657. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish citizens that graduate annually from medical schools in Poland and elsewhere in the EU, and subsequently seek Irish internship posts. [70403/26]
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMedical Internships
14 questions from 7 TDs, between 11 February 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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658. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish graduates of Polish medical schools that have been unable to participate in the Irish intern matching process because their final-year centile ranking was not available by the HSE deadline. [70407/26]
659. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a later centile submission date will be used for medical schools whose academic calendar does not allow the final ranking to be available by the standard Irish deadline for graduates seeking intership posts. [70411/26]
660. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered allowing final-year students from EU medical schools with later examination calendars to apply provisionally and submit their final centile once their examinations are completed. [70410/26]
661. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the requirement for Irish graduates of Polish medical schools for the final centile ranking to be available by the deadline a statutory/regulatory requirement or an administrative requirement of the HSE matching system. [70408/26]
670. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a supplementary or reserve matching process for Irish medical internship posts will be established for otherwise eligible graduates whose centile becomes available after the normal deadline at universities in the EU. [70412/26]
1003. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her position on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22318/26]
2605. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given to providing pay for occupational therapy students currently providing services in placement programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1365/26]
631. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health to examine a serious concern affecting Irish students studying physiotherapy in the Netherlands who are seeking 12-week hospital placements in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53348/25]
858. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she can assist a medical student currently in a college abroad, to secure a clinical placement in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25819/25]
855. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the cost of a 20% increase in clinical training places for medical interns, initial specialist training, higher specialist training and clinical psychology; the number of extra places this would result in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14157/25]
586. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she agrees that radiation therapy students should be paid during their summer clinical placement, and that an unpaid placement presents a financial obstacle to completing a degree in a vastly understaffed field in the health service; whether they will end the practice of unpaid placements in the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40…
626. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health given the known shortage of radiation therapists in Ireland and their vital role in fighting cancer and given the financial impediments to students of radiation therapy (details supplied), if she and her Government colleagues have plans to extend financial assistance to radiation therapy students similar to that afforded to nurses in the later years of their training…
658. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she is considering offering financial supports for radiation therapy students while they are on placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4413/25]