Hospital Staff

315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current vacancy rate within the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, by hospital, service, grade and specialty; and to provide the total number of approved posts versus filled posts as of the most recent reporting period. [66533/25]

316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2004 of 4 November 2025, the number of staff recruited in 2024 and to date in 2025 within the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare under each of the recruitment and retention initiatives referenced, including graduate retention, nurse and healthcare assistant campaigns, Health…

317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to detail the total number of agency staff currently working within the South South-West Hospital Group and Cork Kerry Community Healthcare; the number offered conversion to permanent HSE contracts in 2024 and 2025; the number who accepted; and the number of posts that remain dependent on agency staff. [66535/25]

824. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant nephrologists at Cork University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [65334/25]

841. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in emergency medicine and emergency medicine registrars based within the accident and emergency department of Wexford General Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65403/25]

847. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric gastroenterologists based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65471/25]

877. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses based at Portiuncula University Hospital as of 10 November 2025; and if she will provide the same figures as of 10 November 2023, in tabular form. [65661/25]

884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent staffing levels for Arbour House, St Finbarr’s Hospital, for each year 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by role, and the number of posts that remain unfilled in each year. [65758/25]

901. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent job offers that Naas General Hospital offered newly graduated physiotherapists in 2024 and 2025; and of the new job offers, the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [65876/25]

902. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant epileptologists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [65877/25]

903. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent job offers that Naas General Hospital offered newly graduate occupational therapists in 2024 and 2025; and of the new job offers, the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [65878/25]

913. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons based at University Hospital Kerry in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65965/25]

942. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the current and known upcoming vacancies at Cavan and Monaghan Hospital group per centre (Cavan and Monaghan separately); the dates on which the vacancies arose or will arise; the dates when vacancies are expected to be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66170/25]

98. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress being made to fill the vacancy of clinical specialist sonographer in ultrasound at the Louth County Hospital; if the position will remain based at the Louth County Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63422/25]

121. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to improve staff morale at St. Michael’s Hospital, Dún Laoghaire. [64598/25]

137. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the plans to provide mental health specialist nursing teams in the emergency departments of all model 4 hospitals out-of-hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64091/25]

587. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health given the increasing number of older people presenting with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, if it is mandatory for all hospital staff , including those working in emergency departments, to receive dementia-specific training; the HSE or hospital protocols for patients with dementia or Alzheimer’s who present with delirium and are left s…

671. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons at St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65170/25]

672. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists that are currently only dealing with public patients at the Mater Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [65171/25]

343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of whole time equivalent grades providing hernia surgical services at University Hospital Waterford, in tabular form; if there are vacant or otherwise unfilled or absent posts; whether a request has been made for additional posts, the details of that request; and the number of clinic hours provided to date in 2025. [64124/25]

356. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists and dermatology registrars based at Mayo University Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64202/25]

357. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants within the State who are specialists in chronic intestinal failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64203/25]

362. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ENT surgeons based at University Hospital Waterford in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [64295/25]

971. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant haematologists based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62818/25]

974. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title working within the department of psychiatry at Beaumont Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [62821/25]