Hospital Staff

259. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of staff hired at a hospital in the last three years (details supplied), by role, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3923/25]

1021. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed in each hospital nationwide, by speciality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2138/25]

1023. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in each hospital nationwide, by specialty, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2140/25]

1207. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives based in each of the three maternity hospitals within Dublin as of 28 January 2025; and if she will provide the corresponding figures as of 28 January 2022, in tabular form. [2889/25]

1215. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to return as a matter of extreme urgency, staffing levels at University Hospital Kerry to December 2023 levels across all disciplines, with occupational therapists, physio and speech and language therapists along with clerical staffing being particularly challenging; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2934/25]

1254. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocated to St Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3122/25]

1352. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for each year, 2019-2024, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm. [3525/25]

1354. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 39 voluntary hospitals on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for each year, 2019-2024, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm. [3527/25]

1334. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of international recruitment fairs to the UK where officials from Mullingar Regional Hospital were present seeking to recruit additional doctors, physiotherapists, nurses and so on to work in the hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46367/24]

1337. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists with a special interest in skin fragility at St. James's Hospital in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46370/24]

1339. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons with a special interest in back and spinal reconstruction at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [46398/24]

1341. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior physiotherapists in neonatology at Rotunda Maternity Hospital in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [46411/24]

1351. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants in emergency medicine based at Wexford General Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [46443/24]

1352. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians in the CHO7 area; the number of vacant dietitian posts in the CHO7 area; the plans to fill those vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46453/24]

1407. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade working in University Hospital Kerry, in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46718/24]

1453. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current and planned future arrangements for healthcare workers with long covid. [46900/24]

1469. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the total number of open posts currently unfilled as of 25 January 2025 in the Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, across all departments, including the accident and emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1017/25]

1484. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of assistant psychologist posts the HSE intends to recruit in 2025; and the location and estimated recruitment date of each post, in tabular form. [1066/25]

1520. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant haematologists attached to University Hospital Limerick in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1222/25]

1560. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant rheumatologist attached to Naas General Hospital in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [1476/25]

1570. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when he expects the post of primary care dietitian in St. Luke’s Hospital to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1524/25]

1586. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to introducing a tiered payments scheme for all student nurses and midwives (details supplied); if any similar proposals are being advanced to improve pay or bursaries for student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1624/25]