subsequently permitted to undertake assignments elsewhere within HSE-funded services; and if she will mak…

1023. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of funded posts that remained vacant within CHO4 in Older Persons Services and Mental Health Services at the end of 2024, by grade. [45909/26]

1024. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staff within CHO4 in each year from 2020 to 2025, by care group. [45910/26]

325. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of reports that agency nurses in a hospital (details supplied) are not permitted to undertake intravenous infusions, including the administration of intravenous antibiotics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44699/26]

326. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of reports that agency healthcare assistants in a hospital (details supplied) are not permitted to carry out patient observations, including blood pressure and temperature monitoring; if similar restrictions apply to agency staff across all public healthcare settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44700/26]

329. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure HSE adherence to Labour Court recommendation No. LCR23209 CD/25/646 regarding pay for perfusionists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44720/26]

218. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the position regarding the application of pension increases arising from Department of Health Circular 02/2024 and Labour Court Recommendation LCR22780 to medical scientists who retired prior to 1 January 2024; whether consideration is being given to extending these increases in line with the policy of maintaining parity bet…

219. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined representations from retired medical scientists that pension arrangements may not reflect previous scheme provisions or assurances regarding alignment with salary changes for their grade; if she will outline any review or engagement undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44306/26]

245. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the reason sufficient paediatric dermatologists have not been allocated by Children’s Health Ireland to provide cover for all regions; the plans in place to address the absence of paediatric dermatology in all areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44392/26]

250. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to implementing the Labour Court recommendation to restore the pay link between perfusionists and medical scientists; the reason this recommendation has not been implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44419/26]

263. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all recruitment pauses, embargoes or restrictions currently in place across all HSE grades, including the date introduced, the grades affected; and the expected timeline for review or lifting. [44509/26]

264. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether recruitment pauses affecting newly qualified healthcare professionals are currently in place across multiple grades, including physician associates and paramedics, and to outline all affected roles. [44510/26]

265. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will begin implementing the findings of the independent review into the physician associate role, published in May 2026; and to provide a clear timeline for recruitment to commence. [44511/26]

266. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason for the continued recruitment pause affecting physician associates in the public sector, while recruitment in the private sector is not subject to the same restriction; and whether this disparity will be addressed. [44512/26]

267. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the Exchequer of training the recent cohort of physician associate graduates, estimated at €560,000; and the measures being taken to ensure this public investment is not lost due to delays in recruitment. [44513/26]

268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health her role in overseeing the implementation of the independent review on the physician associate profession; and whether she will set a definitive deadline for the HSE to lift the recruitment pause and employ qualified graduates. [44514/26]

269. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason responsibility for implementing the independent review of the physician associate role has been deferred to the HSE without a defined timeline; and the actions she will take to ensure accountability and timely recruitment of qualified graduates. [44515/26]

1576. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staffing vacancy rates across CDNTs serving counties Longford and Westmeath, broken down by occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, psychologist, and physiotherapist; and the measures being taken to address recruitment and retention challenges. [42241/26]

1708. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any analysis has been undertaken since 2020 examining the relationship between Children’s Disability Network Team staffing vacancies and waiting times for assessment, therapeutic intervention or service delivery; and if so, if copies of such analyses will be published. [43864/26]

1740. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within University Hospital Kerry, broken down by specific role and department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41429/26]

1745. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health for the number of vacancies that exist within CAMHS in County Kerry, broken down by area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41434/26]

1761. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to strengthen the recruitment of psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists across the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41513/26]

1762. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the areas of acute shortage in recruitment currently in the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41514/26]