Questions from Deputy Ken O'Flynn - PQ 26769-26, PQ 36308-26, PQ 36309-26, PQ 36315-26, PQ 36321-26, PQ 36325-26, PQ 32682-26, PQ 36306-26, PQ 26777-26, PQ 32536-26, PQ 32537-26, PQ 32539-26, PQ 32678-26, PQ 26770-26, PQ 26775-26, PQ 26776-26
Deputy O'Flynn asked about agency staffing levels and conversion of agency staff. Read the HSE responses.
From: Communications and public affairs
Published: April 2026
Updated: July 2026
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Summary
To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE national management information systems do not capture agency staffing levels expressed as whole-time equivalents; whether this represents a known data limitation at Departmental level; and the steps being taken to introduce WTE-based workforce tracking for agency staff.
(This reply also covers the following fifteen PQs - PQ 26770-26, PQ 26775-26, PQ 26776-26, PQ 26777-26, PQ 32536-26, PQ 32537-26, PQ 32539-26, PQ 32678-26, PQ 32682-26, PQ 36306-26, PQ 36308-26, PQ 36309-26, PQ 36315-26, PQ 36321-26, PQ 36325-26).
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