Responses to parliamentary questions
Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 16018-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about the number of approved consultant posts in the specialty of Pain Medicine and Consultant Anaesthesiologist. Read the HSE response.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: February 2026
Updated: March 2026
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Question from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 16018-26
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the total number of approved consultant posts in the specialty of Pain Medicine and Consultant Anaesthesiologist with a special interest in Pain Medicine; the number currently filled on a whole-time equivalent basis; the number vacant; the duration of each vacancy; and the recruitment measures in place to address same.
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