Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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654. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the 2025 agency-staffing cost increase between wage inflation, volume increases, and grade mix; and her Department's projected agency expenditure for 2026. [68049/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The cost of agency staff in D/Health funded HSE in the nine month period from 1 January to 30 September 2025 was €609 million. This represented an increase of €65 million (12%) over the cost of agency staff in the equivalent period in 2024 (€544 million).

The €65 million increase includes pay rate adjustments similar to those received by public sector workers in October 2024, March, 2025 and August 2025 of €18.4m (3.38%). The remaining €46.8million increase relates to a year on year increase in agency staff hours worked and the mix of the several thousand different staff grades included therein.

Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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655. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels per 100,000 population for medical, nursing and midwifery, health and social care professionals and administrative grades in each HSE region; and if the south-west region is above or below the national average for each staff category. [68050/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.