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Hospital Staff

828 questions from 106 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.

828
questions
827 written, 1 oral
106
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202514
February 202529
March 202540
April 202553
May 202528
June 202532
July 202566
August 20250
September 202530
October 202529
November 202552
December 202528
January 202659
February 202628
March 202634
April 202652
May 202646
June 202660
July 202642
August 20260
September 202658
October 202648

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • 100% RDR9 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú38 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil134 from 22 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael43 from 14 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party3 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent40 from 9 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland51 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party97 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity6 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin325 from 32 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 54
  2. 49
  3. 43
  4. 40
  5. 27
  6. 23
  7. 22
  8. 21

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Albert Dolan Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
231. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists based at Galway University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form. [39759/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
232. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if bereavement suites and a bereavement champion are available 24/7 in each maternity hospital in the State; and if not, will she detail which maternity hospital does not have either in view of the fact mothers who tragically lose their baby just before birth or just after often have to endure the cries of healthy babies in the maternity hospital which can add t…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Health
304. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the reason the senior radiographer post at Carndonagh Community Hospital, County Donegal has been delayed by two years; when this post will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40128/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
886. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment of two consultant radiologists for the mid-west region is scheduled to be completed in 2026; the reason this recruitment process was not scheduled to be completed in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38877/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
887. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment of two consultant histopathologists for the mid-west region is scheduled to be completed in 2026; the reason this recruitment process was not scheduled to be completed in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38878/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
888. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment of a consultant oncologists for the mid-west region is scheduled to be completed in 2026; the reason this recruitment process was not scheduled to be completed in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38879/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
889. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment of a consultant cardiologists for the mid-west region is scheduled to be completed in 2026; the reason this recruitment process was not scheduled to be completed in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38880/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
890. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment of six consultant anaesthetists for the mid-west region is scheduled to be completed in 2026; the reason this recruitment process was not scheduled to be completed in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38881/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
891. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment of two consultant geriatricians for the mid-west region is scheduled to be completed in 2026; the reason this recruitment process was not scheduled to be completed in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38882/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
892. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment of four consultant surgeons for the mid-west region is scheduled to be completed in 2026; the reason this recruitment process was not scheduled to be completed in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38883/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
893. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment of four consultant physicians for the mid-west region is scheduled to be completed in 2026; the reason this recruitment process was not scheduled to be completed in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38884/25]
Charles Ward Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
1000. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrars based at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2023,2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39656/25]
Charles Ward Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
1002. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant in orthopaedic surgeons and orthopaedic registrar's based at Letterkenny University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39662/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
319. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if the HSE payroll section can be directed to honour the terms of a circular issued in January 2018 currently being denied to craft workers in Mullingar Hospital concerning a standardised formula for calculating holiday premia for employees (details supplied). [38332/25]
George Lawlor Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
376. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 619 of 11 February 2025, the plans made to ensure the provision of one WTE diabetes specialist pump nurse in Wexford General Hospital, for patients with diabetes to have a greater chance to access insulin pump therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38557/25]
George Lawlor Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
379. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department Nurses based at Wexford General Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased before end of the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38566/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
159. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of radiation therapists which are on panels awaiting a job offer, in tabular form. [37947/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
201. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on agency staffing by each statutory and section 38 hospital in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the total figure in each year and the figure for the first half of each year. [38138/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
202. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend on insourcing by each statutory and section 38 hospital in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the total figure in each year; and the figure for the first half of each year. [38139/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
203. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on agency staffing in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each provider for each year of the relevant period. [38140/25]
David Cullinane Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
204. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend on insourcing in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each provider for each year of the relevant period. [38141/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
250. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38231/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
251. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38232/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Health
252. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses working in each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38233/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Health
789. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if permanent contracts of employment will be offered to all radiography and radiation therapy graduates this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37318/25]