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Dáil

Written answer

Primary Care Services

Summary

Deputy Quaide requested detailed 0–18 primary-care staffing and vacancy figures; the Minister referred the operational matter to the HSE for response.

3932. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing in primary care services for 0-18s, as of 30 June 2026, by discipline, including psychology, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and dietetics; the WTE staffing she considers necessary to provide an adequate service; the number of additional posts funded but not yet filled; and the figures by Integrated Healthcare Area and HSE Health Region, in tabular form. [58212/26]

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As this is an operational issue I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy on this matter.

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