2220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on agency staff in each year from 2020 to 2025; the estimated additional cost arising from agency premiums compared with direct employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43282/26]
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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2244. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ophthalmologists and WTE paediatric ophthalmologists based at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital as of 1 June 2026, in tabular form. [43352/26]
2246. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant posts by speciality currently signed to public only consultant contracts and are based at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. [43354/26]
2322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant posts approved for recruitment under the public-only consultant contract in each year since 2023; the number filled; the number remaining vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43615/26]
2323. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant recruitment campaigns undertaken since 2023 that failed to result in an appointment to a public-only consultant contract post, by specialty and HSE Health Region. [43616/26]
2324. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual additional Exchequer cost associated with the introduction of the public-only consultant contract since 2023; the budget provided for this purpose in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43617/26]
2325. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a value-for-money review of the public-only consultant contract has been undertaken since its introduction; and if not, whether such a review is planned. [43618/26]
2381. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant medical oncologists with a special interest in genetics based at University Hospital Limerick as of 1 June 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 1 June 2024, in tabular form. [43844/26]
542. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of instances in which agency expenditure limits were exceeded by individual hospitals or services during January and February 2026. [41001/26]
543. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has conducted any assessment regarding the operational or patient safety implications of attempts to reduce agency expenditure under the National Service Plan 2026. [41002/26]
655. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the clinical governance process that was followed prior to the opening of 24 additional inpatient beds at Mallow General Hospital; the person or body that authorised the opening of these beds; whether concerns were raised regarding the absence of overnight anaesthetic cover prior to their opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41223/26]
720. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the huge pressures on staff and patients in Cork University Hospital and the chaos in the accident and emergency department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41292/26]
218. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of specialists in the area of Ehlers Danlos syndrome currently accepting patients through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40441/26]
219. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if there is an active recruitment process for a specialist consultant in the area of Ehlers Danlos syndrome underway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40442/26]
220. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if consultant rheumatologists are effectively qualified to treat patients with Ehlers Danlos syndrome on a long term basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40443/26]
224. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the total number of posts unfilled at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, across all departments, including the accident and emergency department; how long each post has been vacant; and if there are any specific initiatives being considered to fill these posts [40459/26]
1121. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE qualified medical dosimetrists posts filled at University Hospital Waterford as of 18 May 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2023, in tabular form. [38790/26]
1122. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists with a special interest in migraines and headaches that are based at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [38791/26]
1345. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in rheumatology based at the Mater Hospital as of 18 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39375/26]
1346. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda in 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39376/26]
1347. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant histopathology and consultant colorectal surgeon posts filled at the Supra-Regional Endometriosis Centre at Tallaght University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39377/26]
1348. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric dermatologists based at CHI Temple Street as of 18 May 2026, in tabular form. [39385/26]
348. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2517 of 13 January 2026, the number of consultants on a public-only contract (details supplied) in hospitals within Children’s Health Ireland in each of the years from 2014 to 2025, by speciality and site, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38547/26]
367. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE posts that remain unfilled in Cahersiveen Community Hospital, County Kerry; what are these posts; the impact of these unfilled posts; the measures being taken to fill them; the length of time this will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38595/26]
368. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE posts that remain unfilled in Kenmare Community Hospital, County Kerry; what are these posts; the impact of these unfilled posts; the measures being taken to fill them; the length of time this will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38596/26]