1671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based at Mercy University Hospital as of 1 March 2026; and the number as of 1 March 2023, in tabular form. [18328/26]
Topics / Hospital Staff
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHospital Staff
828 questions from 106 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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827 written, 1 oral
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| January 2025 | 14 |
| February 2025 | 29 |
| March 2025 | 40 |
| April 2025 | 53 |
| May 2025 | 28 |
| June 2025 | 32 |
| July 2025 | 66 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 30 |
| October 2025 | 29 |
| November 2025 | 52 |
| December 2025 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 59 |
| February 2026 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 34 |
| April 2026 | 52 |
| May 2026 | 46 |
| June 2026 | 60 |
| July 2026 | 42 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 58 |
| October 2026 | 48 |
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1673. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE suicide crisis assessment nurse posts filled within Cork as of 1 March 2026; and the number as of 1 March 2023, in tabular form. [18330/26]
1674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons within Cork University Hospital that are currently only dealing and treating public only patients. [18331/26]
1734. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmic surgeon posts filled within the cataract unit of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, in tabular form. [18691/26]
1742. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the severe staffing pressures currently affecting TUH Clonmel hospital’s ward, day ward, and paediatric assessment unit, where services are being maintained almost entirely by acting staff, including an acting CNM3, no CNM2, two acting CNM1s, and acting shift leaders, and that this unit is operating without any designated shi…
2183. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time job offers that Portiuncula University Hospital has offered to newly graduated nurses in 2025; and of the jobs offered, the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [20511/26]
2184. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant otolaryngologists based at Galway University Hospital that are currently only dealing with and treating public-only patients. [20512/26]
2197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of dieticians WTEs employed at the dedicated bariatric service for medical only patients at Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20593/26]
59. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the HSE workforce employed in acute services in 2026; the proportion at the end of 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17522/26]
574. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons at Cork University Hospital in 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18063/26]
245. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget for Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17267/26]
246. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the number of agency staff employed by Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise across all departments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17268/26]
301. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, the grade employed, in general medicine at Wexford General Hospital; the number of staff vacancies currently within the department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17684/26]
302. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, and the grade employed, in radiology at Wexford General Hospital; and the number of staff vacancies currently within the department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17685/26]
303. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, and the grade employed, in general surgery at Wexford General Hospital; and the number of staff vacancies currently within the department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17686/26]
516. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health in addition to staff being transferred from Killarney District Hospital, how many new jobs will be created in the new Killarney Community Hospital, when will they be advertised; and will the Minister give a breakdown of how many under each category will be advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15829/26]
918. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of geriatric consultants in Beaumont Hospital by funded WTE; vacant WTE posts; the number of individuals awaiting an appointment with a geriatric consultant in Beaumont; if Beaumont has requested additional geriatric consultant posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14053/26]
628. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the efforts being made to secure the services of an orthodontist for the regional orthodontic service based at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13733/26]
273. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in moving some newly graduated psychiatric nurses onto their proper pay scale (details supplied). [13111/26]
274. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of an ophthalmologist for South Tipperary University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13115/26]
305. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health the total number of agency staff employed by CHI in 2025; the total cost of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13354/26]
1164. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists and ophthalmologists registrars based at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital as of 9 February 2026, in tabular form. [12262/26]
1201. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown by whole-time equivalent number of the various clinical specialties that provide staff and service to the cardiac cath labs in University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12707/26]
1202. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown by whole-time equivalent number of the various clinical specialties that provide staff and service to the cardiac cath labs in University Hospital Cork as part of the 24/7 cardiac schedule (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12708/26]
1203. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown by whole-time equivalent number the various clinical specialties that provide staff and service to the cardiac cath labs in University Hospital Limerick as part of the 24/7 cardiac schedule (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12709/26]