Health Services Staff

1768. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons posts filled at Cork University Hospital as of 25 May 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 May 2023, in tabular form. [41527/26]

1770. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrar in urology services at Cork University Hospital as of 25 May 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 May 2023, in tabular form. [41529/26]

1773. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians posts, by grade that have been filled at Ballincollig primary care centre as of 22 May 2026, in tabular form. [41532/26]

1774. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title and current funding required to fully staff an additional psychiatry later life team. [41533/26]

1777. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in primary care services in Longford and Westmeath, including speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and psychologists; the measures being taken to recruit staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41538/26]

1786. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the extent to which workforce shortages are currently impacting the delivery of continuity-of-care models and community-based maternity services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41614/26]

1824. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses, doctors, and health and social care professionals recruited internationally by the HSE in each year from 2020 to 2026, broken down by profession and country of origin. [41691/26]

1825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual attrition rate within the HSE workforce for nurses, doctors, and health and social care professionals in each year from 2020 to 2026. [41692/26]

1826. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish-trained healthcare professionals who emigrated or took up employment outside the State in each year since 2020, insofar as figures are available. [41693/26]

1827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure incurred by the HSE on international recruitment campaigns, relocation packages, recruitment agencies, and associated supports from 2020 to 2026. [41694/26]

1828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any assessment of long-term workforce sustainability should international recruitment levels decline. [41695/26]

1829. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current vacancy rate across nursing, medical and health and social care professional grades by Health Region. [41696/26]

1866. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Registrar in Emergency Medicine and Senior House Officer in Emergency Medicine based at Mullingar Regional Hospital as of 26 May 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2023, in tabular form. [41798/26]

1867. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the WTE staff by job title posts currently filled at the Functional Neurology Disorder Clinic at St James's Hospital, in tabular form. [41799/26]

1868. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Consultant In Infectious Disease posts filled at each model 4 Hospital as of 26 May 2026, in tabular form. [41800/26]

1876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staffing within the public health service for each year from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by HSE health region, staff category, and service area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41834/26]

1877. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of sanctioned but unfilled permanent posts currently being covered through agency staffing arrangements within each HSE health region, broken down by grade, discipline, and service area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41844/26]

1879. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the proportion of agency staffing expenditure in 2026 to date attributable to agency engagements exceeding three months, six months, and twelve months respectively, broken down by HSE health region and staff category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41846/26]

1882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE centrally monitors repeat agency usage by individual roles or locations; whether any risk assessments have been carried out regarding long-term dependence on agency staffing in frontline services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41849/26]

1883. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any value-for-money analysis comparing long-term agency staffing expenditure against the cost of direct permanent recruitment for equivalent posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41850/26]

1891. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of the staff hired in the past year for frontline duties replaced the staff that moved to officer roles, pathfinder, community paramedic/specialist paramedic roles (non-frontline). [41858/26]

1895. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently working within the National Emergency Operations Centre, broken down by role; and whether staffing levels there are sufficient to meet demand. [41862/26]

1901. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether compliance with agency staffing restrictions forms part of any current HSE risk register, assurance framework, or governance monitoring process; and if she will provide details. [41868/26]

1902. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any analysis has been conducted into the operational or patient safety impact of agency staffing restrictions introduced in July 2025; and if she will provide details. [41869/26]

1988. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2146 of 8 September 2025, when a reply will be expected for the persons qualification recognition application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42075/26]