Hospital Staff

415. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent admin staff in Ennis hospital, Nenagh hospital and UHL; if permanent admin positions are being filled by agency staff in Ennis and if so the reason; the reason for many agency staff in positions as secretary consultants; the plans to replace permanent staff with agency staff in Ennis hospital; if the local managemen…

448. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts, by speciality, currently at Limerick Maternity Hospital; the expected timeframe for each of those vacancies being filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52802/25]

451. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health whether there is a vacant position for a speech and language therapist at St. Columba's Hospital, Thomastown, County Kilkenny; how long the post has been vacant; and the plans in place to fill this vacancy. [52821/25]

226. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the consultant identified in an internal HSE audit report as having been paid €1.6 million as a termination payment, including €1.37 million for loss of potential private earnings for a period of three years and eight months during which the doctor concerned was suspended, had worked for CHI. [52551/25]

227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing by each statutory and section 38 hospital from 2021 to date in 2025; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first 9 months of each year, in tabular form. [52568/25]

834. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in limb reconstruction based at University Hospital Limerick in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51109/25]

341. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the shortage of pathologists in the mid-west region of Limerick, Clare, and part of Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50965/25]

351. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic surgeons within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) who are able to perform surgeries on children with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC); the qualifications, sub-specialities and fellowships of each; the experience or qualification of each which provides assurance to CHI that each have specialism in limb reconstruct…

353. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of applications received for a nursing post recently advertised for a hospital in west Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51072/25]

355. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health her plans to deal with the delays in completing coronial autopsies caused by the severe shortage of pathologists in the mid-west; her plans to deal with the proposed withdrawal of coronial autopsies from the end of 2025 in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51082/25]

174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to National Rehabilitation Hospital in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50643/25]

186. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologist and cardiology registrars attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50729/25]

187. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of posts in the HSE’s supra-regional endometriosis centre operated by Cork University Maternity Hospital, by grade; the number that are filled; the number that are vacant; and the status of these vacant posts, in tabular form. [50731/25]

188. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of posts in the HSE’s supra-regional endometriosis centre operated by Tallaght University Hospital, by grade; the number that are filled; the number that are vacant; and the status of these vacant posts, in tabular form. [50732/25]

607. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE orthopaedic registrars based at Portiuncula University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [49804/25]

623. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of security staff hired directly and through agency in Galway University Hospital; the number that are hired directly, and through agencies; the overall cost, from 2020 to 2024, per year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49925/25]

627. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cognitive behaviour therapy posts that were actually filled at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49946/25]

638. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologists that are only treating public patients at University Hospital Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50010/25]

666. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of any plan to increase the level of nursing staff at the emergency department in Mayo University Hospital (MUH), Castlebar; if she is aware of any existing plan to improve the recruitment and retention of staff at the emergency department in MUH; if any independent review of current staffing levels is planned f…

685. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons with a special interest in knee and hip replacement surgery based at St. James's Hospital in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [50379/25]

333. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant dermatologists and dermatology clinical nurse specialists, by hospital and hospital group; the number that list hair and scalp disorders as a special interest; whether the HSE has a published clinical pathway for alopecia areata, including step therapy and access to advanced therapies; and if she…

346. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health her plans to recruit a dedicated consultant paediatric gastroenterologist for Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49400/25]

1259. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric neurologists based at Cork University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48434/25]

1260. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE nursing posts at Tipperary University Hospital; and the timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form. [48435/25]

1271. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant interventional radiologists based at University Hospital Galway in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48513/25]