659. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the registration process for physiotherapists who have achieved qualifications in EU Member States; the cost of registration; the average length of time it takes to register; if there is a standard framework used across all EU Member States for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9119/25]
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
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departments asked
Questions per month
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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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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.
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The questions
660. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the number of doctors in HSE consultant posts who are not on the Irish Medical Council specialist register for the specialty they are practising in (details supplied); her views on the potential for patient safety issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9120/25]
670. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists and physiotherapists currently working at a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9218/25]
699. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE carries out international recruitment campaigns to recruit occupational therapists or speech and language therapists; if she will provide details of such a campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9377/25]
710. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if he can address the shortage of dieticians in CH04 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9535/25]
714. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the reason nurses on a HSE career break are not permitted to take up temporary employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/25]
719. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of staff vacancies within the HSE, including the acute sector on 1 July 2024, and 1 February 2025, broken down by grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9549/25]
720. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide the total number of agency workers in operation across the HSE, including the acute sector as of 26 February 2025, broken down by grade, category and location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9550/25]
721. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a full and total breakdown of all costs, including recruiting, hiring, and paying for agency staff across the HSE, including the acute sector, for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9551/25]
733. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health when recruitment of occupational therapy services will begin in counties Laois and Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9568/25]
755. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortage of occupational therapists in Mayfield in Cork; and the actions she intends to take to resolve this. [9665/25]
769. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty on each day of the week in each treatment centre of the D-Doc service in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of HSE D-Doc vehicles based in each of those treatment centres, in tabular form; and if there are plans to increase the number of those doctors on duty in each of the treatment centres this year. [9737/25]
770. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE HSE-employed environmental health inspectors within CHO9, by location, in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [9738/25]
779. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding early retirement on health grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9798/25]
370. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the new measures she will implement to urgently address the chronic shortage of clinical staff resources across Dublin northside and the wider country. [8937/25]
374. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if she or her Department are aware of the advertisement of speech and language therapy jobs during the recruitment embargo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8708/25]
421. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health to address a year-to-year decline in the national ophthalmology workforce between December 2023 and December 2024, in both acute and community services; if actions will be taken in response to this worrying trend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8934/25]
270. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if she will address the payroll anomaly which has resulted in clinical placement co-ordinators not qualifying for the long service increment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8244/25]
342. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of new ophthalmology posts approved as part of the budgetary process for each of the years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8631/25]
867. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of social inclusion posts (of each grade) recruited in the CHO1 area since its inception; the WTE numbers of these posts which were located in Cavan and Monaghan; the number of WTE posts that will transfer along with Cavan and Monaghan in the transition to CHN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7345/25]
891. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who were paid the advanced paramedic allowance in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the number of intended recipients in 2025; and the number of new recipients in 2024 and 2025. [7560/25]
892. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of paramedics who qualify for the advanced paramedic allowance who are currently employed by the National Ambulance Service but who are not in receipt of the allowance; if there are paramedics qualified to receive the allowance but are not in receipt of the allowance, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7561/25]
927. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if an additional neurological specialist will be appointed for the Cavan Monaghan region to support patients with Parkinson’s disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7793/25]
934. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to fill the current vacancy for primary care south Tipperary ophthalmologist as a matter of urgency following the retirement of the Ophthalmologist in October 2024 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7826/25]
944. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the review of the physician associate role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7957/25]