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Dáil

Written answer

Primary Care Services

Summary

Deputy Liam Quaide requested 2026 staffing and recruitment figures for children’s primary care therapy services, with regional breakdowns; the HSE will respond.

3933. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of new posts funded in 2026 for primary care services for 0-18s within physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology, dietetics and podiatry services, by discipline; the number of those posts advertised so far this year; the extent to which these posts will address the difference between current staffing and the WTE staffing considered necessary; and the figures by Integrated Healthcare Area and HSE Health Region in tabular form. [58213/26]

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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy as soon as possible.

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