57. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of medical, dental, nursing, midwife and health and social care positions currently vacant in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4434/26]
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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274. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health the actions being taken to reduce the current reliance on locum consultants, given that 16.5% of consultant posts are filled on a locum basis; the reason for delays in advertising and filling permanent posts, including where advance notice of retirements is available; her assessment of the impact of high locum use on continuity of care, service development and sm…
284. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of additional consultant posts which have been approved for Kerry General Hospital in each of the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, by year, by speciality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4558/26]
928. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists, neurology registrars and senior house officers in neurology that were on duty between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. at Beaumont Hospital on 14,15 and 16 December 2025, in tabular form. [3665/26]
936. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in colorectal surgery and senior house officers in colorectal surgery based at St. Vincent's University Hospital as of 13 January 2026, in tabular form. [3735/26]
939. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns Beaumont Hospital were involved with in the UK during 2025 seeking to encourage Irish trained nurses, physios, doctors, radiographers an so on, to return home and work in the hospital; and the number of persons which indicated they were willing to return home per recruitment campaign in 2025, in tabular form. [3738/26]
947. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at University Hospital Limerick that are currently only dealing and treating public only patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3841/26]
981. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade employed in general medicine at St. Lukes Hospital in Kilkenny; the number of staff vacancies currently within the department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4026/26]
982. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of staff and the grade employed in general medicine at University Hospital Waterford; and the number of staff vacancies currently within the department. [4027/26]
1040. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime equivalent, WTE, consultant dermatologists based at Tallaght University Hospital as of 12 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4317/26]
1042. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of wholetime, WTE, consultant paediatric nephrologists based at CHI Crumlin in 2024 and 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4319/26]
534. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to ensure continuity of care for women who have had difficult or traumatic previous pregnancies in light of recent changes made to consultant contracts as part of Sláintecare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3048/26]
558. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant, non-consultant hospital doctor, nursing and health and social care professional posts approved, filled and vacant in emergency departments in each acute public hospital at the end of each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3154/26]
559. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency and locum staffing in emergency departments in each acute public hospital, by staff category, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3155/26]
560. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the proportion of emergency department clinical hours delivered by agency or locum staff, by staff category, in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3156/26]
561. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department consultant posts vacant for more than six months and more than twelve months in each acute public hospital at the end of each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3157/26]
562. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average and median staffing levels per emergency department shift, by staff category, in each acute public hospital; and the way in which these compare with recommended staffing levels, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3158/26]
563. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency and locum staffing in intensive care units in each acute public hospital, broken down by staff category, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3159/26]
564. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the proportion of ICU nursing and medical shifts covered by agency or locum staff in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3160/26]
565. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of intensive care beds that could not be opened or were temporarily closed due to staffing shortages in each acute public hospital, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3161/26]
566. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the staffing ratios (staff per bed and staff per attendance where applicable) for emergency departments, trauma services and intensive care units in each acute public hospital; and the national average for each service, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3162/26]
567. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on permanent staffing and on temporary staffing (excluding agency), and on agency staffing for each hospital, and for each emergency department or trauma service, by region, by hospital, in tabular form. [3163/26]
585. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number signing up to POCC23 for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [3252/26]
586. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants aged over 55 years who signed the POCC23 by the end of 2025. [3253/26]
587. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants aged between 45 and 55 years who signed the POCC23 by the end of 2025. [3254/26]