343. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health whether all 2026 general nursing graduates entitled to the permanent HSE contracts outlined in HR Memo 013/2026. [66012/26]
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.
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2,094 written, 3 oral
136
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| 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 |
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393. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify if all new graduate nurses will be offered permanent posts in named clinical areas across all HSE regions, following the withdrawal of previously made offers in Cork University Hospital; if offers have been withdrawn in any other hospitals or regions; and if graduate nurses in other regions are being offered contracts through the HSE staff bank, rather…
394. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the withdrawal of previously made job offers to graduate nurses in Cork University Hospital; to outline in detail, the reason these offers were withdrawn; if a direction came from HSE South West or HSE Centre to withdraw these offers; and if a similar direction has been issued to other regions. [66158/26]
395. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of management and administrative posts created under the Enhanced Community Care programme set against the number of frontline clinical posts filled under the same programme, and the combined annual cost of each category. [66153/26]
396. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether public health nurses and health and social care professionals in work sharing arrangements who wish to increase their hours or return to full time are being refused on budgetary grounds or under the pay and numbers strategy; and the number of such requests refused in 2025 and to date in 2026. [66152/26]
397. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurse posts currently vacant, and the current waiting times for public health nursing and for community therapy services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, dietetics and speech and language therapy, broken down by health region. [66151/26]
398. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific key performance indicators against which community healthcare network managers are assessed; whether any evaluation or value for money review of the role has been carried out since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66150/26]
399. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which the role of community healthcare network manager was first sanctioned; to provide the approved job specification and competency framework for the role; and to set out the business case that supported its creation. [66149/26]
400. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of community healthcare network manager posts sanctioned since the establishment of the Community Healthcare Networks; the grade at which each is employed; and the total annual cost of these posts including employer costs, broken down by HSE health region. [66148/26]
407. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 3889 of 28th July 2026, to provide a copy of the job specification for a role (details supplied); and the date at which this job specification was published. [66198/26]
409. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of new roles approved by the HSE between January and August 2026, by month and grade. [66204/26]
417. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant registered general nurses within the Kildare area as of 8 September 2026; and the steps being taken to fill these vacancies. [66276/26]
418. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists specialising in substance use disorder posts filled within CHO 7 as of 8 September 2026, in tabular form. [66273/26]
427. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the amount the HSE spent on recruiting foreign doctors through the HSE relocation package for both EU and non-EU applicants in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66315/26]
430. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the 74 posts identified for agency conversion in the 2026 HSE National Service Plan, the number that have been converted to HSE posts to date. [66161/26]
1059. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE behavioural specialists posts filled at each CDNT within CHO8 as of 8 September 2026, in tabular form. [65216/26]
1060. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE family support workers posts filled at each CDNT within CHO8 as of 8 September 2026, in tabular form. [65215/26]
1089. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with a special interest in learning disabilities posts filled within CHO3 disabilities services as of 7 September 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [65781/26]
1124. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the protocols in place at Cork University Hospital to ensure that a registered nurse with the required clinical competencies is available on each ward at all times, including at night and during staff breaks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64342/26]
1126. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical nurse manager posts assigned to each inpatient ward at Cork University Hospital; the number of those posts currently vacant or filled on an acting basis; the arrangements in place to ensure ward level nursing leadership at all times, including during staff breaks and training periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64340/…
1127. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current nursing complement and the nurse to patient ratios on the oncology and neurology wards at Cork University Hospital; the manner in which the nursing skill mix on each ward is determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64339/26]
1157. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has received reports, complaints, industrial relation concerns or patient safety concerns regarding multi task attendants covering theatre operative duties at Mayo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64456/26]
1159. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the training, competency assessment and governance requirements that must be met before a staff member who is not employed as a theatre operative can perform duties within an operating theatre environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64455/26]
1162. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of perinatal psychiatrists per WTE, by location in September 2026, 2025 and 2024. [64470/26]
1167. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist perinatal mental health services clinical staff, by WTE and location, in each of the years 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026. [64471/26]