1204. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown by whole-time equivalent of number the various clinical specialties that provide staff and service to the cardiac cath labs in University Hospital Galway as part of the 24/7 cardiac schedule (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12710/26]
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
106
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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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1229. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of staffing numbers within the National Rehabilitation Hospital; per nurse, physiotherapist, speech and language, occupational therapist, and psychotherapist grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12818/26]
606. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency department nurses at Beaumont Hospital as of 3 February 2026; and if this number will be further increased during the first half of 2026. [11484/26]
971. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason for any ongoing staff shortages at the Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, County Offaly; the recruitment targets she has set for the facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9190/26]
1064. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric neurologists available publicly, by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9588/26]
1099. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists that are currently dealing and treating public only patients at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9827/26]
1152. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff at Navan Hospital and other HSE facilities in County Meath, from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form [10245/26]
1188. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapist, occupational therapist and physiotherapist posts, by grade, which have been filled at CHI Crumlin as of 4 February 2026, in tabular form. [10308/26]
1198. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the WTE staff, by job title currently working at the Supra-Regional Endometriosis Centre in Tallaght University Hospital; the WTE vacancies, by job title; the estimated timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10383/26]
381. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, and the grade employed, in general medicine at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan; and the number of staff vacancies currently within the department. [8879/26]
382. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, and the grade employed, in radiology at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan; and the number of staff vacancies currently within the department. [8880/26]
383. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of staff, and the grade employed, in general surgery at Our Lady’s Hospital Navan; and the number of staff vacancies currently within the department. [8881/26]
413. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will detail, for each public and voluntary hospital, the total number of staff in each, on a whole time equivalent basis at the end of December 2025; the number of medical/dental staff on a whole time equivalent basis in each public/voluntary hospital at the end of December 2025; the number of nursing & midwifery staff on a whole time equivalent basis …
948. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan as of 26 January 2026, in tabular form. [7377/26]
949. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetrician and gynaecologists based at Hollies Street Maternity Hospital as of 26 January 2026, in tabular form. [7378/26]
970. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant pathologists currently employed in autopsy services across Ireland; his plans to address any identified shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7470/26]
1127. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologists based at Cork University Hospital as of 28 January 2026. [8295/26]
1141. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in geriatric medicine based at St James's Hospital as of 27 January 2026; the average waiting times to see these consultants for the first time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8372/26]
210. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts, by speciality, currently at CHI Temple Street; when each of those consultant posts, by speciality, will be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6815/26]
214. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a psychologist will be in place at St Mary's Mental Health services in Thurles following the departure of a psychologist last year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6825/26]
942. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in neurodevelopmental posts that were filled at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5552/26]
1107. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant urologists currently employed by Children's Health Ireland; if she will confirm whether all are on the specialist register in urology with the Medical Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6330/26]
1109. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant urologists and consultant paediatric surgeons currently carrying out paediatric urology procedures within Children's Health Ireland; if she will confirm that all are on the specialist register in their respective fields with the Medical Council; if she will provide a breakdown by specialty and hospital site (Temple Street, Crumlin, and a…
1120. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses at each community hospital in County Donegal in each of the years, 2007 to 2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [6417/26]
1124. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthetist based at St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny as of 16 January 2026.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6435/26]