Hospital Staff

3198. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an extra WTE consultant colorectal surgeon for the regional endometriosis services in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55210/26]

3216. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior pharmacist posts filled at Portiuncula University Hospital as of 10 July 2026, in tabular form. [55234/26]

3265. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants by speciality that are signed up to public only contracts at Beaumont Hospital. [55481/26]

3266. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the additional WTE staff by job title that have been recruited for the HSE surgical hub in Swords. [55482/26]

3283. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologist posts filled at the Mater Hospital as of 15 July 2026, in tabular form. [55627/26]

3740. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of neurology specialist nurses that are employed at Cork University Hospital in comparison to the national guidelines; and the steps she will take to address this. [57523/26]

4009. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent chefs, by grade, employed at Beaumont Hospital as of 18 May 2026; and to indicate the number directly employed and the number engaged through agency arrangements. [58564/26]

502. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the present governance structure for the management of projects, construction works and changes to building infrastructure within the management structure of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54388/26]

503. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the written, documented policy governing the management of projects, construction works and building alterations at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, including an organogram, setting out clearly defined roles and responsibilities for each post identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54389/26]

504. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the post within Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, other than the hospital manager, which holds lead responsibility for projects, construction works and building alterations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54390/26]

505. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the current governance structure for the management of projects, construction works and building alterations at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, is considered fit for purpose; if this structure was informed by any external review, audit or report benchmarked against best practice; if so, if she will provide same; and if sh…

506. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the job descriptions of any post at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, identified as holding responsibility for projects, construction works or building alterations, as evidence of an embedded governance structure and clear lines of accountability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54392/26]

558. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason paediatric epilepsy nurse service will be unavailable at Cork University Hospital from 3 July 2026; and the steps she is taking to ensure that this service resumes as a matter of urgency. [54613/26]

570. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment services to date in 2026; and the performance and variance against targets, by region, in tabular form. [54698/26]

576. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment services in the past five years to the end of July 2026, by region, in tabular form. [54704/26]

420. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the number of medical posts in the emergency department at Naas General Hospital that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54205/26]

421. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department are taking to address the lack of staffing and medical professionals in Naas Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54206/26]

422. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the reason doctors in Naas Hospital are subject to issuing of rotas on a Wednesday before work is to commence on a Monday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54207/26]

423. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of annual leave requests submitted in Naas Hospital that have been left months unanswered; whether this is due to a lack of staffing in the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54208/26]

424. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve workforce planning and the treatment of doctors in our hospitals so that experienced clinicians choose to remain in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54209/26]

700. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE scrub nurses posts filled at Beaumont Hospital as of 30 June 2026; and if the same figures will be provided as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form. [52640/26]

701. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health whether any business cases have been submitted seeking additional cardiology staffing resources for Beaumont Hospital since 2023; and if so, the details of such submissions and outcome of each, in tabular form. [52641/26]

703. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurologist registrars based at Naas General Hospital as of 3 July 2026, in tabular form. [52647/26]

711. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse managers two and one posts that have been filled within accident and emergency department of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown as of 3 July 2026, in tabular form. [52717/26]

897. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 23 June 2026, the level of private practice which is occurring in each public hospital by specialty, and not the number of contract holders, in tabular form; if she will confirm whether such data exists; whether it is collected or monitored; and, if so, if it will be provided; if not, the way in …