2476. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE radiographers, by grade, working in a hospital (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased later this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21258/25]
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
106
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Independents counted together
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| Month | Questions |
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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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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.
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The questions
249. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant anaesthesiologists with a special interest in pain medicine based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17664/25]
875. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a clinical HSCP director will be appointed to the executive management team in the mid-west health region; if so, when she expects this to happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16622/25]
876. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a clinical HSCP director will be appointed to the executive management team in the mid-west health region; if so, when she expects this to happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16622/25]
898. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department doctors on duty on Saturday night, 29 March 2025, in Cork University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16729/25]
901. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of the 185 new posts, hospital-wide, for which approval has been received at University Hospital Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16748/25]
902. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of the 185 new posts, hospital-wide, for which approval has been received at University Hospital Kerry that have been filled to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16749/25]
938. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to confirm the retirement of a senior psychologist from Ennis Day Hospital; the number of psychologists of each grade currently in Ennis Day Hospital; when any vacancies are likely to be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16952/25]
971. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses employed in each hospital in the State. [17192/25]
972. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses currently on sick leave in each hospital in the State. [17193/25]
999. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Galway University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased later in 2025. [17389/25]
1000. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers based in primary care services within County Galway in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17390/25]
331. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure consultants in public hospitals operate under a seven-day roster. [16214/25]
707. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions that have been advertised and have not been filled to date in all our hospitals during the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15058/25]
727. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if she has heard reports of a high prevalence of zero hour contracts being used for healthcare assistants at St. Vincent's Hospital Dublin; the number of such persons on such contracts in March 2025, and on the same date in each of the preceding five years; her plans to phase out the use of such contracts across the health service; if she will report on her engage…
734. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dermatologist registrars based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15248/25]
748. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in endocrinology at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15306/25]
749. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE sonographers, by grade, working in St. James's Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15307/25]
757. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists based at Cork University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [15353/25]
786. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a breakdown of whole-time equivalent positions at University Hospital Limerick and within the UL Hospitals Group on 1 March 2024 and on 1 March 2025, by profession, in tabular form (details supplied); if he will provide the number of said personnel employed via agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15618/25]
401. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant posts in the UL Hospitals Group, by job title; the cost of filling these vacancies; the estimated timeframe in which each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14809/25]
720. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on a vacant post (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13474/25]
752. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the total number of social workers currently employed in the HSE and HSE-funded hospitals and social care services; the number of social workers currently employed in each level 4, level 3 and level 2 hospital in each of the six new HSE regions; the comparable number employed in 2020; and her plans to expand social work services in the community. [13659/25]
755. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory physiotherapists working in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased [13673/25]
773. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the staff allocated to the Psychiatric Unit at Cavan General Hospital at present, by title, discipline and grade; those positions which are currently unfilled; the corresponding figures for March 2020, March 2021, March 2022, March 2023 and March 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13771/25]