Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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618. To ask the Minister for Health the way he intends to address the shortfall requiring an additional seven emergency consultant positions at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3253/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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619. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of emergency consultants, by hospital, as of 1 January 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3254/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to revert directly to the Deputy with the information sought as soon as possible.

The most recent overall figure as per the HSE staff census confirms that at the end of November 2022 there were 153 consultants working in Emergency Medicine (wte's) out of a total of 3,860 consultants.