Pádraig Rice — Watch Them Work

2026-04-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will issue an urgent response to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27499/26]

2026-04-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the introduction of an extended working day and week in the HSE and HSE-funded agencies (details supplied); the status of engagement with union representatives; if each site and agency has to reach individual agreements with union representatives and staff; if a national implementation plan has been developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27500/26]

2026-04-15

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons the independent review of roles and responsibilities at the National Ambulance Service has not been implemented; the progress to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27501/26]

2026-04-15

VOTE

Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025

A bill to provide for a period of paid leave in order to enable employees to participate in health screening programmes; for that purpose to amend the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015; to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other Acts; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 65–83

2026-04-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Review of Access to Cannabis for Medical Use, following the appointment of a chair; if the Review Group has held its first meeting [26569/26]

2026-04-02

LOBBY

Medical Emergency Response Education and Training

Medical Emergency Response Ireland (MER) provided written communications to members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health in advance of a meeting on health services for allergies. The communication introduced the organisation and its objectives, and shared findings from a report on emergency preparedness in schools, including access to emergency medicines, training, and identified gaps in resources.

2026-03-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to meet with a representative group regarding a proposal (details supplied) [23292/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 19 February 2026, if her position has changed regarding the sole use of Pobal data with respect to the granting of social deprivation practice grants (details supplied); if work is now being carried out in her Department to address the flaws identified and the potential implications for other services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23293/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appointment of a clinical nurse lead to support the implementation of the national model of care for epilepsy has been progressed; the reasons a permanent appointment has not been approved to date; if she will provide details on the allocation of time which will be given to the post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23296/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of children aged 12 to 17 years-of-age living with asthma in Ireland, and of this cohort, the number who hold a medical card and who hold a GP visit card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23297/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of ICS–formoterol combination inhalers currently reimbursed under the general medical services (GMS) scheme, including whether they are approved for use as maintenance and reliever therapy (MART); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23298/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to estimate the annual cost to the State of extending reimbursement to provide ICS–formoterol combination inhalers, used as maintenance and reliever therapy (MART), to all children aged 12 to 17 years-of-age diagnosed with asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23299/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 26 November 2025, to provide an update on plans to address infrastructure constraints in Cork University Hospital’s rheumatology department (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards; if any funding has been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23300/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2514 of 13 January 2026, to provide an update on the review of the helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS); if the review of physician-delivered HEMS has been submitted to the HSE, as per the timeline previously outlined; to provide a timeline for publication (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23414/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if children being reviewed by the External Expert Panel Review will also have their full clinical pathways reviewed; if there is one single body responsible for reviewing the full clinical pathway of these patients; the way in which different processes will interact (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23470/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to roll out a school-based oral health promotion initiative to all primary schools (details supplied); if her Department is carrying out any work in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23519/26]

2026-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation regarding their oral health promotion initiatives (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23520/26]

2026-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancies around the cost of a medical report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22937/26]

2026-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1858 of 18 March 2026, if a cohort of infants can receive a second RSV immunisation in winter 2026-2027 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22952/26]

2026-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the prolonged delay in commencing section 232 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; the timeline for signing the concurrence and the commencement order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22953/26]

2026-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a discrepancy between published agreed eligibility criteria and campaign criteria for a role within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); if this application process will be reviewed given that a number of eligible staff were deemed ineligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22955/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to concerns with respect to the recruitment and retention of clinical practice tutors in radiography (details supplied); if additional practice tutors posts will be provided to support additional clinical placements; if she will address outstanding issues related to pay, conditions and career progression; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21529/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric osteotomies carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in Children’s Health Ireland hospitals and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh in each of the years from 2010 to 2016, by location, in tabular form. [21558/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the HSE Capital Plan 2026, if she will provide a full list of all projects with their capital funding allocation for 2026, by region and county. [21587/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, if the terms of reference for the External Expert Panel have been finalised; if the terms of reference will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21635/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, if, as well as assessing the appropriateness of the original decision to operate in individual cases, the External Expert Panel will examine how those surgical decisions were made and overseen within hospital governance structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21636/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, how the findings of case reviews will be communicated to families; if families will receive a formal written outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21637/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, the way in which certain circumstances will be handled by the external expert panel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21638/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 11 February 2026, if the External Expert Panel will examine potential variation in surgical thresholds or clinical decision-making across different CHI sites during the period under review; the reasons for variations and the way in which it developed over time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21639/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the terms of reference for the External Expert Panel Review examining paediatric hip surgeries in Children's Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh includes examination of consultant supervision arrangements and training oversight within orthopaedic departments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22355/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consultants practising paediatric orthopaedic surgery held appointments or undertook clinical work across multiple Children’s Health Ireland hospital sites from 2010 onwards; if records of such cross-site clinical practice were maintained; if this overlap was considered when determining the scope of the External Expert Panel Review examining paediatric hip surgeries in Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22356/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the body which appointed the members of the external expert panel (details supplied); the measures taken to ensure that the panel is fully independent of the hospitals under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22357/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the external expert panel (details supplied) will have direct access to the full underlying clinical records for each case, including radiology imaging, operative reports and MDT documentation; or if the panel will rely on case summaries prepared by the hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22358/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the external expert panel (details supplied) has the authority to seek additional external subspecialist expertise in particularly complex cases where further clinical input may be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22359/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the external expert panel (details supplied) identifies cases where surgery may not have been clinically indicated; the arrangements in place to ensure that the child receives appropriate follow-up care or referral for further review where necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22360/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the final report of the external expert panel (details supplied) will publish anonymised aggregate findings or thematic conclusions to ensure that families and the public can understand the overall patterns identified by the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22361/26]

2026-03-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for competition of the final report of the external expert panel (details supplied); if interim updates or reports will be provided to families whose children's cases are under examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22362/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21215/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21218/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21216/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21217/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the audit of governance and equity in patient access and waiting list management at CHI; the timeline for completion and publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21200/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the wider look back of an individual consultant announced last month following phase one of the independent external review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at CHI and Dublin hospitals (details supplied); if this has begun; the timeline being worked towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21201/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update regarding the 62 patients recommended for further clinical follow-up following phase one of the independent external review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at CHI and Dublin hospitals; if all 62 have had their follow-up appointments; if not, the timeline for completing all follow-ups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21202/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current timeline for completion of phase two of the independent external review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at CHI and Dublin hospitals (details supplied); if this work will be concluded by the end of 2026; if she will publish phase one when the full report is complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21203/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [21204/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21205/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21206/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21207/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by health region and integrated healthcare area, and age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [21208/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21209/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21210/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21211/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [21212/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [21213/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages in each month in 2025 and to date in 2026, by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [21214/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of Children's Health Ireland who received spinal surgeries through outsourcing arrangements in a private hospital in 2025 and to date in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21219/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any further patients of Children's Health Ireland have undergone spinal surgeries abroad through outsourcing arrangements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21220/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish a report by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21221/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the shortcomings identified in the regulatory framework for emergency services practitioners and providers (details supplied); the steps she has taken since she was first informed of this issue in September 2025; if she has met with the chairperson of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council regarding this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21222/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2673 of 29 July 2025, if any work has been carried out to develop standard diagnostic policies or guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21223/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder services or initiatives in each of the years from 2020 to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21224/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to an organisation in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21225/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of optometrists providing services to medical card patients under the community ophthalmic services scheme in January of each year since 2020, by HSE Health Region, in tabular form. [21226/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the budget for each hospital in 2025, in tabular form. [21227/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of beds utilised by the HSE in private nursing homes in the HSE Mid West region in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by site, in tabular form. [21228/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of private nursing home beds utilised by the HSE in the Mid West region without a prior agreement in place in 2025 and to date in 2026, by site, in tabular form. [21229/26]

2026-03-19

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further information with respect to the acquisition of a site in Raheen, Limerick to progress Option B from the Health Information and Quality Authority’s review of the design and delivery of urgent and emergency healthcare services in HSE Mid West (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21230/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason newly qualified paramedics have not been offered permanent contracts and instead have been informed that they must reapply for their current roles; if she was informed about the decision in advance; her views on this change to National Ambulance Service (NAS) policy; if she has engaged with the NAS regarding this change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18406/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to instruct the National Ambulance Service to reverse the decision not to offer newly qualified paramedics permanent contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18407/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, to outline the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE health regions; if the local drug and alcohol task forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18408/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health how funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; if deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; if she will publish the criteria to be used by HSE health regions in making funding decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18409/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the specific measures that will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of local drug and alcohol task forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18410/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including local drug and alcohol task forces, will be pooled at HSE health region level; the safeguards that will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18411/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people directly employed to work in her Department, by grade. [18413/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the running cost of the Mount Carmel surgical hub in 2025; the allocation for this hub in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19304/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual running cost of each surgical hub once open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19305/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total capital allocation for each surgical hub since the programme was initiated, by hub. [19306/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if any of the specific actions outlined can, or will, be advanced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19307/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the prohibitively high cost of hearing aids; if this will be dealt with in the new national hearing care plan; the timeline for publication of this plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19308/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to expand the RSV immunisation programme; the steps she is taking to deliver this commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19309/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the RSV immunisation programme for infants; if a proposal is being considered (details supplied); her views on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19310/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if specific information, training or education is provided to general practitioners with respect to neurodiversity (details supplied); his plans to provide such information, training or education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19616/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 5 March 2026, the sites in which the 7 WTE staff provided for under 2025 PrEP funding are working; if funding has been provided for additional staff in PrEP services in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20180/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will use the opportunity of the forthcoming United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) fifty-ninth session on 13 to 17 April 2026 to showcase Ireland's positive experience of reforming law and policy and expanding access to reproductive health and rights, including at events and discussions sponsored by Member States and international organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20239/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 5 March 2026, to provide further information regarding the Women's Health Service (details supplied); to provide details of the supports provided to sex workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20583/26]

2026-03-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the EOLAS programme (details supplied) will be funded and delivered on a national basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20596/26]

2026-03-11

LOBBY

Health Research Charities Ireland Health

Support for the asks contained in the HRCI Position Paper 2026

2026-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to reduce preventable baby deaths, following a recent Oireachtas Committee on Health meeting in which this issue was highlighted (details supplied); if this will be a priority in the next National Maternity Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17724/26]

2026-03-05

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Sexual Health Strategy recommendation to develop a comprehensive, evidence-based and fit-for-purpose model of care for sexual health; the progress made to date; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17722/26]

2026-03-05

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the definitive timeline for the completion of the Strategic Review of General Practice; the reason for the delay in completing the review, given that the original competition date was the end of 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17721/26]

2026-03-05

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the delivery of the programme for Government commitment to continue to extend access to free contraception; the work carried out to date; the timeline she is working towards in expanding the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17723/26]

2026-03-05

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1079 of 24 February 2026, if funding for the Integrated Homeless Services Hub in Cork city has been approved; if so, the amount allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18061/26]

2026-03-05

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in progressing the development of the new Paediatric Unit in Cork University Hospital, given that it was granted planning permission in 2022 (details supplied); the current timeline for construction and opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18062/26]

2026-03-05

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons at Cork University Hospital in 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18063/26]

2026-03-05

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2424 of 13 January 2026, the status of the community nursing units located at St. Finbarr’s Cork, Midleton, Thomastown and Clonmel; if any have been handed over to the HSE; if not, the timeline for each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18073/26]

2026-03-04

LOBBY

Vape Business Ireland Health

Legislation on vaping

2026-03-03

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of an evaluation being undertaken by the Alcohol Act Technical Evaluation Group (AATEG) in relation to the provisions of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17136/26]

2026-02-26

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline how often the HSE’s National Women and Infants Health Programme meet; for an update on the application of a specific centre under the Endometriosis Surgery Abroad Interim Scheme (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15828/26]

2026-02-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a HSE webpage is currently unavailable (details supplied); the length of time that it has been down; the timeline for it going live again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16085/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if other HSE Inclusion Health Clinics have been opened (details supplied); if so, the locations; if there are plans to establish further HSE Inclusion Health Clinics; if so, the proposed locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14999/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if screening for spinal muscular atrophy will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage (details supplied); the preparations currently underway to ensure this timeline is met, given that more than two years has elapsed since the decision was taken to include SMA in the heelprick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15000/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the funding application for the Cork city homeless hub (details supplied); the reason for the delay in a decision; the timeline for funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15016/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with a campaign group following publication of their survey and findings in relation to the future of healthcare services in the Mid West and the recommendations published by HIQA in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15082/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1072 of 9 December 2025, to provide an update on her consideration of option C from HIQA’s review urgent and emergency care in the Mid West; the timeline she is working towards in outlining her position with respect to developing an additional Model 3 hospital in the Midwest region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15083/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total spend by each public hospital on private ambulances and taxis respectively, in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [15084/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in each month of 2025, by RHA and IHA, by whether the person is waiting for a new package or additional hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15085/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hours of home support delivered in each month of 2025, by RHA and IHA, by direct vs non direct delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15086/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further detail on the funding allocated towards developing standardised national tumour specific clinical pathways to optimise early access, diagnosis, staging and treatment for breast, liver, pancreas, prostate, and skin as outlined in the 2026 HSE Service Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15090/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date on which both the liver and pancreas dedicated pathways will be up and running in each of the regions across Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15091/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the work done to date to consider further reductions in the drugs payment scheme as per the Programme for Government 2025 commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15092/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the work done to date to progress the 2025 Programme for Government commitment to increase medical card income limits; the timelines on such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15093/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made towards implementing the model of care for psycho-oncology for patients up to 24 years-of-age as per the Programme for Government 2025 commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15094/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the planned activities for the children, adolescent, and young adult cancer survivorship pathway in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15095/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the projected number of children, adolescent and young adults who will access psycho-oncology services by the end of 2026. [15096/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress the Government is making in expanding the acute haematology oncology nursing service as per the Programme for Government 2025 commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15097/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the dedicated nursing acute haematology oncology service for patients on active treatment, reducing emergency department attendance and inpatient admissions as outlined in the 2026 HSE Service Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15098/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to increase the number of clinical trials as per the Programme for Government 2025 commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15099/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline in detail the additional capacity to be provided in the new elective hospital for Galway (details supplied); if this will be a standalone facility; the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15195/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline in detail the additional capacity to be provided in the new elective hospital for Cork (details supplied); if this will be a standalone facility; the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15196/26]

2026-02-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline in detail the additional capacity to be provided in the two new elective hospitals for Dublin (details supplied); if these will be standalone facilities; the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15197/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will address the exclusion of some general practices from the revised social deprivation practice grant (details supplied); if she will take urgent steps to amend the way in which deprivation is measured given the serious flaws identified in the current categorisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13926/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if general practitioners have been provided with guidelines with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder; if so, to provide a copy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13927/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to the publication of a comprehensive framework outlining a programme for the diagnosis and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder, encompassing a multidisciplinary contribution from general practitioners, psychiatric and gynaecological specialists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13928/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the research her Department is consulting or conducting with respect to the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13929/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the research her Department is consulting or conducting with respect to diagnostic pathways for people with premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13930/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details on any public awareness programmes or campaigns that her Department or the HSE has carried out to inform people of the symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13931/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for pre-exposure prophylaxis, by clinic; and the wait time to be offered a new appointment in each clinic, in tabular form. [13935/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to list all public pre-exposure prophylaxis clinics; and to identify the sites in which waiting lists are closed to new self-referrals, in tabular form. [13936/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to public pre-exposure prophylaxis services to expand capacity, reduce waiting lists and ensure that the waiting lists in all public clinics are open to new self-referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13937/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a new model of pre-exposure prophylaxis will be considered, given the strain on existing clinics (details supplied); if she will review this model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13938/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 11 February 2026, to confirm that she has received the HSE’s report into the physician associate grade; if she will publish this report; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13939/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the HEMS Feasibility Study (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13940/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 10 December 2025, to respond to correspondence from HIQA which clearly states that criteria used in their Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) was not limited to patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus who have required insulin from the outset (details supplied); the steps she will take to address this discrepancy; if this reimbursement decision will be revisited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13941/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2460 of 13 January 2026, to provide an update on the review of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme; if a chairperson has been appointed; if not, the status of work to put the chairperson and membership in place; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13969/26]

2026-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline for implementation of Ava’s protocol, recommended by Cork City Coroner’s office in 2024; if she is committed to implementing this change to the administration of medical cannabis in hospital settings; if this will be implemented through primary or secondary legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13970/26]

2026-02-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to avert industrial action by health care assistants in the HSE home support service in Cork, Clare, Limerick, Kerry and Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12396/26]

2026-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the registration board for clinical biochemists; the current phase of development (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11496/26]

2026-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the establishment of the registration board for orthoptists; the current phase of development (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11497/26]

2026-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to an instruction to the HSE regarding critical illness protocol requests from former recipients of the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid (details supplied); to provide a copy of the memo or circular in which this instruction was stated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11498/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.438 of 2 October 2025, if the HSE’s review of the physician associate grade has been completed, given that it was due by the end of 2025; the timeline being worked towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10826/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the expert panel established following the independent audit on hip surgery thresholds for children with developmental dysplasia of the hip in Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, following the appointment of a chair; if the terms of reference have been completed; if they will be published; the timeline for beginning the reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10827/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 10 December 2025, the status of the vendors shortlist for electronic health records, following approval to commence procurement; the number of vendors on the shortlist; if any vendors have been ruled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10835/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the guidance has been updated since 2004; if exempted premises are monitored to ensure staff safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10847/26]

2026-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2425 of 13 January 2026, if this group of contract workers will be transitioned to permanent contracts under the HSE's agency conversion programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10922/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure urgent access to a treatment where clinicians advise that delay risks irreversible loss of neurological and functional ability (details supplied); if compassionate or exceptional access mechanisms are available while national reimbursement processes are ongoing; the safeguards currently in place to protect such patients from avoidable permanent harm during administrative delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9330/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the establishment of 11 regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; to clarify the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; if these new structures will replace or absorb existing local drug and alcohol task forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9812/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the population-based planning that will be used for new National Drugs Strategy structures; the way in which deprivation and local need will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9813/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the consultation that has taken place with local drug and alcohol task forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9814/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of local drug and alcohol task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9815/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current reimbursement arrangements in place for GLP-1 medications; to identify the products currently available under each scheme and the criteria for access; if there are plans to expand access; if further products are undergoing pricing and reimbursement assessment; if so, the status of that work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10332/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the Commission on Care for Older People; the timeline for publication of its first report; if it has commenced work on module two; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10333/26]

2026-02-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify if private patients who were previously in a programme can be included in the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) programme (details supplied); the plans to expand CDM eligibility to include all patients with chronic diseases, irrespective of their general medical services or doctor visit card status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10400/26]

2026-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2264 of 13 January 2026, if a decision on the reimbursement of a treatment will be informed by the National Rare Disease Strategy and the funding provided for orphan drugs in Budget 2026 (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9003/26]

2026-02-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she expects the Strategic Review of General Practice to be completed in 2026 or 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7595/26]

2026-02-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the changes she has implemented to address the issues identified in reports on the nursing home sector (details supplied); the further actions she intends to take to reform the way in which nursing homes are regulated and funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7618/26]

2026-02-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices in receipt of the social deprivation practice grant in each of the years since its introduction, by health region, and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form; the total amount provided in each year; the average grant awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8252/26]

2026-02-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a proposal to implement a new social deprivation practice grant has not been progressed (details supplied); her plans to implement this proposal; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8253/26]

2026-02-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any additional supports will be provided to general practitioners in the most deprived areas to assist with the chronic disease management programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8254/26]

2026-02-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to establish a national system for professional interpreting services in the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8261/26]

2026-02-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an itemised breakdown of allocations made towards combatting loneliness between 2019 and 2025, indicating which specific organisations and projects have been supported, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8606/26]

2026-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists, optometrists and dispensing opticians providing services to medical card patients under the community ophthalmic services scheme in each of the years since 2019, by county and town/region, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6836/26]

2026-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned statutory inquiry into the care of children with spina bifida and complex scoliosis in Children’s Health Ireland; the progress that has been made in appointing a facilitator to consult with advocacy groups regarding the terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6837/26]

2026-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a new agreement with respect to the pricing and supply of medicines contains any provisions which would see the procurement and use of pharmaceuticals manufactured by a company (details supplied) discontinued where alternatives exist; if not, to state whether this agreement will lead to an increase in the procurement of pharmaceuticals manufactured by this company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6838/26]

2026-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each of the recommendations from the National Review of Adult Specialist Cardiac Services in Ireland; the work carried to date in implementing each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6839/26]

2026-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to develop a new national cardiovascular health plan following publication of the EU’s Safe Hearts Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6840/26]

2026-01-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her Department’s review of the Primary Care Centre Programme; the aims of this review; if work has commenced; the timeline she is working towards for completion of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6841/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to reinstate the paramedic and advanced paramedic supervisor grade within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6097/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to introduce a dedicated ICO/EMT supervisor grade within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6098/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a previously agreed ratio will be implemented in the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); the reason this has not been implemented to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6099/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a proposal will be progressed with respect to the work of supervisors within the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6118/26]

2026-01-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department will provide pharmacists with direction regarding eligibility for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6526/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the continued delay in expanding the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme to include spinal muscular atrophy (SMA); if screening for SMA will commence this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4901/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 10 December 2026, if he has approved the draft Circuit Court Rules (Donor Assisted Human Reproduction) 2025 and the equivalent District Court Rules, which would allow for the commencement of section 232 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; if not, the timeline he is working towards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5229/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of step-down beds that have been provided in County Clare, by site in each of the years since 2020, in tabular form. [5223/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the safe number of trolleys permitted in University Hospital Limerick’s emergency department to comply with fire safety regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5224/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any advice or guidance has been provided to pharmacists with respect to the pause on changes to phased dispensing control mechanisms; if so, to provide a copy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5226/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the concerns raised with respect to monitored dosage systems, or blister packs, as a result of changes agreed under the Community Pharmacy Agreement; if she intends to amend previously agreed changes in phased dispensing control mechanisms during the current pause; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5227/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to an issue related to changes under the Community Pharmacy Agreement (details supplied); if an instruction was issued to pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5228/26]

2026-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Strategic Review of General Practice; to provide a firm timeline for competition of the Strategic Review; the reason for the delay in its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5380/26]

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Council for Psychotherapy Health

ICP concerns & recommendations re: the proposed CORU Standards of Proficiency & Criteria for Education & Training Programmes for Psychotherapists.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited 2 returns Health

Rare Disease Policy in Ireland
Rare Disease Policy

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Novartis Ireland Limited 2 returns Health

World Urticaria Day event
Invitation to a meeting to discuss EU and Irish Cardiovascular Strategy

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Insurance Ireland Banking and Financial Institutions

On behalf of members, to raise awareness of issues pertinent to the Irish health insurance industry

2026-01-21

LOBBY

The Irish Hospice Foundation Health

Written request to Chair and members of Oireachtas Committee on Health seeking opportunity to present findings from a report on the end of life experiences of older people to the Committee.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 3 returns Health

Oireachtas Committee on Health
Radiation therapy and radiography services
Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - IACP Health

Raised concerns about the Publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Alcohol Forum Ireland Health

To ensure meaningful inclusion of alcohol as a policy priority within the new National Drug Strategy.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Health Research Charities Ireland Health

Meeting with Padraig Rice T.D, to discuss the asks contained in the 2025 Position Paper.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Pender & Associates Ltd 2 returns Health

Letter seeking engagement on oral health policy
Engagement relating to the needs of oral healthcare

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Rehab Group Public Expenditure and Reform

Rehab's Pre Budget Submission

2026-01-21

LOBBY

National Centre for Youth Mental Health Health

Letter to the Oireachtas regarding subcommittee on mental health.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Takeda Products Ireland Health

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) awareness and care pathways in Ireland

2026-01-21

LOBBY

The Asthma Society of Ireland 2 returns Health

AV Room Briefing for World Lung Day
Pre-Budget Submission

2026-01-21

LOBBY

LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG 4 returns Budgetary mattersHealth

Pre-Budget Meeting with Rainbow (LGBT+) Caucus
LGBT Ireland Pre-Budget Submission
Meeting with Rainbow (LGBT+) Caucus as part of LGBTQ+ Parenting Alliance on key issues around legislation in relation to LGBTQ+ families
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) (Amendment) Bill

2026-01-21

LOBBY

National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

NISIG emailed Oireachtas members the pre-budget submission for 2026 in August 2025. Key asks included: a request for funding for our NISIG Helpline, a wider and more sufficiently funded public funded IVF scheme. That eligibility and criteria be broad, equitable, inclusive and reflective of those who seek infertility treatment. Also, that donor conception be ready to roll out in conjunction with the establishment of the new Regulatory Authority.

2026-01-21

LOBBY

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC Health

Meeting requests/Meetings - Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines

2026-01-21

LOBBY

Movember Health

Launch of the Real Face of Men's Health report focused on the delivery of the National Men's Health Action plan, with a range of recommendations on priority areas

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [4718/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [4719/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane, by prison and gender, in tabular from. [4720/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4721/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4800/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount collected by all public hospitals in respect of car parking charges for visitors and patients in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the amount collected by contracted companies to run and manage car parking facilities at each hospital for the same time period. [4801/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the car parking fees charged at each public hospital, in tabular form. [4802/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any actions have been taken with respect to the surgeons identified in the Independent Audit on Hip Surgery Thresholds for Children with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, for whom there were concerns about the necessity of the surgeries they performed on children; if all of these surgeons are still carrying out surgeries in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) sites or the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh (NOHC); if any of them continue to serve on medical boards in CHI or NOHC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4803/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appropriateness of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out on children in private healthcare facilities will also be included in the external expert panel established following the publication of an independent medical audit (details supplied); if she has identified the private hospitals in which these surgeries took place during the period between January 2010 and March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4804/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has requested data on the number of children who underwent pelvic osteotomy procedures in a private healthcare facility (details supplied); if she has been provided with a list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4805/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appropriateness of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out on children in a hospital will also be included in the external expert panel established following the publication of an independent medical audit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4806/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appropriateness of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out on children in other public hospitals will also be included in the external expert panel established following the publication of an independent medical audit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4807/26]

2026-01-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if planning permission is required for beds to be delivered in Cork University Hospital in 2026 (details supplied); if so, the status of said planning permission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4808/26]

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 5 returns Health

Reconstruction surgery
Costs associated with a cancer diagnosis
Expansion of QUIT services
Nicotine product regulation
Genetic services

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Croi - The West of ireland Cardiac Foundation Limited Health

Croi held health checks inHealth checks in Leinster House to highlight the need for a National Cardiovascular Health Strategy and Cardiovascular policy in general - held 19 November.

2026-01-20

LOBBY

GSK Health

Information regarding HIV in Ireland

2026-01-20

LOBBY

221+ Patient Suport Group Health

Submission of 221+ Business Case to Minister for Health

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Rockwood Consulting ULC Health

Sought meetings to brief DPOs on Veonet's service offering and the development of a national eyecare strategy

2026-01-20

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland Health

Sent PSI press release to multiple TDs, highlighting key pre-budget priorities including increasing the mental health budget, extending CAMHS eligibility to age 25, culturally competent services, and zero restraint/seclusion with statutory advocacy.

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

Provision of audiology services and eye care services

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Early Onset Parkinsons Disease CLG Health

Government must allocate funding to upgrade infastructure, doubling capacity for life-changing Parkinson’s Disease surgery Date 25/11/2025 Pádraig Rice Social Democrats

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

MS Ireland continued campaigning for Pre-Budget asks

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Irish Family Planning Association Health

National and international policy on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Lir Communications Ltd Health

Request to meet to discuss the National Advanced AHR Centre planned for Cork.

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Hanover Media Strategy Limited 3 returns Health

Letter to Joint Committee on Health concerning the current inequities in access to innovative oncology medicines in Ireland.
AV Room Briefing Event to discuss a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines
Meeting request to discuss protection for over 65s in winter flu season

2026-01-20

LOBBY

Danone Ireland Health

Engagement with members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, highlighting support for recommendations from INDI and IrSPEN, regarding the role of high-protein oral nutritional supplements in supporting positive health outcomes for patients

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify matters related to compensation for victims of the HSE cyber-attack (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3491/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of the briefing provided to her, which is referenced in a media report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3493/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, by contract type, principal clinical site and region, in tabular form. [3494/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a summary of the key provisions of each of the contracts under which consultants are employed in the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3495/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 991 of 16 December 2025, if matters raised previously will be subject to a review in due course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3889/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme in light of the State’s commitments under the National Rare Disease Plan (details supplied); if the inclusion of many rare, genetic, and metabolic disorders which require lifelong and medically essential treatment is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4259/26]

2026-01-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Strategic Review of the Eligibility Framework which was due to be completed in 2025 (details supplied); the expected timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4260/26]

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Teiripe Pobail Éireann CLG 2 returns Health

Coru - Publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board
Community Therapy Ireland Clinical Governance Badge of Excellence

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Transgender Equality Network Ireland Health

Supported Labour private member's bill on trans healthcare and attended Dáil debate

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland 3 returns Health

Zero alcohol product advertising
Youth drinking
Alcohol health information labelling

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Digitalisation of the Health Services

2026-01-19

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'. Hosted a breakfast forum event to discuss to how Ireland balances the need to build affordable homes at pace with delivering homes that are high quality, focusing on upcoming EU housing policy developments including the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive and the European Affordable Housing Plan.

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Fórsa trade union Health

Seeking changes to hiring practices in the HSE. Specifically backfilling maternity leave roles

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Alliance of Age Sector NGOs Health

Cross party group of TDs and Senators attending open-invitation meeting at the Audio Visual (AV) Room, Leinster House

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation 2 returns Health

Statements on the use of vapes and nicotine products by young people and adolescents
Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Cork Simon Community Housing

Various aspects relating to single adult homelessness, including extent of single adult homelessness in the Southwest, rough sleeping, homeless deaths in the Southwest, mental health and homelessness, and exclusion.

2026-01-16

LOBBY

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Health

Issues related to health policy

2026-01-15

LOBBY

Rosetta Care Ltd Health

Increased funding supports to independent nursing home operators, legislative changes review, budget submission

2026-01-14

LOBBY

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Health

Letter to Pádraig Rice TD re: Formally classifying COVID-19 as an occupational disease in Ireland

2026-01-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her plan to standardise the opening hours of all injury units to provide a seven-day service from 8am to 8pm, including bank holidays; the injury units which are still not operating these standardised hours; the current opening hours of each site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2721/26]

2026-01-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1080 of 18 November 2025, the status of the HSE’s engagements with Cork City Council with respect to the road access issue identified at the St. Stephen’s Hospital site; the proposed location for the elective hospital in Cork (details supplied); if a solution has been found; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2729/26]

2026-01-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 26 March 2025, to identify the recommendations which still need to be fully implemented in the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026; the actions required to fully implement each of the outstanding recommendations, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2814/26]

2026-01-13

LOBBY

Muscular Dystrophy Society of Ireland GLC Health

Written statement in response to the Joint Committee on Health’s call for evidence on issues relating to rare diseases, including access to and reimbursement for medicines.

2026-01-13

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland Health

Emailed Chair of Joint Health Committee to seek further engagement on issues raised at AV room event and impact of Pay and Numbers Strategy on Primary Care Staffing

2026-01-13

LOBBY

Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

The Reduced Risk Products Association issued written communications to selected members of the Oireachtas following statements made during a Dáil debate on vaping, providing factual information and evidence on vaping and nicotine products, including youth use, smoking cessation, flavours, and potential implications of proposed regulatory measures.

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to an equivalent hormone replacement therapy scheme in another jurisdiction (details supplied); if she will conduct an equality impact assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74723/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 16 October 2025, if the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74858/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a decision not to reimburse a treatment will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74859/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she has been made aware of the concerns raised with the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74860/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason routine school dental check-ups have not taken place in a primary school in County Kilkenny (details supplied), resulting in a child aged ten years not having received any school dental examination to date; the length of time children in this age cohort are currently waiting for a check-up in the area; the measures being taken to address delays in the school dental service in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75072/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the measures currently in place for those seeking delayed reconstruction surgery in a timely manner after a mastectomy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75087/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there is a designated pathway in place to access delayed breast reconstruction surgery after a mastectomy in a timely manner within the public system (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75088/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a new unit (details supplied) in Cork City; the timeline for hand over of this unit; if an application to register the service has been submitted to HIQA; the expected move in date for residents; if information will be issued to families and advocates with respect to the move in date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75089/25]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date she is working towards, to introduce legislation concerning safeguard proposals relating to the deprivation of liberty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1422/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 2579 of 8 September 2025, the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to review the drugs reimbursement process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1423/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 November 2025, to provide further details with respect to the small number of proposed amendments to the Dentists Act 1985 (details supplied); the timeline she is working towards in introducing the Bill to provide for continuing professional development for dentists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1496/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 10 December 2025, to provide a timeline for handover of each of the seven community nursing units (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1497/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 10 December 2025, the reason the majority of regional sustainability and energy officers are not on permanent contracts (details supplied); to outline the rational for this over-reliance on contract workers; if these workers will be offered permanent contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1498/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm that a new practice is in place in public hospitals with respect to admissions (details supplied); if a memo or directive has been issued to public hospitals instructing them to begin admitting patients in this manner; if so, the date at which this was issued; to provide a copy of said memo or directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1499/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 970 of 9 December 2025, if a matter (details supplied) was brought to the attention of her predecessor or officials in her Department when appointing a Chair; the reasons they deemed this matter not to impact the Chair’s independence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1500/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that a service is no longer operational in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); if so, the reason; if there are plans to reinstate the service; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1692/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if it is the case that a service is no longer provided in Cork University Hospital (details supplied); if so, the reason; if there are plans to reinstate this clinic; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1693/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce an abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme for men; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1697/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the audit into governance and equity in patient access and waiting list management at Children's Health Ireland (CHI), which she previously told the Oireachtas Committee on Health that she expected audit be published in December 2025; the reason for the delay; the revised timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1698/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason no hospital patient safety indicators reports for the South/South West Hospital Group have been published since June 2025; the timeline for publication of the remaining monthly reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1699/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she is considering progressing the two specific actions outlined in correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1700/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 13 November 2025, the status of the implementation plan for the 2019 national oral health policy, Smile agus Sláinte; if the HSE senior leadership team has completed its review; if it has been sent to her for consideration; if so, the date on which she received it; the timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2307/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the location of each of the 177 acute beds to be delivered under the 2026 HSE National Service Plan, in tabular form. [2308/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the location of each of the 428 community beds to be delivered under the 2026 HSE National Service Plan, in tabular form. [2309/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for delivery of each of the surgical hubs in Dublin north, Galway, Cork, Limerick and Waterford, which, according to the HSE National Service Plan 2026, are to be delivered in 2026; the current status of each hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2310/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the gap between expected activity and projected outturn in respect of GP trainees, outlined in the HSE National Service Plan 2026 (details supplied); the steps she is taking to ensure that the 2026 aim for expected activity is reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2311/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Office for Trauma Services’ review of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service; if a final draft was issued to the HSE’s chief clinical officer and national director for services and schemes by the end of October 2025, as had previously been indicated; to provide a timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2312/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the National Office for Trauma Services’ review of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) examined a proposal to change the HEMS crewing model to a physician inclusive service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2313/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing an expert panel on the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service model (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2314/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of consultant contracts in Children Health Ireland, by type, principal site and speciality, in tabular form (details supplied). [2315/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1104 of 18 November 2025, if a similar “snapshot” can be provided for all patients included in the external expert review established following the independent audit of hip surgeries at CHI and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2316/26]

2026-01-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commence section 232 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 in January 2026; if not, the expected timeline for commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2317/26]

2026-01-08

LOBBY

The Union of Students in Ireland Health

Supporting Labour Party Motion for Drug Decriminalisation

2026-01-07

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland Health

Organised and invited TDs and Senators to AV Room event in Leinster House, to mark World Polio Day 2025

2026-01-07

LOBBY

Irish Community Rapid Response Health

We wanted to inform public representatives about our organisation and seek their help and guidance on future funding.

2026-01-07

LOBBY

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Health

Formally classifying COVID-19 as an occupational disease in Ireland

2026-01-07

LOBBY

COPD Support Ireland Health

We organised a lunch with Oireachtas members in the members restaurant of Leinster House to discuss the results of our membership survey, vaccinations for patients, integrated model of care, Sustainable funding for COPD, Regional considerations and Personal experience of COPD

2026-01-06

LOBBY

Irish Lung Fibrosis Association Health

Briefed politicians on ILFA's goal of equitable care

2026-01-05

LOBBY

Chime Health

To advocate for a National Hearing Care Plan

2026-01-05

LOBBY

Parkinson's Ireland Health

Wrote to the Deputy to ask them to raise a Parliamentary Question to the Minister for our section 39 funding application

2026-01-05

LOBBY

Irish Thoracic Society Health

Respiratory Health Event held in Buswells Hotel, Dublin on 25.09.25 to advocate for additional investment in TB service delivery for patients

2026-01-05

LOBBY

FASD Ireland CLG 3 returns Health

Meeting with TD's/Senators
Invitation to FASD Ireland & RCSI Research Launch
Delays with Grant Aid Agreement Funding being paid to FASD Ireland

2025-12-19

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland Health

Wrote to the Chair of the Health Committee to highlight issues regarding Primary Care staffing and HSE Pay and Numbers Strategy

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Agriculture

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to elaborate on his comments to the European Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (details supplied) that Ireland will cancel legislative public health policy, namely alcohol health information labelling; when this decision was agreed, and by whom; the reason he made these comments and not the Minister for Health; his views on whether he has overreached in making announcements in relation to Department-of-Health policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73490/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to a person’s new role within the HSE (details supplied); if they retain the salary from their previous role; to provide details of the renumeration attached to their new role; to provide a description of their new role and her responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73486/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the State of reimbursement for monitored dosing systems, or blister packs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73487/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 6 November 2025, the status of the estimated 390 posts required to achieve baseline implementation of Phases 1 and 2 of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix; the number still outstanding; the timeline for completion of recruitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73488/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2883 of 29 July 2025, if she stands by her statement that alcohol health information labelling will be implemented in 2028; how this tallies with recent reports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73489/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a new model of care for trans healthcare; the timeline for same; the consultation and collaboration taking place with the trans community and relevant stakeholders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73491/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the closure of the national gender service’s waiting list to new clients from 1 March 2026; the engagements she has had with the national gender service and the HSE in respect of this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73492/25]

2025-12-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to list all legislative changes recommended by the future of healthcare committee in the 2027 Sláintecare report; the status of each; the progress made to date on each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73524/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that a 2023 Workplace Relations Commission pay agreement is urgently implemented for staff employed by an organisation (details supplied); the engagements she has had with unions, the HSE and Caredoc to resolve this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73110/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the interim care options being examined for trans healthcare, which she referenced during a recent debate (details supplied); if consultation with the trans community will be carried out ahead of any options being implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73111/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if, in relation to the interim care options being examined for trans healthcare, a proposal is being considered (details supplied); if so, to provide further details in respect of this proposal; if this would include youth services; if agreement from the trans community will be sought prior to progressing this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73112/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if pharmacists participating in the free HRT scheme have been advised on a matter by the PCRS (details supplied); if so, the legal basis on which this is done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73113/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 26 November 2025, the reason all areas within the National Ambulance Service are not offering overtime to a staff group to achieve minimal numbers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73114/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if private ambulance companies are being tasked to emergency calls by National Emergency Operations Centre; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73115/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to establishing a timeline for the roll-out of oral immunotherapy services for the treatment of children living with allergies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73116/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the initial participants in Cork University Hospital’s food oral immunotherapy programme; whether a timeline has been developed in respect of the development of new supra-regional specialty allergy clinics in Limerick and Clonmel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73117/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to address the issue of access to oral immunotherapy for children with nut allergies; for an update in respect of the HSE senior leadership team’s decision on the medicine in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73118/25]

2025-12-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with a delegation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73120/25]

2025-12-17

VOTE

Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 24–124

2025-12-17

VOTE

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed)

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 71–73

2025-12-17

VOTE

Health (Waiting Lists) Bill 2024

A bill to amend and extend the Health Act 2004 and for that purpose to provide for the conferral of additional functions on the Minister for Health in relation to setting of priorities and performance targets by that Minister in relation to maximum waiting times for health and personal social services; to amend the National Treatment Purchase Fund Board (Establishment) Order 2004 to provide for additional reporting, revised corporate governance and accountability arrangements; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 66–80

2025-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the plans for the Elm Park Green campus, Dublin 4, purchased by the HSE in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71543/25]

2025-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71953/25]

2025-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to an issue identified with an application process (details supplied); if she will investigate the matters raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71954/25]

2025-12-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 22 October 2025, to provide an update on the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [71955/25]

2025-12-11

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a nationwide review of long and short-stay community beds, given the urgent need to increase capacity in community hospitals, community nursing units and long-stay facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70969/25]

2025-12-11

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of long and short-stay community beds delivered to date in 2025, by site and region, in tabular form. [70970/25]

2025-12-11

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase capacity in community hospitals, community nursing units and long-stay facilities in the HSE South West Health Region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70971/25]

2025-12-11

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure that hospitals have sight of community bed availability in their areas to support discharge planning; the steps being taken to support timely transfers of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70972/25]

2025-12-11

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of each of the recommendations from the Review of Nursing Homes Complaints Policies Report, published in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70973/25]

2025-12-11

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the implementation oversight team for the COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report has not published a progress report since November 2024; if one will be published in 2025; the status of the recommendations that were outstanding in the last progress report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70974/25]

2025-12-11

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the actions taken to date to strengthen the regulatory regime in the nursing home sector (details supplied); the remaining measures that will be taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70975/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address staff shortages in University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70701/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of unfilled posts in University Hospital Galway, by grade, in tabular form; and the number that are funded posts from 2024 and 2025 that remain unfilled. [70702/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of regional sustainability officers in the HSE, by region and grade, in tabular form; the number that are on permanent contracts; and the number that are on agency contracts. [70703/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the vendors shortlist for electronic health records; the number of vendors on the shortlist; if any vendors have been ruled out;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70704/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health in relation to electronic health records, the market studies and due diligence that has been carried out to date to inform the procurement process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70705/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which electronic health records are already in operation that her Department or the HSE has visited to garner learnings about the system and the specific providers; the learnings taken from these visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70706/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the hospitals in which electronic health records are already in operation that her Department or the HSE has visited to garner learnings about the system and the specific providers; the learnings taken from these visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70707/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address concerns related to vendor lock-in and interoperability risks with respect to electronic health records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70708/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice was chosen instead of a competitive tender to extend the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) contract, given that the original 2015 agreement had failed to deliver any live sites after seven years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70709/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to explain the lack of progress from 2015 to 2019, on the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) project; her response to the fact that almost four years after the Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice, only one hospital is partially live; if the HSE conducted any market analysis before awarding hosting services directly to the vendor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70710/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current total projected cost, not spend to date, of the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) project, including all CCNs and extensions, compared to the original €33 million contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70711/25]

2025-12-10

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current vendor-stated product lifecycle status of the cellular pathology and microbiology modules in the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) project; the hospital sites that have completed user acceptance testing for these modules and the outcomes; the feedback received from clinical and laboratory end-users on the suitability of these modules for real-world workflows; if an independent clinical safety assessment been carried out on these modules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70712/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a full risk register for the National Laboratory Information System (MedLIS), including risks associated with module lifecycle, site readiness, and clinical safety concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70713/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason reimbursement for continuous glucose monitors is only available to patients with type 1 diabetes who have required insulin from the outset; if reimbursement will be extended to patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes who subsequently require insulin or develop type 1 diabetes later in life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70714/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase capacity at University College Cork's Dental School following the decision not to build a new dental school; if she will reverse the decision not to move forward with the new build; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70715/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a recent article regarding a public-private partnership to deliver seven new nursing homes (details supplied); the status of each nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70717/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on commencement of section 232 of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024 (details supplied); the engagements her Department has had with the Department of Justice, Migration and Home Affairs on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70718/25]

2025-12-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 690 and 691 of 2 December 2025, her plans with respect to the strategic collaboration group to be established in early 2026; the proposed membership of this group; if it will include representation for vulnerable groups, in particular those impacted by changes to phased dispensing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70725/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department engaged with the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) regarding their views on the independence of a chair (details supplied); if the NTMA expressed any concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69445/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish and resource Huntington’s disease specialist multi-disciplinary teams (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70212/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there is a career pathway for graduates of radiation therapy and radiography within the public system upon graduation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70213/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the health care professional graduates which have guaranteed jobs in the public system upon graduation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70214/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the hospitals which will be included in the radiation oncology equipment replacement and expansion programme as mentioned in the Department of Health National Development Plan Review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70215/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the comprehensive timetable for radiation oncology equipment replacement and expansion, by machine type per hospital. [70216/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people diagnosed with cancer who started radiation therapy in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [70217/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons with cancer that started radiation therapy as a proportion of all people who were diagnosed with cancer in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [70218/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons completing radiation therapy and the percentage who commenced radiation therapy within 15 working days of being deemed ready to treat, by relevant hospital, in each of the 12 months up to December 2025 and year-to-date, in tabular form. [70219/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the longest a person has waited to access radiation therapy in November 2025 and in the ten months prior for each relevant hospital. [70220/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on correspondence (details supplied); the timeline for providing clarity on her plans in respect of option C from HIQA’s review urgent and emergency care in the Mid West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70222/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on uptake on the influenza vaccine among healthcare workers in the South West Health Region (details supplied); her view on whether campaigns and measures to increase the uptake have been effective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70223/25]

2025-12-09

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the uptake of the influenza vaccine among HSE healthcare workers this winter season, by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70224/25]

2025-12-04

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on taxis and minibuses by the HSE (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [68659/25]

2025-12-04

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 339 of 26 November 2025, the date which she received a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68660/25]

2025-12-04

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if regulations currently being drafted under section 13 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 in relation to ‘content of advertisements’ will apply to online, digital, and social media marketing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68666/25]

2025-12-04

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to an increase in youth alcohol consumption rates in the past decade (details supplied); if her Department intends on conducting research into the role of digital and social media marketing of alcohol products in relation to this increase in youth drinking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68667/25]

2025-12-04

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 14 October 2025, if radiation therapists are excluded from the recognition of agency work for incremental credit purposes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68669/25]

2025-12-04

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the HSE app only being available to people with a verified MyGovID account; if she is aware that this is contrary to the Data Protection Commission’s determination in 2019 that such conditional access to services provided by public bodies is unlawful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68677/25]

2025-12-03

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68215/25]

2025-12-03

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has concluded her consideration of HIQA's review of urgent and emergency healthcare services in the Mid-West region; if she will announce a decision on the options put forward by HIQA by the end of 2025, as per her previous commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68216/25]

2025-12-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 26 November 2025, the date on which she expects the outputs from the National Survey of the Experience of Home Support Workers and Nursing Home Healthcare Assistants to be collated; the timeline for completion of the final review of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68316/25]

2025-12-03

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the planned review into baby and maternal deaths; if this review has begun; if not, if it will begin before the end of 2025; the timeline for competition of the review; the role that experts in the area and parent groups will have in this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68317/25]

2025-12-03

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the 52 recommendations from the seven completed reviews into the care provided to women and their infants in Portiuncula Maternity Service; the timeline being worked towards for implementing these recommendations in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68318/25]

2025-12-03

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of all five ongoing reviews into the care provided to women and their infants in Portiuncula Maternity Service; if any have been completed; the timeline for completion of each review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68319/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if private practice will take place in the new HSE surgical hubs; if private work has been conducted in the South Dublin Surgical Hub since it opened in February; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68031/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to Early Onset Parkinson's Disease in Ireland's call for community-based exercise supports (details supplied); if she has any plans to fund these measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68032/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will reverse the proposed changes to phased dispensing under the new community pharmacy agreement, which are due to come into operation on 1 January 2026; if her Department or the HSE assessed the impact of these changes on vulnerable patients to safely manage their medications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68087/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will suspend implementation of the proposed changes to phased dispensing under the new community pharmacy agreement pending full consultation with front-line clinicians; if she will undertake a risk impact assessment, specifically examining effects on vulnerable groups; if she will commit to co-designing revised criteria for phased dispensing with GPs, pharmacists, disability services, and patient groups (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68088/25]

2025-12-02

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an updated neurosurgical robot used in deep brain stimulation surgery (details supplied); if an immediate decision will be made given the urgent need for additional capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68090/25]

2025-11-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on a new restriction on interviews in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (details supplied); if she will engage with the RCSI regarding this restriction and its implications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66958/25]

2025-11-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration is being given to expanding access to a peanut oral immunotherapy drug for children with nut allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66960/25]

2025-11-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a white paper by an organisation (details supplied); her views on each of the five actions identified by the committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66961/25]

2025-11-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of radiography clinical practice tutor posts, by site, in tabular form. [66962/25]

2025-11-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of radiography clinical practice tutor posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66963/25]

2025-11-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to establishing a scheme of financial reimbursement for women suffering with endometriosis who had to pay for previous treatment that was not offered by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66964/25]

2025-11-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service is utilising private ambulance providers for patient transfers instead of offering staff within the intermediate care service overtime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66621/25]

2025-11-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the status of deliberations of the National Vaginal Mesh Implant Oversight Group's report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66622/25]

2025-11-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address infrastructure constraints in Cork University Hospital's rheumatology department (details supplied); if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66623/25]

2025-11-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1707, 1708, 1709 and 1710 of 4 November 2025, if healthcare providers must indicate on prescriptions that they are for the management of the symptoms of menopause such that pharmacists may submit claims for those prescriptions under the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66624/25]

2025-11-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify if a definition in the Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024 excludes a group from the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66625/25]

2025-11-26

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 22 October 2025, to confirm if the strategic workforce implementation group has been stood down; if a new strategic workforce advisory group has been established to work on a new report for the next phase of reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66626/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the process for service users applying to both the PRSI wig grant and the HSE grant wig allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65474/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline on the establishment of a national genomic medicine centre to process genetic tests nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65478/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the number of clinical practice tutors for radiography students have increased in line with the increase in university places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65481/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that clinical practice tutors for radiography students are supported in their role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65482/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the process in place for those seeking timely reconstruction surgery post-cancer treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65483/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there is a designated pathway in place for timely breast reconstruction surgery post-cancer treatment in the public system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65484/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if GP visits for patients on chemotherapy treatment needing regular blood tests, who would otherwise have to travel long distances to their treating hospital, are covered for patients under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65485/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2919 of 29 July 2025, to quantify the costs presented further (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66066/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form; and to provide a cost breakdown, by reason (details supplied). [66067/25]

2025-11-25

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to mitigate the expected costs of outsourcing radiotherapy to private providers as a result of ageing machinery and expected breakdowns in Cork and Galway in the next four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66068/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if work is being carried out in her Department to plan for a medically supervised injection centre in Cork; if any such work will be carried out in advance of the findings of the 18-month pilot phase of the supervised injection facility in Dublin city centre; if any potential sites in Cork have been identified; if consideration is only being given to mobile supervised injection facilities outside of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65000/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will reconsider her decision not to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid past 31 December 2025; if she will bring forward a permanent scheme for this small group of frontline workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64322/25]

2025-11-20

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the expansion of the newborn bloodspot screening programme to include spinal muscular atrophy and severe combined immunodeficiency has still not been implemented, despite being approved in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64321/25]

2025-11-20

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons she has yet to bring forward interim amendments to the Dentists Act 1985 to address the priority areas identified by an organisation (details supplied); the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64323/25]

2025-11-18

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been seen by the multi-disciplinary team established following the audit of surgeries on children with developmental dysplasia of the hip at CHI Crumlin, CHI Temple Street and the National Orthopaedic Hospital in Cappagh; the number eligible for these multi-disciplinary meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63344/25]

2025-11-18

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 26 June 2025, if she has received the clarification she sought as to whether there are issues relevant for the Medical Council following publication of the audit of surgeries on children with developmental dysplasia of the hip (details supplied); if so, the actions taken since that clarification was received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63345/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 26 June 2025, if she has clarified whether her position as Minister precludes her from making a complaint to the Medical Council of Ireland (details supplied); if so, to identify the relevant legislative provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63346/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the job description for the strategic programme director role in Children’s Health Ireland; the recruitment process undertaken for appointing the current holder of the position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63347/25]

2025-11-18

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department drew up the business case for the role of strategic programme director in Children’s Health Ireland; if so, to provide a copy of that business case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63348/25]

2025-11-18

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to an issue with the location of the proposed elective hospital for Cork, identified by an official at a recent meeting of the Oireachtas Health Committee (details supplied); the steps she is taking to resolve this matter; if the issue identified with the site cannot be resolved, to detail her contingency plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63349/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the HSE assumes the cost of providing qualified sign language interpreters for treatment abroad under the Cross Border Directive (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63352/25]

2025-11-18

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a cohort of children are now included in the External Expert Panel review established following the independent audit of hip surgeries at CHI and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63605/25]

2025-11-18

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children included in the external expert panel review established following the independent audit of hip surgeries at CHI and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital; the number with unstable hips; and the number with stable hips, in tabular form. [63606/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the legislation, regulations or policies in place related to privately funded procedures in a public hospital; the oversight arrangements in place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63607/25]

2025-11-18

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if private health insurance claims at a group of hospitals are audited (details supplied); if these audits are conducted internally or externally and by whom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63608/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify if a statement is correct (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63609/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has received a copy of the “snapshot” referred to at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Health earlier this year (details supplied); if so, if she will provide a copy of this data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63610/25]

2025-11-18

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the work undertaken to implement the operational recommendations of the independent review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63631/25]

2025-11-18

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the National Sexual Health Strategy 2025-2035 to develop the necessary legislative supports to underpin clinical practice regarding consent and safeguarding, as requested by clinical experts prior to supporting access to free contraception for people under the age of 17 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63632/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to increasing core funding for the existing female genital mutilation (FGM) treatment service; the steps she is taking to assist the service in meeting the substantial growth in demand for FGM treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62376/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a model of care (details supplied); if she will engage with stakeholders to establish a nationwide framework for female genital mutilation (FGM) treatment services; if there are plans to create a network of FGM clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62377/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 23 September 2025, to clarify if a group were excluded from the costing for the free hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme; if so, to outline how, given the details of an internal communication in relation to the basis for the costing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62378/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 14 October 2025, if radiation therapists have an explicit agreement with respect to incremental credit and agency work (details supplied); if not, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62382/25]

2025-11-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan for the 2019 National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte; if this implementation plan will be published before the end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62423/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health (assisted human reproduction) (amendment) Bill; the timeline she is working towards in publishing this supplementary legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61012/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health's Pre-Legislative Scrutiny Report on the health (assisted human reproduction) (amendment) Bill; if she will accept the committee's recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61013/25]

2025-11-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2576 of 8 September 2025, the status of the external expert review group established to review children who may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries; if it has been delayed; if recruitment of the international experts has been completed; if the group has convened; if individual case reviews will still commence no later than January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61783/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60551/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60554/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60552/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60553/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she plans to bring forward legislation to implement two key legislative recommendations from the 2017 Sláintecare report related to accountability (details supplied); if not, to outline her reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60550/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [60555/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages in each month to date in 2025, by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [60556/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [60557/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [60558/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60559/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60560/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60561/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry, by health region and integrated healthcare area, and age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [60562/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60563/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60564/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60565/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics, by health region and integrated healthcare area, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [60566/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of GP training places on offer in each of the years from 2018 to 2025; and the number that have graduated from the training programme in each of those years, in tabular form. [60772/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of trainee GPs currently undertaking the National GP Training Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60773/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are the required number of accredited hospital training posts for all trainee GPs in the National GP Training Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60774/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of GP practices in the State; and the number that are single-handed practices. [60775/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in the Central Mental Hospital Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [60778/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in the Central Mental Hospital Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [60779/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital Portrane, by prison and gender, in tabular from. [60780/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital Portrane; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60781/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 778 of 21 October 2025, the number of posts required to achieve baseline implementation of phases 1 and 2 of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix (details supplied); to clarify the meaning of baseline in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60782/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by clinic; and the wait time to be offered a new appointment in each clinic, in tabular form. [60783/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details regarding the proposed legislation referred to in media reports (details supplied); the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60888/25]

2025-11-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is currently working towards in fully implementing the integrated financial management system (IFMS) across all HSE-funded sites; the date at which she expects the IFMS to be operational in all Section 38 hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60889/25]

2025-11-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to “explore restrictions on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks, including a ban on their sale to children”; the work carried out to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60316/25]

2025-11-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a correspondence (details supplied); her views on the decision not to appoint a group to the expert advisory group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60320/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the Working Group that was due by end of Q2, as per the Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57831/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2896 of 29 July 2025, to provide an update on the development of the framework to guide policy on the regulation of health and social care professionals into the future; the timeline she is working towards in completing this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58078/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason Greece and Romania have been excluded from the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme (ESAIS); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58079/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the criteria used for determining which healthcare centres were approved for endometriosis surgery under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme (ESAIS); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58080/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to extending the free HRT scheme to men prescribed HRT for low testosterone levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58095/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, if a group is eligible for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58097/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, if a group is eligible for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58098/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, if a group is eligible for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58099/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, if a group is eligible for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58100/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reasons for the inclusion of a phrase (details supplied) in a definition in the Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58101/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of Children's Health Ireland who received spinal surgeries through outsourcing arrangements in a private hospital (details supplied), each year since 2019, by the public hospital from which they were referred, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58376/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the long-term illness (LTI) scheme, as committed to under Sláintecare; if her Department has begun this work; if she is conducting a standalone review of the LTI scheme, or if it will form part of the wider review of the eligibility framework, as committed to in the ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare and the Programme for Government 2025+; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58529/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the confirmation that the Director of the National Ambulance Service is in receipt of an advanced paramedic allowance (details supplied); if this is in breach of the criteria for claiming the allowance, given that a 2009 HSE circular states that advanced paramedics must ‘continue to practice advance paramedic skills in the HSE ambulance service’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59184/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to publish the attendance rate of advanced paramedics to clinical status 1 calls (RED and PURPLE) from 2015 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form, in line with a 2012 HIQA recommendation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59185/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of PURPLE, RED, ORANGE and YELLOW calls from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the number that received an intermediate care vehicle response. [59186/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of Omega calls from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the number that were completed by paramedic and advanced paramedic crews. [59187/25]

2025-11-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of transfers (category AS2 and AS3) that were completed by paramedic and advanced paramedic crews from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [59188/25]

2025-11-03

LOBBY

Drury Health

Request for meeting to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service.

2025-10-28

LOBBY

Age Action Health

Failures in care of older people in long term residential care

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the National Endometriosis Framework, which her Department has stated is ready for publication; the allocation provided to the Framework in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57563/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025 – 2035 in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57564/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided in Budget 2026, to address vaping rates among young people; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57565/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the €11 million in new funding for drugs and inclusion health services in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57566/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a specific funding allocation to address Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists has been provided for in Budget 2026; if so, to provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57567/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the TB strategy in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57568/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if 6,000 funded posts have been left vacant by the HSE in 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57569/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 6,000 funded posts left vacant by the HSE in 2025 (details supplied), by grade and location, in tabular form. [57570/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants, in tabular form. [57571/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the minutes of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants implementation group have not been published since July 2024 (details supplied); the number of times this group has met since July 2024; if this group is still in existence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57572/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the continued implementation of the HSE Health Regions; the actions that will be taken in 2026 to further implementation; the expected date at which she expects full implementation to have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57573/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the HSE Health Regions in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57574/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 2 April 2025, the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which these payments relate; and the amount paid to each agency and firm. [57575/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [57576/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts expected to be converted to HSE posts in 2026, by staff category, in tabular form. [57577/25]

2025-10-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to reduce the HSE’s reliance on agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57578/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to establishing a medically supervised injection centre in Cork; the work carried out to date in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56508/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to state-funded assisted human reproduction treatments in Budget 2026; her plans for this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56517/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56518/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason she has only appointed seven ordinary members to the Board of the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority (AHRRA), given that section 126(1) of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 provides that the Board shall consist of ten ordinary members; her plans to appoint three further ordinary members to the board; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56659/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of acute inpatient beds in each public hospital, by hospital and health region, in tabular form. [56660/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of community beds, by location and health region, in tabular form. [56661/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of acute psychiatric inpatient beds, by location and health region, in tabular form. [56662/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of acute psychiatric inpatient beds delivered to date in 2025, by site and health region; and the number scheduled for delivery in the remaining months of 2025, in tabular form. [56663/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of post-acute specialist beds delivered to date in 2025, by site and health region; and the number scheduled for delivery in the remaining months of 2025, in tabular form. [56664/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of critical care beds, by site and health region, in tabular form. [56665/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds delivered to date in 2025, by site and health region, in tabular form; and the number scheduled for delivery in the remaining months of year. [56666/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on delivery of the 297 acute beds provided for in the HSE National Service Plan 2025, by hospital and region (details supplied); the number delivered since publication of the Plan; the number outstanding; and the timeline for delivery of the remaining beds, in tabular form. [56667/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on delivery of the 615 community beds provided for in the HSE National Service Plan 2025, by hospital and region (details supplied); the number delivered since publication of the Plan; the number outstanding, in tabular form; and the timeline for delivery of the remaining beds. [56668/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of phase one of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix; the timeline for full implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56669/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of phase two of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix; the timeline for full implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56670/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of phase three of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56671/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the national cancer strategy in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57027/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to cancer services in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57028/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has begun planning for the next national cancer strategy, as the current one expires in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57029/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2570 of 8 September 2025, if she will publish the 2017 Dickson Report regarding paediatric urology; if she is still seeking assurances from the HSE and CHI that matters raised in the report have been addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57138/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her Department’s strategic review of eligibility; the progress made to date; if this review of the eligibility framework will be completed this year, as stated in ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare and the Programme for Government 2025+; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57250/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1660 of 19 March 2025, the status of the Patient Safety (Licensing) Bill; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57365/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans in relation to the regulation of aesthetic and cosmetic medicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57366/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has gathered data on the number of doctors engaged in cosmetic procedures; and if so, to provide said data. [57367/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has gathered data on the number of dentists engaged in cosmetic procedures; and if so, to provide said data. [57368/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to an audit into spinal services and urology referred to at a recent meeting of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (details supplied); if she is still expecting this audit to be completed at the end of November or December 2025; if she will commit to publishing that audit when she receives it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57369/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons the four recommendations from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2018 with respect to the development of primary care centres were not implemented (details supplied); if she remains committed to implementing these recommendations; if any progress has been made since mid-2025, at which point the comptroller and auditor general’s examination team last sought an update; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57370/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will update the priority ranking of locations/communities for development of primary care centres (PCCs), or expansion of existing PCCs, in view of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s finding that the current ranking ‘lacks sound quantification and transparency’; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57371/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the €1.56 billion allocation for capital expenditure for 2026, the amount apportioned to the development of primary care centres (PCCs); to list the PCCs to be developed under this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57372/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a formal cost effectiveness review of primary care centres delivery methods (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57373/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the review of the utilisation of primary care centres has still not been completed, despite being included in the 2019 Sláintecare action plan; the status of that review; the timeline for completion of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57374/25]

2025-10-21

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the minimum scope of services that constitutes a primary care centre has still not been defined; if she will commit to implementing recommendation 19.3 from the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024 (details supplied); the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57375/25]

2025-10-16

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 23 September 2025, the reason the expected completion date for the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services has been postponed (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56293/25]

2025-10-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to develop a national strategy to reduce sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and epilepsy-related deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55949/25]

2025-10-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position in relation to a drug (details supplied); if it will be available through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55951/25]

2025-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if incremental credit will be provided to newly appointed radiation therapists in the HSE for previous relevant experience gained in the private sector or as an agency worker in a public hospital (details supplied); the reason radiation therapists are not currently included in the categories of staff in which incremental credit may be granted for previous relevant experience in the private sector and/or as an agency worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54654/25]

2025-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline in detail the procedures undertaken by her Department for medical evacuations from Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54953/25]

2025-10-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Rare Disease Strategy; the status of implementation of each of its recommendations respectively; the timeline for establishing an Implementation Oversight Group and the development of an implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55473/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the serious deficits in staffing and equipment in public radiation therapy services; if she will instruct the HSE to offer all radiation therapy graduates employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52861/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a 30% rise in the incidence of tuberculosis in the past year; if she will provide an update on the implementation of ‘Striving to End Tuberculosis: A strategy for Ireland 2024-2030’; if she will publish an implementation plan and provide the necessary funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52409/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the development of a new model of care for transgender healthcare services; the current timeframe for competition of this work; if she will commit to increasing the funding provided to the development of this new model in budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52410/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the advertising of zero-alcohol products in locations where alcohol advertising is prohibited under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (details supplied); her views on whether such advertising is a breach of the 2018 Act; if she will take steps to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52411/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 721 of 27 May 2025, the status of the HSE’s review of the physician associate grade; if she will publish the terms of reference for this review; the date at which she expects this review to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52748/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will allocate funding in budget 2026 for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the south west, in line with the programme for Government commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52749/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 23 September 2025, the conditions included in the free hormone replacement therapy scheme under ‘medically induced menopause’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52750/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will engage with the relevant authorities regarding facilitation of these clinical placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52751/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the discrepancy between her Department’s stated position with respect to medical evacuations of paediatric patients (details supplied); if the position has changed since 2024; if all children have been evacuated via Egypt; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52752/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the elective hospital for Cork; if she expects planning permission to be sought in 2026; and if she will give a commitment that, subject to planning approval, construction will begin in 2027 and the hospital will become operational in 2030, as set out in the Sláintecare 2025+ plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52754/25]

2025-10-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of medical evacuations of Palestinian children since 2023, by year and location of evacuation. [52777/25]

2025-10-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has received a business case from a group (details supplied); the status of her Department’s consideration of same; if she has engaged with the group concerned since receiving its business case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52393/25]

2025-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a new report on men's health (detail supplied); her views on the key asks; the steps she is taking to address the issues identified, in particular premature mortality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51328/25]

2025-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in expanding the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (NNBSP) to include spinal muscular atrophy; the timeline for introduction of screening for this condition in the NNBSP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51339/25]

2025-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in expanding the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (NNBSP) to include severe combined immunodeficiency; the timeline for introduction of screening for this condition in the NNBSP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51340/25]

2025-09-30

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2993 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details with respect to a tender for paediatric orthopaedic procedures for conditions such as spina bifida and scoliosis (details supplied); the services being tendered for; if this relates to the international outsourcing initiative [52101/25]

2025-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 22 May 2025, the status of the long-awaited National Endometriosis Framework; the timeline being worked towards in reaching an agreement between an organisation (details supplied) and the HSE; if she expects this framework to be published by the end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50611/25]

2025-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to introduce advanced practice posts for medical scientists; the work carried out to date to progress this role under the HSCP Advanced Practice Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50612/25]

2025-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to establish a national biobank office and introduce primary biobanking legislation, as recommended by the Irish Health Research Forum in 2023; if so, the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50613/25]

2025-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the national research ethics bill, approved by Government in 2019; to expand on the comment “work is ongoing”, as per the Autumn Legislative Programme; if her attention has been brought to the views of a representative organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50614/25]

2025-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details as to her instruction to her officials to engage with concerns related to the exclusion of transgender people from the free HRT scheme (details supplied); the groups or bodies her officials are engaging with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50615/25]

2025-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of posts in the HSE’s supra-regional endometriosis centre operated by Cork University Maternity Hospital, by grade; the number that are filled; the number that are vacant; and the status of these vacant posts, in tabular form. [50731/25]

2025-09-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of posts in the HSE’s supra-regional endometriosis centre operated by Tallaght University Hospital, by grade; the number that are filled; the number that are vacant; and the status of these vacant posts, in tabular form. [50732/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the costing provided for in a document included hormone replacement therapy prescribed to transgender women (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49826/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a women prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the treatment of a condition can avail of the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49827/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the apparently contradictory information produced by her Department in advance of the free hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme (details supplied); if pharmacists are expected to provide any clinical information to the HSE on patients availing of the scheme; if patients are required to provide any clinical information to pharmacists to avail of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49829/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a proposal will be considered by the expert advisory group established to guide the next suicide reduction strategy (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49854/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for outsourcing a contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider, given that the National Ambulance Service already operates a well-established and fully staffed intermediate care vehicle (ICV) service; the justification for this decision being taken without any meaningful consultation with staff or their representatives; the steps she is taking to ensure that existing ICV service is protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49857/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will immediately review the decision of the National Ambulance Service (NAS) to outsource the contract for non-emergency patient transport in the greater Dublin area to a private ambulance provider; if she will commit to strengthening and investing in NAS resources rather than diverting public funds into private services; if she will ensure that meaningful consultation with staff representatives is initiated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49858/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the reason CAR-T cell therapy treatment has not been approved for patients over the age of 26 in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50097/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1144 of 13 May 2025, the status of the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services, which was due to be completed by Q3 2025; if it has been completed; if not, the date on which it is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50100/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of limb prosthetic services includes children’s provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50101/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a campaign for reform in paediatric prosthetic provision (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address the issues identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50102/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will put in place a permanent scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long covid; to replace the existing scheme which is due to expire on 31 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50335/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons for the lack of progress in implementing the recommendations of the national radiation therapist review; the status of the implementation group; the number of times the group has met; if an implementation plan will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50341/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the growing spend on contracting out radiation therapy (RT) for public patients to private providers (details supplied); the engagements she has had with the HSE with regard to the outsourcing of RT services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50342/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2920 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details regarding the major equipment replacement programme and expansion programme underway at St Luke's Radiation Oncology Network (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the replacement project for linear accelerators in St. Luke's, Rathgar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50343/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a proposal to establish a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme (details supplied); if she will commit to doing so to address the critically outdated linear accelerators in many of the State’s public cancer treatment facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50354/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 20 March 2025, the number of cases diagnosed in each of the years since 2018, by condition (details supplied); the number treated with Intersex genital mutilation (IGM); in cases in which IGM was deemed necessary, to provide an indication as to the reasoning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50396/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the incidence of intersex genital mutilation is reducing in Ireland; if so, to provide data to support this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50397/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the information provided to parents of intersex infants; the involvement, that intersex people have in informing and monitoring this information; if parents with intersex infants are being referred to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50398/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the draft heads of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2025; if she will commit to publication in advance of the Christmas recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50424/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the draft heads of the Health (Single Use Vapes) Bill 2025; if she will commit to publication in advance of the Christmas recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50425/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill, listed for priority drafting in the Government’s Autumn Legislative Programme; the proposed main provisions of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50426/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the introduction of the common conditions service in community pharmacies; if it is her intention to have this service operational by year end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50510/25]

2025-09-23

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health following publication of the community pharmacy agreement 2025, to provide further details in respect of the consultation fee for the common conditions service; if a set rate has been agreed; if this fee will be covered under the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50511/25]

2025-09-22

LOBBY

Epilepsy Ireland 2 returns Health

Seeking Deputies submit parliamentary questions related to Ireland's Neurosurgery service
Met local TDs at an Epilepsy Ireland event highlighting why epilepsy should be added to the HSE's Chronic Disease Mangement Programme (CDMP)

2025-09-21

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

Rare Disease Policy in Ireland

2025-09-21

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Mental Health Bill

2025-09-20

LOBBY

Rare Diseases Ireland Health

Request to prioritise rare diseases for discussion at Health Committee meetings

2025-09-20

LOBBY

National Infertility Support and Information Group Health

NISIG emailed members of the Oireachtas our 2026 pre-budget submission. Key asks in the pre-budget submission included funding our NISIG Helpline, a request for a wider and more sufficiently funded public funded IVF scheme. Also, that eligibility and criteria be broad, equitable, inclusive and reflective of those who seek infertility treatment. Also, that donor conception must be ready to roll out in conjunction with the establishment of the new Regulatory Authority

2025-09-20

LOBBY

Irish Council for Civil Liberties Health

Intersex Surgical Interventions

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Danone Ireland Health

Email to Deputy Padraig Rice sharing the Danone UK & Ireland Impact Journey Progress Report 2024-2025.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Chime Health

To advocate for a National Hearing Care Plan

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Transgender Equality Network Ireland 2 returns Justice and Equality

TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.
TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Health

Engagement with Oireachtas members on health policy issues

2025-09-19

LOBBY

LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Health

Joint LGBTQ+ Parenting Alliance Submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health regarding the Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Amendment Bill 2025

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Pfizer Health

Ireland's medicine reimbursement system and funding for access to new medicines and vaccines

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 11 returns HealthPublic Expenditure and Reform

Cancer-related capital programmes
Cancer-related capital programmes
National Cancer Strategy
Alcohol health labels
Migrant communities access to healthcare
Oireachtas Cross-Party Group on Cancer
Medical cards
Nicotine products
A Healthy Weight for Ireland 2016-2036
Hospital staffing capacity
Sun beds

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Movember Health

Liaison on the upcoming launch of the Real Face of Men's Health report which makes clear the need for the government to progress the National Men's Health Action plan, with a range of recommendations on priority areas including the need for cross government support statement and clarity on initial funding for the action plan.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association 2 returns Health

Future Framework Agreement - issues concerning timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.
Future Framework Agreement - issues concerning timely reimbursement of medicines in Ireland.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

Provision of audiology services and eye care services

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - IACP Health

IACP Pre-Budget Submission 2026

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Vape Business Ireland Health

Regulation of vaping

2025-09-19

LOBBY

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals (Ireland) DAC 2 returns Health

Alexion - Cork office launch event
Sharing a Proposal for an Early Access Programme for Innovative Oncology Medicines Budget 2026

2025-09-19

LOBBY

GSK Health

Investment in treatment of HIV

2025-09-19

LOBBY

The Wheel Community

The Wheel hosted launch event for our Pre-Budget Submission 2026. It comprised a panel discussion with speakers from community and voluntary organisations and an overview of The Wheel's priorities for Budget 2026. We invited Ministers, TDs and Senators from the most relevant departments and joint Oireachtas committees and several attended in person.

2025-09-19

LOBBY

National Youth Council of Ireland Health

National Drugs Strategy

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Drury Health

Request for meetings with DPOs to discuss the role of insourcing in reducing waiting lists in the health service

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

Call for Investment in Budget 2026 to begin to implement the commitments to the development of neurorehabilitation services within the current Programme for Government

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Pinnacle Public Affairs Ltd Health

Cardiovascular Health Policy in Ireland and the EU

2025-09-19

LOBBY

Padraig McKeon Health

Organising a briefing in Leinster House on June 18, 2025 for Oireachtas members on behalf of 221+ Patient Support Group outlining requests for continued support for those impacted by the past missteps of CervicalCheck

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Mental Health Reform 3 returns Health

The Mental Health Bill
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: MHR submission and Presentation on observations on the Mental Health Bill
Mental Health Bill 2024 & mental health party political view points

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Pender & Associates Ltd 2 returns Health

Pre-Budget 2026 engagement relating to the needs of oral healthcare
Engagement on dental policy

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Hanover Media Strategy Limited 2 returns Health

Meeting request to discuss protection for over 65s in winter flu season
IBD treatment in Ireland

2025-09-18

LOBBY

221+ Patient Suport Group Health

Update to members of Oireachtas on 221+ work

2025-09-18

LOBBY

RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Health

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited Health

Meeting to discuss cystic fibrosis in Ireland and access to medicines for CF

2025-09-18

LOBBY

National Women's Council of Ireland 2 returns Health

Women's Health Services
Improvements to Abortion Provisions

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland 2 returns Health

MS Ireland launched Pre-Budget submission
Courtesy communications sent to members

2025-09-18

LOBBY

Home and Community Care Ireland Health

Engagement with Oireachtas Members on home care issues

2025-09-18

LOBBY

The Asthma Society of Ireland Health

Submitting PQs

2025-09-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the disruption to the authorisation of newly qualified paramedics and advanced paramedics within the National Ambulance Service; to outline the rationale for not conducting any consultation or providing an explanation for the disruption; the persons responsible for issuing the necessary letters of authorisation; the date at which these graduates will be formally authorised to practice (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49575/25]

2025-09-17

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation 5 returns Health

Quit Like Sweden.
Meeting between Irish and Ukrainian members of Parliament.
Oireachtas Heart and Stroke Group.
Cardiovascular policy and services
Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax.

2025-09-17

LOBBY

The Wheel 2 returns CommunityHealth

The Wheel's Pre-Budget Submission 2026 was sent to elected representatives and relevant government departments in advance of the Budget. It highlights the priorities for the community and voluntary sector, including sustainable funding for the sector, equality of pay, increased compliance requirements, and the hidden infrastructure provided by the sector in areas such as health, social care, housing and climate action.
The Wheel contacted the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health, requesting to present on funding issues relating to Section 39 organisations who provide services on behalf of the State.

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Education

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure parity of health and safety leave entitlements between special needs assistants, SNAs, and teaching staff; to explain the rationale for the existing 21-day cap on such leave for pregnant SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48097/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite approval and funding of a new drug (details supplied) to treat those living with Barakat Syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47827/25]

2025-09-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that certain events (details supplied) are not in breach of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; the engagements she has had with the hospitality sector on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49184/25]

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Nursing Homes Ireland Health

NHI wrote to Minister Burke and Deputy Rice to express our growing concern regarding the continued delay in publishing the National Treatment Purchase Fund’s (NTPF) Review of Pricing System for Long Term Residential Care Facilities

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Irish Association of Social Workers Health

Opening Statement by the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health

2025-09-16

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.

2025-09-15

LOBBY

Nursing Homes Ireland Health

NHI invited Ministers, TD's and MEP to the launch of NHI/RCSI research on the Placing Human Rights at the Heart of Nursing Home Care

2025-09-15

LOBBY

Rosetta Care Ltd Health

Increased funding supports to independent nursing home operators, legislative changes review, budget submission

2025-09-15

LOBBY

DEBRA Ireland Health

Debra contacted the Chair of the Oireachtas health committee to request a meeting and for the committee to prioritise rare diseases for discussion at Health Committee Meetings over the coming year. Areas outlined that require attention included: Access to orphan medicines, including early access schemes. Provision of integrated and co-ordinated multi-disciplinary care for people living with rare diseases. Investment in research, development and clinical trials.

2025-09-15

LOBBY

Dexcom Health

Diabetes Policy in Ireland

2025-09-12

LOBBY

Creative Retail Distribution Limited Taxation

Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug

2025-09-12

LOBBY

Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant Health

Lobbying by the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association for the establishment of a Clinical Care Programme for patients with lung fibrosis and the additional services needed.

2025-09-11

LOBBY

Inclusion Ireland Budgetary matters

We contacted Deputies Quaide, Cummins, O'Callaghan, and Rice in their respective capacities as the Social Democrats' disability, finance, social protection, education, and health spokespeople, to invite them to a briefing of Inclusion Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission's priorities, along with a fully copy of the document for their consideration.

2025-09-11

LOBBY

Endometriosis Association of Ireland Health

National Endometriosis framework and diagnosis / treatment of Endometriosis

2025-09-11

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland Health

Email sent to opposition party TDs circulating the PSI’s Press Release advocating for a Shared Governance Leadership Model in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

2025-09-09

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland 5 returns Health

Alcohol health information labelling
Alcohol policy development
Alcohol treatment services
Costs of alcohol harm
Zero alcohol product advertising

2025-09-09

LOBBY

Parkinson's Ireland 2 returns Health

Wrote to the representative to advocate for our pre-budget requests to be included in their parties alternative budget.
Lobbying regarding increased HSE section 39 funding for Parkinson's Ireland.

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the spending to date with a company (details supplied) and any external contractors or management consulting firms on the electronic health records system for the National Children’s Hospital, in tabular form. [45740/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the strategic workforce planning programme detailed in the Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare and Programme for Government 2025+; if a specific unit in her Department is leading on this work; the timeframe being worked towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46298/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will consider including Guillain–Barré syndrome as a long-term illness considering the disease presents similarly to other illnesses included on the list; if consideration has been given to re-examining the eligibility criteria for the long-term illness scheme to expand the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46636/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46776/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46777/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of orthoptists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46778/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatrists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46779/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of chiropodists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46780/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of audiologists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46781/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46782/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of counsellors recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46783/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of therapists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46784/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46785/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of radiographers recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46786/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses recruited since 2019 that were 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) and below, by year and WTE figure, in tabular form. [46787/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason(s) a type of hearing aid will no longer be issued by the HSE (details supplied); if she is satisfied that these hearing aids are of the same standard and quality as those previously issued by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46788/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a type of hearing aid will continue to be issued to children but not adults (details supplied); if in future patients will have to change hearing aids when they move from children to adult audiology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46789/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases received from a hospital in each of the past ten years (details supplied) regarding the expansion of the neurosurgery programme; the decisions that have been made on these cases to date; the reasons they may have been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46790/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to PQ No. 254 of 9 July 2025, if her Department has concluded its review of the 2017 Dickson Report regarding Paediatric Urology; if it has received the initial assurances and additional information sought from the HSE; if she will publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46791/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a medication for post-excision management of endometriosis (details supplied) will be added to the drug payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46792/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the importance of long-term medication access for women recovering from severe endometriosis is recognised; if she will prioritise investment in multidisciplinary care pathways to reduce the long-term cost burden on the health system by preventing repeat surgeries as a result of endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46793/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to PQ No. 379 of 10 April 2025, to confirm if the four new allergy service beds that will be opened in the new National Children’s Hospital represents a reduction in the number of beds currently available to children with allergy based conditions (details supplied); the number available to children with allergy based conditions across public hospitals at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46794/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to list the service providers used by the HSE and Section 28 hospitals to store patient data; if, in each case, this data is being stored in this jurisdiction or on international servers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46795/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to PQ no. 2679 of 29 July 2025, the status of the HSE’s consideration of the recommendation of the Medicines Management Programme (MMP) to reclassify high-protein ONS to List B; if her attention has been brought to the rebuttal of the MMP’s interpretation of ONS cost data by experts in clinical nutrition (details supplied); if she will meet with clinical experts before any decision is taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46796/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the external retrospective review of children who may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries has been delayed; if the HSE is still committed to a six month timeframe for the process; the status of the shortlisting and recruitment process for the independent panel; to confirm that the panel will be convened in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46797/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason no correspondence related to the external retrospective review of children who may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries have been issued to families; if correspondence will be issued to families as a matter of urgency outlining the status of the review and the next steps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46798/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the HSE’s new rules surrounding travel and subsistence allowances; to detail the changes that have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46799/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to review the drugs reimbursement process; if work has commenced on advancing this commitment; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46800/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were referred for a colonoscopy under BowelScreen; and the number of people offered a colonoscopy appointment within the recommended 28 days under BowelScreen in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [47099/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure nicotine pouches cannot be legally sold to children under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47100/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health when a draft of the Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47101/25]

2025-09-08

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the review of QQI Level 5 awards for healthcare assistants and pre-nursing students in the further education sector; the work carried out to date; the timeline for completion of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46801/25]

2025-09-05

LOBBY

Diabetes Ireland Health

To seek sustained investment in supporting people living with diabetes and promote a more strategic approach to addressing long term improvements making huge government cost savings, increase Oireachtas members awareness about the scale and severity of diabetes and its impact on society and to work together to seek ongoing government commitment to a long-term innovative strategic framework for managing diabetes with committed annual funding.

2025-09-03

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU

2025-09-01

LOBBY

Irish Lung Fibrosis Association Health

Kathleen O'Meara, Public Affairs Consultant and ILFA members made representations to John Lahart who supported the launch of the prospectus report in Leinster House AV Room on the 11th June 2025

2025-08-29

LOBBY

Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation Budgetary matters

Healthcare

2025-08-27

LOBBY

Health Research Charities Ireland Health

Support for the asks contained in the HRCI Position Paper 2025

2025-08-22

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland 2 returns Health

Parliamentary Questions
Wrote to the Joint Committee on Health

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42623/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42624/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42625/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42626/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42641/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42643/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Children

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42644/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress of each individual action outlined in the 2022 HSE position paper on the prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41310/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41311/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the specific criteria used for the diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41312/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the aftercare supports that are available to an individual with a diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41313/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the mandatory required training that all HSE clinicians must undertake in order to support patients living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41314/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of babies who had facial dysmorphia associated with foetal alcohol syndrome recorded at birth in each of the past ten years, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41315/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the Medicines Management Programme’s proposed reclassification of high protein (HP) oral nutrition supplements to list B will be suspended to allow the scientific data to be properly evaluated; if she is aware of thejoint position statement detailing the clinical, ethical, and economic concerns associated with this proposal endorsed by over500 healthcare professionals and academic experts in clinical nutrition (details supplied); her views on this joint position statement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41357/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will request that the Medicines Management Programme begins formal engagement with the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute and academic nutrition leaders to revise guidance on high-protein (HP) ONS products in line with international expert consensus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41358/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapy posts offered to graduates in each of the past five years; the percentage that were full-time 1.0 WTE and the percentage that were below 1.0 WTE, in tabular form. [42502/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to the exclusion of transgender women from the free HRT scheme (details supplied); if she will re-examine the guidance issued to pharmacies to ensure that transgender women are not excluded from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42566/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if health warning labels on alcoholic drinks will be introduced as planned in May 2026; her views on proposals to delay this public health measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42567/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the projects she intends to spend the €9.25 billion available to her Department under the revised national development plan; to outline the allocations she intends to make to each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42568/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme. [42569/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [42570/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients treated under the dental treatment services scheme, in 2024 and to date in 2025. [42571/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by the school dental screening service, in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42572/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by the HSE to deliver school dental screening in 2024 and to date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form. [42573/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the integrated financial management and procurement system for the entire health services; the timeline she is working towards in rolling this new system out; the locations this system will be deployed first; the date at which she expects this to be operational in HSE-run sites, section 38 hospitals and section 39 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42574/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have had to travel abroad for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants since the specialist bone marrow unit in Crumlin Children’s Hospital stopped providing the service in October 2024; the steps being taken to reopen the service; the number of posts required to recommence transplants; if the required posts have been advertised; if so, the status of recruitment for each of these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42575/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards for finalisation and publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42576/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed a proposal sent to her in relation to endometriosis care in Ireland; if she will meet with the author of this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42577/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if work has begun on a new national maternity strategy; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42578/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to examine the introduction of free pelvic floor physical therapy sessions for women after childbirth; the work undertaken by her Department to date; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42579/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is considering regulating the profession of healthcare assistants; if so, the work undertaken by her Department in respect of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42580/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has any plans to expand the number of midwife-led maternity units in the State; if she is aware of the World Health Organization’s guidance from June 2025 calling for global expansion of midwife-led care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42581/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that alcohol is prioritised in the new national drugs strategy; if she will commit to conducting meaningful consultation with groups working in the area of alcohol-related harm and alcohol policy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42582/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in finalising and publishing the new National Drug Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to implementing recommendation nine of the evaluation of the National Drug Strategy “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025” (details supplied); the steps she will take in the forthcoming new National Drug Strategy to strengthen integration of alcohol within it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42584/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the work being carried out in her Department to prepare for Ireland assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union; the areas of health policy that she intends to prioritise; if this will include tobacco control policy, and in particular the need to revise the Tobacco Products Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42586/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a full assessment of the financial impact of heart failure on patients, including recommendations on appropriate actions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42587/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to reduce cardiac rehabilitation programme waiting lists, which can reduce death from heart disease by at least 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42588/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; if she will commit to implementing all recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42589/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual cost to the health service of treating urinary tract infections in women, including GP visits, emergency presentations, hospital admissions and prescription medications; and to provide a cost breakdown by age cohort, in tabular form. [42594/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of managing repeat or chronic urinary tract infections in women; if any cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to assess the savings from preventive care or early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42595/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations due to urinary tract infections in women in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and the associated cost to the public health system, in each year. [42596/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of deaths in women in each of the past five years where urinary tract infection (UTI) was listed as a primary or contributory cause of death, in tabular form; and her views on mortality trends linked to untreated or recurrent UTIs. [42597/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of women over 65 who died as a result of urosepsis or complications arising from urinary tract infections in the past five years, in tabular form; if these deaths were reviewed under clinical audit or HIQA processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42598/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed a standardised care pathway for recurrent urinary tract infections in women, particularly for older adults; if this includes specific outcome improvement measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42599/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the use of antibiotics for Urinary tract infection treatment in women in Ireland; if any research has been undertaken or commissioned by her Department or the HSE in respect of repeat prescribing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42600/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a national audit has been carried out on the treatment outcomes and recurrence rates of urinary tract infections in women in primary and secondary care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42601/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of emergency department attendances for urinary tract infections in women over the past five years; if any analysis has been undertaken into whether these could have been managed more effectively in primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42602/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if mortality data linked to urosepsis and late stage urinary tract infections in women is being analysed to inform clinical protocols and improve early intervention strategies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42603/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the reintroduction of vaginal mesh surgeries; the timeline for same; the consultation that has been carried out with campaign groups (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42614/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on introducing a scheme to fund vaginal mesh removal surgery in other jurisdictions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42615/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 29 May 2025, if a contingent liability is now in place for potential compensation claims related to the clinical audit into developmental dysplasia of the hip surgery on children in Children’s Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh; if so, the amount set aside; if not, the work her Department has done with regard to potential compensation claims thus far; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42616/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in each of the years 2020 to 2024, by hospital, in tabular form. [42617/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [42618/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1284 of 10 June 2025, if work being carried out by the HSE to establish the current census for clinical directors has been completed (details supplied); if so, to provide this data by service, site and region; if not, the date at which this work is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42619/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1394 of 10 June 2025, if she will provide an update on the work of a working group commissioned to oversee the implementation of HIQA’s recommendations related to the role of clinical directors (details supplied); if she expects that this work will be completed in quarter 4 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42620/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for speech and language therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42621/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for speech and language therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42622/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42627/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages in each month to date in 2025, by health region and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42628/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by category and hospital, in tabular form. [42629/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42630/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42631/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42632/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42633/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42634/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42635/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42636/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42637/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42638/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42642/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for community psychology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42697/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for community psychology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42698/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for counselling services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42699/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for counselling services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42700/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for CAMHS, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42701/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for CAMHS, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42702/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for dietetics services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42703/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for dietetics services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42704/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for physiotherapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42705/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for physiotherapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42706/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for occupational therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42707/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for occupational therapy services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42708/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for ophthalmology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42709/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for ophthalmology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42710/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for audiology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42711/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for audiology services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42712/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for referrals for podiatry services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42713/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for urgent referrals for podiatry services, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42714/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the details of Children's Health Ireland's target number of children to receive spinal surgery through outsourcing arrangements (details supplied) in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [42759/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting more than four months for paediatric spinal surgeries abroad who have been offered surgery abroad; and the number who went abroad for treatment to date. [42776/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of children offered paediatric spinal surgeries abroad in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the total number who went abroad for treatment. [42777/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric spinal surgeries funded through Children's Health Ireland spinal waiting list initiatives in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form (details supplied). [42778/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health in respect of offering children paediatric spinal surgeries abroad, the way in which Children's Health Ireland determines suitability; if specific clinical criteria is used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42779/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details regarding the current arrangements between Children's Health Ireland and UK and USA paediatric centres in respect of outsourcing paediatric spinal surgeries; the hospitals in use; the number of places currently available to CHI in each hospital; if there is any block or pause on new referrals in any of these sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42780/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current post-operative infection rates and returns-to-theatre for spinal surgery across Children's Health Ireland's operating sites, by procedure type for example, fusion, rod insertion and including 30-and 90-day complications data, in tabular form (details supplied). [42781/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a comparison between Children's Health Ireland's infection rates and other international paediatric centres (details supplies); if CHI's infection or return-to-theatre rates significantly exceeded international benchmarks, were any spinal programmes paused or limited; if not, to outline the reason CHI continued with complex surgeries under such conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42782/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a full breakdown of current staffing levels within orthopaedic departments across all Children's Health Ireland sites, in tabular form. [42783/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of orthopaedic consultants, registrars and NCHDs employed by Children's Health Ireland that are working full-time without restrictions; working under clinical supervision or practice restrictions; on administrative leave or temporarily removed from clinical duties; and awaiting return to work pending investigation or review. [42784/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are defined maximum caseload caps for orthopaedic consultants within Children's Health Ireland; if so, the cap per consultant; the way in which this is monitored; to outline how caseloads are redistributed when a consultant is on leave, restricted, or steps back from clinical care; and the protocols in place to ensure that high-risk patients, such as those with progressive spinal conditions, are not lost in the system due to consultant workload saturation. [42785/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of end-of-life medical cards issued, by age group, in each of the years 2020 to and to date in 2024, 2025, in tabular form. [42786/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by the Ireland East Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42787/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by RCSI Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42788/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42789/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by University of Limerick Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42790/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42791/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Saolta Hospital Group; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42792/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE nurses working in chemotherapy wards in each of the relevant hospitals managed by Children's Health Ireland; how this compares to optimum staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42793/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details on how often KPI data from the National Cancer Control Programme online portal is updated; its intended use; who the KPI data is shared with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42794/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made from 2015 to date relating to care in Children’s Health Ireland, broken down by internal and external; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42817/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children under the care of Children’s Health Ireland that have died during or following spinal surgery since 2015, by year; the number that were reported as serious reportable events and escalated to HIQA, the HSE and her Department; the number that were investigated internally and externally, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42818/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of legal claims that have been initiated against Children’s Health Ireland relating to spinal surgery, including claims of death, permanent disability, or avoidable harm since 2015, by year; the number settled; the number that remain open; and the most frequently cited grounds (details supplied), in tabular form. [42819/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the funding allocated to establish the spinal register and its associated data portal in Children’s Health Ireland; if her Department or the Health Service Executive was involved in supporting this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42820/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a spinal surgery register and public-facing data portal, which was briefly introduced at Children’s Health Ireland, was subsequently removed; the person or body that authorised its removal; the reason this decision was made without notice to families or clinicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42821/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will request that Children’s Health Ireland commits to reinstating the spinal surgery register and public data portal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42822/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the review process which governs suspension type from the Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting list (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42823/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the processes in place to review and reactivate long-suspended children from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42824/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any children have become inoperable while suspended from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists; the number, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42825/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the children currently listed as suspended for surgery initiative from Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting list; the number scheduled for treatment in the UK or US; and the number scheduled for treatment in Irish private hospitals (details supplied), in tabular form. [42826/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a report (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address the five key challenges identified; if she will implement the report’s recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43111/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has any plans to develop and implement a national allergy strategy, given the prevalence of food allergies and the level of unmet need for one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43196/25]

2025-07-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a national allergy register to gather data, support research and inform service delivery, as recommended by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43197/25]

2025-07-18

LOBBY

FASD Ireland CLG Health

Delays with the introduction of health information labelling on alcohol

2025-07-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will request that Children’s Health Ireland publishes the 2021 oncology risk assessment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40268/25]

2025-07-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has received correspondence (details supplied); her response to the proposal related to Ireland assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40269/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards to initiate the review of the drug reimbursement process; the patient advocacy representation that will be on the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38733/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to agree and progress the early access programme for rare diseases; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38734/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will confirm that this proposal has been received; if she is aware of the current shortages in Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38949/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the cross-Departmental working group on banning sunbeds has been established and convened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39447/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the membership, terms of reference and timeline for work of the cross-Departmental working group on banning sunbeds. [39448/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the progress of each of the action points in A Healthy Weight for Ireland 2016-2025: Obesity Policy and Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39449/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date on which she plans to commence the evaluation of the current National Cancer Strategy; if this review will be carried out by her Department, the HSE or another body; if she will engage with key stakeholders as part of this process; if a new National Cancer Strategy will be published by the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39493/25]

2025-07-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will review the way in which maternity services are delivered across the country, as recommended by the expert review group overseeing maternity services at Portiuncula hospital; if so, the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39577/25]

2025-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the proportion of speech and language therapy posts advertised since 2019 that were below 1.0 whole-time equivalent, by year, in tabular form. [38418/25]

2025-07-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language graduates that accepted HSE contracts below 1.0 whole-time equivalent since 2019, by year, in tabular form. [38419/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has concluded her review of the 2017 Dickson Report regarding Paediatric Urology; her views on same; if she intends to publish this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38323/25]

2025-07-09

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the Children's Health Ireland Oncology Risk Assessment (2021); if she has received a copy of this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38324/25]

2025-07-09

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages · 3 divisions

✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 86–69
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 67–86
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–86

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if permanent contracts of employment will be offered to all radiography and radiation therapy graduates this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37318/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm that she has received a copy of the HSE's nationwide review of insourcing and outsourcing arrangements; if she has considered its contents; if she will publish the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37540/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the opening hours at the medical assessment unit in Ennis Hospital are to be revised (details supplied); if so, the rational for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37714/25]

2025-07-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will accept the HSE's recommendation to end insourcing arrangements in the health service by 30 June 2026; if she will commit to this deadline based on the steps to phase out insourcing provided for in the HSE's review of insourcing and outsourcing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37838/25]

2025-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free GP care to all children under 12 years in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36827/25]

2025-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing all prescription charges to €0.50, with a cap of €5 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36828/25]

2025-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme maximum payment to €60 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36829/25]

2025-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 25 June 2025, the reason a technical amendment is required to the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 to provide HIQA with the power to carry out an independent review of a defined type of serious patient safety incident in a nursing home; the means by which she intends to bring forward this amendment; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36830/25]

2025-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a 20-bed inpatient neuro-rehabilitation unit for the HSE south west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36831/25]

2025-07-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 26 February 2025, if she will commit to investigating the delays in accessing home care in Cork (details supplied); if she will develop an action plan to reduce waiting lists and waiting times in Cork and the south west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36832/25]

2025-07-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will accept the Labour Court’s recommendation to extend the special scheme of paid leave for certain eligible public health sector employees suffering from long Covid until 31 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36453/25]

2025-07-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her plans to replace the Dentists Act 1985 with modern and fit-for-purpose legislation; the timeline she is working towards; if she will commit to bringing forward amendments to the 1985 Act in the interim to enhance patient safety, provide for the maintenance of professional competence, and to urgently enhance the powers of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35253/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the failure of a number of symptomatic breast disease clinics to see newly referred patients within ten working days (details supplied); the steps being taken to ensure that these clinics meet their targets; if the required resources will be allocated to these clinics to ensure there is adequate staffing; to provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to ‘protect diagnostic pathways and invest in infrastructure and equipment to meet target treatment times outlined in the national cancer strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35169/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received a copy of a 2017 report into paediatric urology services, known as the Dickson report (details supplied); if her Department was made aware of the existence of this report by Children’s Health Ireland, CHI, or anyone from Temple Street or Crumlin hospitals prior to CHI’s establishment; her views on CHI’s decision not to publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34815/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the new sexual health strategy has still not been published; the definitive timeline for its approval by Government and subsequent publication; if the strategy is still at design stage, as was the case in May of this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34816/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to introducing salaried GPs, employed directly by the HSE; the status of the Programme for Government commitment to ‘explore the recruitment of HSE employed GPs’; the timeline she is working towards in progressing this commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34814/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Sláintecare recommendation to remove private care from public hospitals on a phased basis; the timeline now being worked towards to implement this recommendation; the steps that have been taken to progress the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35055/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the specific funding allocated to the implementation of Sláintecare; if a ring-fenced budget has been provided to implement ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare and Programme for Government 2025+’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35056/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to producing an updated series of costings for Sláintecare; if her Department has carried out work to revise the costings originally provided for in appendix three of the 2017 Sláintecare report produced by the Committee on the Future of Healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35057/25]

2025-06-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the serious issues identified in safety audits at Cork University Hospital (details supplied); if HIQA or the Health and Safety Authority are actively monitoring works to ensure that the hospital becomes compliant; if any regulatory enforcement action has been taken against the hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35059/25]

2025-06-25

LOBBY

Irish Platform for Patients' Organisations, Science and Industry Health

Implementation of the National Rare Disease Plan

2025-06-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to identify the legislation or statutory instrument that will provide the Health Information and Quality Authority with the power to investigate specific individual complaints; if the necessary provision has been commenced; the timeline for implementation of these powers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34874/25]

2025-06-25

VOTE

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022

A bill to require pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment suppliers and their servants or agents, to declare payments, gifts, donations or other transfers of values provided to healthcare professionals or health care organisations on an annual basis.

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–67

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a media report regarding further alleged abuses of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); the steps she has taken in response to these allegations; if she has engaged with the HSE, NTPF and the hospital in question on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33714/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have received appointments and the condition for which they were treated under the HSE's chronic disease management programme in each of the last four years, and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34487/25]

2025-06-24

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual costs associated with the implementation of the chronic disease management programme in each of the last four years, and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34488/25]

2025-06-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to have pharmacists prescribe for common conditions; the timeline she is working towards for implementing this recommendation from a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33326/25]

2025-06-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation from a group (details supplied); the timeline for implementation of the remaining recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33327/25]

2025-06-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the work of the online health taskforce established in September 2024; the date on which she expects the interim report to be finalised and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33061/25]

2025-06-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); the steps she has taken since receiving said correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33062/25]

2025-06-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the postnatal supports and services available to new mothers in the community; the steps being taken to ensure that there is a coordinated approach to support postnatal women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33064/25]

2025-06-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the four additional postnatal hubs, which would bring the national network to 13; the timeline for completion and operation of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33065/25]

2025-06-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any research has been conducted to assess the prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse following birth in Ireland; the steps being taken to ensure that there is a comprehensive and coordinated system of postnatal care for this condition, both in the community and acute settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33066/25]

2025-06-18

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024 · 3 divisions

A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–82
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 65–86

2025-06-17

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for a 60-bed community nursing unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; if the commitment to build this new unit will still be upheld; the timeline she is working towards in delivering this new development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32025/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the audit into governance and equity in patient access and waiting-list management at Children's Health Ireland, commissioned by her Department and the HSE; the reason this audit will review the methods of payments by private patients to consultants; the timeline she is working towards in completing this audit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32365/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date on which her Department was alerted to potential financial irregularities in relation to National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) funded insourcing work at another public hospital, separate to Children’s Health Ireland; if she will identify which hospital the NTPF has suspended all insourcing work with since 11 April 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32699/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that adults with spinal muscular atrophy receive access to approved medicines (details supplied); if she will engage in dialogue with stakeholders regarding the current age-based exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32774/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the next iteration of the Tobacco Free Ireland Strategy will contain objectives relating to nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches, to keep pace with current and emerging trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32775/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of each cancer-related capital programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32776/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to specify which cancer-related capital programmes reached appraisal stage and have now lapsed in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32777/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of each of the promised dedicated cancer units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32778/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress made on implementing a multi-year funding approach for the health service, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the measures in place to achieve this commitment; if it is her intension to announce this in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32779/25]

2025-06-17

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has paused publication of stage-3 nursing home inspection reports; if so, the legal basis for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32818/25]

2025-06-12

LOBBY

Simon Communities of Ireland Health

Health and the links with Homelessness

2025-06-11

VOTE

Mental Health Bill 2024 · 2 divisions

A bill to provide for the admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres, of adult persons in certain circumstances and, for the involuntary admission of adult persons who meet the criteria for involuntary admission to such centres; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of adult persons to registered acute mental health centres; and, for those purposes, to provide for the establishment of mental health review boards; to provide for the care and treatment of adult persons in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to adult persons without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of adult persons who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the admission to and discharge from registered acute mental health centres of children on a voluntary basis and with parental consent; to provide for the involuntary admission to, and discharge from, registered acute mental health centres of children who meet the criteria for involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres by way of application to the District Court; to provide for the criteria for, and review of, involuntary admission of children to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the treatment of children in registered acute mental health centres and to provide that treatment, other than in certain limited circumstances, shall not be given to children without consent being given for such treatment; to regulate the application, in certain limited circumstances, of restrictive practices in respect of children who are admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for applications to be made to court to provide for the entitlements of persons admitted to registered acute mental health centres; to provide for the continuation in being of the Mental Health Commission and the Inspector of Mental Health Services; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of acute mental health centres, a register of community mental health centres and a register of community mental health services for such centres and services registered under and in accordance with this Act; to provide for the regulation of mental health services including registered acute mental health centres, registered community mental health centres and registered community mental health services; to provide for the monitoring and enforcement of compliance with the provisions of this Act by the Mental Health Commission; to repeal the Mental Health Act 2001 and certain other enactments; to provide for the amendment of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85
✓ voted to add an amendment to the bill motion failed · 64–85

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, broken down by the number who are in receipt of the public-only consultant contract and the number who are not, by principal clinical site and region, in tabular form. [29033/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical directors employed by the health service; the details of their location and number of consultants which they are required to oversee in each case; the reporting arrangements in place to oversee the work of the directors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29062/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans for the external independent panel of surgeons with expertise in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) surgery, following publication of the DDH Audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if this panel will be made up of surgeons from different jurisdictions; the timeline being worked towards in establishing this panel and reviewing all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29488/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the external independent panel of surgeons with expertise in developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) currently being established following the publication of the DDH Audit will not review cases prior to 2010; if such surgeries took place in Temple Street Hospital before 2010; if so, the number of surgeries that took place, and the period these surgeries span; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29489/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review of the system of clinical directors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29490/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any private companies have been contracted to answer calls to the information line established for families whose children have been identified for follow-up following publication of the developmental dysplasia of the hip audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if it is exclusively specialist developmental dysplasia of the hip nurses taking calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29491/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any surgeons are contesting the findings of the developmental dysplasia of the hip audit by Children’s Health Ireland and the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Cappagh; if any of the 14 surgeons whose cases were audited have been placed on leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29492/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children experiencing delayed discharge due to a delay in accessing paediatric homecare packages, both funded and those who are waiting on funding, by hospital, in tabular form. [29517/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children who experienced delayed discharges due to a delay in accessing paediatric homecare packages in March of each year from 2019 to 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [29518/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reasons a specific HSE support service for parents has been moved online (details supplied); if her Department will consider reversing this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29715/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent speech and language therapy posts offered annually to new graduates in the HSE, in each of the past five years; to provide a compassion with the number of graduates qualifying each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29716/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is considering expanding the long-term illness scheme to include inflammatory bowel disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29718/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has received a copy of a study; if she has responded to the author of that study; if she intends to request that the Health Information and Quality Authority reviews the findings of this study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29719/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the review into urgent and emergency care in the mid-west region has been completed; if she has received a copy of this review; if not, the date at which she expects the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to finalise this review; if she will commit to publishing the review when she receives it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29720/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. of 27 May 2025, if she can confirm the dates in which the correspondence detailed was issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29721/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has concluded her consideration of the new National Rare Disease Strategy; the timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29833/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate; the work carried out to date; the timeline for formal commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29835/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding available from her Department to support the development of new national health registries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29977/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving biologics medicines for severe asthma in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the specific biologic medicines included, in tabular form. [29978/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving biologic medicines for severe asthma in 2024 and to date in 2025, by health region and hospital, in tabular form. [29979/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the commissioned managed access protocol necessary for the reimbursement of a severe asthma biologic medicine for patients with EOS level greater than 300 (details supplied); the delivery timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29980/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the health technology assessment ongoing with the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics for a biologic medicine to be used for severe asthma patients with EOS level less than 300 (details supplied); the delivery timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29981/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh regarding correspondence (details supplied); if she will refer the person in question to the Medical Council; if not, to explain her reasoning; whom she deems to be the appropriate person or body to make such a referral if not her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29982/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number paediatric home care packages currently being delivered, by HSE health region, in tabular form; the total allocated hours; and the total funded hours fulfilled. [30246/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total cost of paediatric home care packages in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form. [30247/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to list the HSE-approved providers of paediatric home care packages. [30248/25]

2025-06-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there has been any progress on the implementation of a standard diagnostic regime for foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30662/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a contingent liability is in place for potential compensation claims related to an audit (details supplied); if so, the amount set aside; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28599/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the disparity that exists between the pay of diagnostic radiography tutors, when compared to colleagues in other allied health professions (details supplied); if she will take steps to address this discrepancy in pay scales for clinical tutors; if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28800/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland made her aware of a 2021 internal investigation (details supplied); if she has been provided with a copy of the report and its findings; if not, if she has requested a copy; if she will commit to publishing this report when she receives it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28812/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any disciplinary action has been taken against a consultant in Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); if this case was referred to the Irish Medical Council; if so, the date at which it was referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28813/25]

2025-05-29

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in appointing two members of the HSE Board to the Board of Children’s Health Ireland; the steps being taken to progress these appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28814/25]

2025-05-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to open the remaining 49 beds in a health and addiction care facility (details supplied); the timeline she is working towards in ensuring that all 100 beds are made operational; the reason the funding required to operate at full capacity has not been provided to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27940/25]

2025-05-28

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 980 of 8th April 2025, her views on the United Kingdom’s decision to begin a targeted gonorrhoea vaccine programme (details supplied); if this vaccine will be reviewed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee with a view to making a recommendation to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28070/25]

2025-05-28

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) with respect of their plans for Temple Street Hospital following the opening of the new National Children’s Hospital; the services the MMUH intends to provide at Temple Street; if any private healthcare services will be provided on site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28071/25]

2025-05-28

VOTE

Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Fox Hunting) Bill 2025

A bill to amend the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban the hunting of a fox or foxes; and to provide for related matters.

✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 113–49

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26932/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the basis for the recruitment embargo on physician associates; to provide an update on the review of this role; the timeline for competition of said review; the number of physician associates currently employed by the HSE; the status of their posts since the review was announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27382/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline Children’s Health Ireland’s formal protocol for pre-operative assessment in relation to spinal fusion surgery in children; the clinical investigations and reviews that are required as part of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27421/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if children are reviewed in person by the consultant surgeon or multidisciplinary team prior to undergoing spinal fusion surgery in Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); the standard timeframe for this assessment relative to the scheduled procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27422/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the investigations that are routinely completed as part of pre-operative assessment for spinal fusion surgery at Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27423/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health Children’s Health Ireland’s (CHI) governance measures to determine how long a completed pre-operative assessment remains valid; CHI’s protocol if significant time elapses between assessment and surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27424/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average time between the completion of pre-operative assessment and the child’s spinal fusion surgery in Children’s Health Ireland; how this compares to accepted best practice timelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27425/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of all current clinical protocols, guidelines, and standard operating procedures used by Children’s Health Ireland in the planning and delivery of pre-operative assessments for paediatric spinal fusion surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27426/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the pre-operative assessment protocols that are in place at Children's Health Ireland in advance of scheduled rod lengthening procedures for children with traditional or magnetically controlled growth rods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27458/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if children with traditional or magnetically controlled growth rods are reviewed in person before each rod lengthening procedure at Children's Health Ireland; if this assessment is conducted by the consultant surgeon, anaesthetist or another member of the clinical team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27459/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the clinical investigations (details supplied) required at Children's Health Ireland before each growth rod lengthening procedure on children with traditional or magnetically controlled growth rods; if they are standardised across all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27460/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the length of time that a pre-operative assessment is considered valid for a growth rod lengthening procedure at Children's Health Ireland; the protocols in place to repeat or update assessments in cases of cancellation or delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27461/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average time between completion of pre-operative assessments and a growth rod lengthening procedure at Children's Health Ireland (CHI); if CHI has audited this timeframe against recognised best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27462/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide copies of all relevant clinical policies, protocols, and standard operating procedures governing pre-operative assessment for paediatric growth rod lengthening at Children's Health Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27463/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether Children's Health Ireland has a dedicated clinical protocol, policy, or standard operating procedure (SOP) for the identification, assessment, and perioperative management of children with known or suspected connective tissue disorders undergoing spinal surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27464/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the pre-operative risk assessments in place at Children's Health Ireland for children with connective tissue disorders (details supplied), particularly in terms of anaesthetic risk, vascular fragility, wound healing, and spinal stability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27465/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if children with diagnosed or suspected connective tissue disorders are routinely referred to genetics, rheumatology, cardiology, or other relevant specialties before major spinal surgery at Children's Health Ireland; if this coordination is part of a formal care pathway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27466/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the post-operative protocols in place at Children's Health Ireland for monitoring children with connective tissue disorders who undergo spinal fusion or growth rod procedures; if these differ from standard care pathways; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27467/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children's Health Ireland has conducted any audit or review of surgical outcomes, complications, or readmissions among children with connective tissue disorders following spinal surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27468/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide copies of all policies, protocols, and standard operating procedures relating specifically to the management of connective tissue disorders in paediatric patients undergoing orthopaedic or spinal surgery at Children's Health Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27469/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children that have been required to return to theatre due to post-operative infection following spinal fusion or growth rod procedures in Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street, CHI at Crumlin, and Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, in each of the past five years, in tabular form (details supplied); and the number of children that required multiple returns to theatre to manage the infection, including debridement, washouts, implant removal, or revision surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27475/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health routinely tracks and review cases involving multiple re-operations due to infection following spinal fusion or growth rod procedures; if these cases are subject to morbidity and mortality review or internal audit; the lessons, if any, that have been identified from these cases and the changes that have been implemented across sites to reduce the risk of infection and need for multiple re-interventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27476/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish any available findings from internal or external reviews conducted at Children's Health Ireland or Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in relation to post-operative spinal infections and surgical site complications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27477/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm whether parents of children undergoing spinal fusion or growth rod procedures at Children's Health Ireland are informed of the relevant post-operative infection rates, either site-specific or national, as part of the surgical consent process; if this information is not routinely disclosed, to explain how this complies with the principles set out in national consent policies and standards which require service users to be given clear, relevant, and material risk information in order to make informed healthcare decisions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27485/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a drug will be made available to patients for certain types of gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers under the HSE reimbursement scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27684/25]

2025-05-27

PQ

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Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a recent poll into the attitudes of front-line ambulance staff towards the leadership of the National Ambulance Service (details supplied); if she has replied to correspondence from the representative organisation; the steps she will take in response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27685/25]

2025-05-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people on a waiting list for pre-exposure prophylaxis by clinic and wait time, in tabular form. [26447/25]

2025-05-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of public sexual health clinics in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26448/25]

2025-05-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to identify which counties do not have a public sexual health clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26449/25]

2025-05-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the contract signed with a software company, and the work that was carried out by that company, in respect of the development and deployment of MedLis (Medical Laboratory Information System) was reviewed before it was extended in 2022 (details supplied); the reasons this system has only been rolled out in one hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26502/25]

2025-05-22

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Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of sites that the MedLis (Medical Laboratory Information System) is to be deployed to; the timeline for deployment in each site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26503/25]

2025-05-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns regarding the MedLis (Medical Laboratory Information System); the efforts being made to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26504/25]

2025-05-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the endometriosis framework; the reasons for the delay in finalising this framework; the current timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26568/25]

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Hume Brophy Health

Raise awareness of NOffLA’s ongoing work and policy priorities.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Affordable Medicines Ireland Company CLG Health

Introducing Affordable Medicines Ireland and parallel importation of medicines and the role it plays in the supply chain for medicines in Ireland.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

The Psychological Society of Ireland 2 returns Health

Email circulating the PSI's Press Release on Calling for Suicide-Specific, Evidence-Informed Care in Next National Suicide Reduction Policy to opposition party spokespeople on health and mental health
Email circulating PSI's Press Release on Welcoming the Publication of the Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan 2025–2027 to opposition party spokespeople on health and mental health

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society 5 returns Health

Daffodil Day 2025
National Cancer Strategy
Radiation oncology services
Nicotine Inhaling Products Bill
Lymphoedema services

2025-05-21

LOBBY

LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Health

Briefing on transgender healthcare with members of the Social Democrats

2025-05-21

LOBBY

Irish Medical Organisation Health

Invitation to attend the IMO AGM 2025 educational sessions

2025-05-21

LOBBY

David Curtin & Co Ltd Health

Invite members of the Dail, Seanad and MEPs to meet Dr Karl Fagerström and Ms Suely Castro, director of the international platform Quit Like Swedenwho were due to come to Dublin on 28th May. to discuss how Ireland can achieve a smoke free status by 2040.

2025-05-21

LOBBY

BeLonG To Youth Services Ltd. Health

Representatives from LGBTQ+ organisations briefed Social Democrats TDs on barriers to accessing trans healthcare and community principles for a new model of care.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Vulcan Consulting Limited Health

Rare Disease Policy in Ireland

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland 5 returns Health

Health information labelling of alcohol products
Alcohol advertising in sporting events
Zero alcohol product advertising
Seeking to bring alcohol issues to the Oireachtas Health Committee
Alcohol policy development

2025-05-20

LOBBY

College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Health

Mental Health Bill 2024 and concerns re inability to provide treatment to all who will be involuntarily hospitalised due to current iteration.To provide descriptions using video recordings of people who had benefited from treatment under the current Mental Health Act explaining their illnesses and the necessary treatment provided in a timely manner.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Healthy Homes Ireland Housing

To secure meetings and engage with elected/ designated officials in order to communicate the findings of Healthy Homes Ireland's report; 'Our place: Towards Healthier Greener Homes'.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Psychiatric Nurses Association Health

As you are aware the HSE imposed an embargo on recruitment in November 2023 which remained in place until July 2024. Some services were exempt from the embargo, for example disability services and several departments in the general services. The PNA strongly urged the HSE to exempt mental health services from the embargo taking into consideration the magnitude of the staffing crisis in the services and the impact on patients, families, and the wider community.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Stratagem (NI) Ltd Health

Provision of audiology services and eye care services

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Epilepsy Ireland 2 returns Health

Seeking support for Epilepsy Ireland's campaign to have epilepsy added to the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP)
That the Deputy would seek an update on the appointment of a lead nurse for the Epilepsy Model of Care

2025-05-20

LOBBY

RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) Health

Raising public awareness of brain health and improving sport inclusion for people impacted by brain conditions.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Home and Community Care Ireland Health

Meetings and briefings on general home care issues & HCCI updates

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Gender Rebels Health

Social Democrats Gender-Affirming Healthcare briefing for Transgender Citizens

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Transgender Equality Network Ireland 2 returns Justice and Equality

TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.
TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.

2025-05-20

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation 2 returns Health

Welcoming and congratulating new TDs on their election to the 34th Dáil.
To raise awareness of the priorities of the Irish Heart Foundation and the needs to cardiovascular patients in Ireland.

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a clinical programme for pulmonary fibrosis, to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of care and equitable access to a range of specialist healthcare supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25274/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the clinical care pathway advisor for pulmonary fibrosis has not yet begun their work; the timeline she is working towards in ensuring this person is in post with supporting resources; the reason the supporting programme manager has still not commenced their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25275/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the €1 million funding allocated to pulmonary fibrosis, including the specific line items detailed in the 2025 HSE national service plan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25276/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that oxygen provision for people with lung fibrosis is fit for purpose; if consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25277/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has plans to extend the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; if so, the timeline she is working towards; if not, the rationale for continuing to exclude this condition from the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25713/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of families who have been sent letters in respect of the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) commissioned review into hip surgeries; if she has requested CHI to provide this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25877/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25936/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of smoking to the State in terms of health spending; if her Department will be conducting an updated 2025 report assessing the economic cost of smoking, following on from the 2016 ICF international report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25937/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the National Register of Tobacco retailers in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25938/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of approved speech and language therapist posts, by grade and clinical site, in tabular form; the number of permanent full-time and part-time posts; the number filled on a temporary, locum or agency basis; and the number of vacant posts. [25998/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time speech and language therapists hired by the HSE from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25999/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent speech and language therapists hired by the HSE on a part-time basis from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26000/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists hired by the HSE on a temporary basis from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26001/25]

2025-05-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to establish meaningful pathways to career progression for speech and language therapists in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26002/25]

2025-05-19

LOBBY

Irish Heart Foundation Health

Tobacco and e-cigarette policy

2025-05-19

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and the EU.

2025-05-19

LOBBY

ALLIANCE OF MEDICINES FOR IRELAND COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE Health

Correspondence to relevant stakeholders regarding the implications of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

2025-05-19

LOBBY

Irish Sudden Infant Death Association Health

Establishment of a Mother & Baby Perinatal Unit; Establishment of the NPMR Register; FirstLight Funding

2025-05-18

LOBBY

The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA EU Affairs

Mercosur

2025-05-16

LOBBY

Sage Advocacy Health

services provided by Sage Advocacy to survivors of institutional abuse

2025-05-16

LOBBY

Irish Council for Civil Liberties Health

Intersex Surgical Interventions

2025-05-15

LOBBY

Gilead Sciences Ireland UC Health

Sent email to DPO's to request meeting to discuss HIV Action Plan

2025-05-15

LOBBY

Rare Diseases Ireland Health

Re-launch All Party Group on Rare Diseases. Update on the need for a new National Strategy for Rare Diseases, including background data on rare diseases in Ireland and the challenges that people living with rare diseases face.

2025-05-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason she will not extend the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long Covid; if she will replace this scheme with a long-term occupational illness scheme; the supports she will put in place for those who are on the special scheme, following its conclusion on 30 June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25049/25]

2025-05-15

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health with regard to the new nicotine inhaling products Bill, her plans in respect of flavours; if consideration has been given to people with allergies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25052/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the role and responsibilities of the new HSCP regional integration development leads in each HSE health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24701/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will direct Children’s Health Ireland to carry out a retrospective communication campaign to formally notify all families of children and young people who have ever received MAGEC rod implants of a field safety notice (FSN) issued by a manufacturer in December 2021, including those patients whose rods have been removed or who have aged out of paediatric care (details supplied); if she will ensure that personalised correspondence are issued to disclose the clinical significance of this FSN, including the reduced recommended implantation duration and associated risks; that appropriate clinical follow-up and advice is offered to all affected individuals, in line with specific regulations and standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24702/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the total number of children and young people in Ireland who have received MAGEC rod implants, in tabular form; the number that currently have MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ; and the number that have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24703/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the clinical rationale for the approach of leaving MAGEC rod implants in situ beyond the two-year implantation period recommended by the manufacturer in the December 2021 field safety notice (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24704/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland obtained explicit, informed consent from each family prior to a clinical decision being made to leave MAGEC rods in place to fuse in situ; if this consent process included the provision of written information outlining the known increased risks of adverse events associated with prolonged implantation beyond two years as required (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24705/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the use of MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ beyond two years in patients under the care of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), contrary to the manufacturer’s instructions for use, was treated as off-label use under EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if CHI ensured that a documented clinical justification was made; if families received written information explaining the off-label use and associated risks; if specific informed consent was obtained in line with legal obligations under MDR and national policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24706/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any cases involving the off-label use of MAGEC rods were reviewed by clinical governance structures, ethics committees, or hospital risk management teams within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) (details supplied); if not, if she will now require CHI to carry out a retrospective audit of these cases to ensure regulatory and ethical compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24707/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) routinely monitors blood levels of titanium, cobalt, and chromium in patients with MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ, in light of CHI's own findings (details supplied); if she will publish CHI's clinical policy for the follow-up and monitoring of patients who have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in place, including access to adult services for ongoing review and surveillance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24708/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vigilance reports or device-related incident notifications which have been submitted by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) or the HSE to the Health Products Regulatory Authority in relation to MAGEC rods since the implementation of EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if she will publish a breakdown of the nature of adverse events or faults reported, including mechanical failure, metallosis, or off-label use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24709/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason MAGEC rods remain unapproved for general use in Ireland and are only accessible under compassionate grounds; if she will publish the clinical and regulatory rationale for this continued restriction, including any safety concerns identified by the Health Products Regulatory Authority or other regulatory bodies; the steps being taken to assess the safety and efficacy of MAGEC rods for potential future approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24710/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland and associated paediatric spinal services record and report deaths of children and young people following scoliosis surgery using internationally recognised postoperative timeframes, including 30-day and 90-day mortality and in-hospital death; if she will publish all available data on postoperative mortality following scoliosis surgery in Ireland over the last ten years, including deaths occurring after discharge, to ensure comprehensive oversight of surgical outcomes and compliance with national and international safety reporting standards; if any of these deaths were reported through internal risk systems or to the Health Products Regulatory Authority under post-market surveillance obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24711/25]

2025-05-14

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an all-island defibrillator registry (details supplied); if so, the timeline for same; the engagement she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24720/25]

2025-05-13

LOBBY

Polio Survivors Ireland Health

Emailed TDs

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a series of investigative reports into transgender healthcare in Ireland (details supplied); if she will commit to reclassifying trans healthcare as part of sexual health rather than mental health, in line with the World Health Organization; to provide an update on the new model of care currently being developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24053/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date on which she will publish the new national sexual health strategy; the reason for the continued delay in doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24091/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to design a statutory home care scheme, the timeline she is working towards, and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24093/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to introducing health warning labels on alcohol products in May 2026; her views on her Cabinet colleagues’ comments in relation to delaying this measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24090/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to explore the recruitment of HSE-employed GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24092/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the HSE’s growing reliance on outsourcing radiotherapy services to private providers; the steps she is taking to reverse this trend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24089/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details regarding the traction system referred to in HIQA’s review on governance of implantable medical devices at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), including use of non-CE marked springs in surgery at CHI Temple Street (details supplied); the number of children it was used on; if it was CE marked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23284/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the national treatment purchase fund review of the nursing home pricing system, given that the programme for Government commits to doing so in early 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23285/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details regarding the private clinic located at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Temple Street; the details of the contract with the private clinic; the rent per year and if that includes utilities or the use of other on site services; if the administrative staff in the private clinic are also employees of CHI on a part-time basis; if not, are said staff entirely separate from CHI and employed only by the private clinic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23523/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints Children’s Health Ireland received in 2024; the response time for complaints; the percentage of complaints which required additional time beyond 30 days; if all complaints unaddressed beyond 30 days were given updates every 20 working days until the process had concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23524/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland has a mechanism for measuring the effectiveness of its complaints process; if they publish complaint related data; and if so, to provide a copy. [23525/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of months Children’s Health Ireland has been operating an auto response email from its complaints office (details supplied). [23526/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if a number of required positions have been filled in Temple Street’s spina bifida multidisciplinary team service; and the number that remain vacant, in tabular form (details supplied). [23527/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm the number of spina bifida multidisciplinary team clinics held in Temple Street in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number at which a consultant spinal surgeon was present; and the number at which a consultant urologist was present. [23528/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if urological care at Temple Street’s spina bifida multidisciplinary team service is urology consultant led or delivered by a non-consultant hospital doctor; if patients who attend this clinic are discussed at urology rounds or multidisciplinary team discussion with a consultant urologist present; to outline the retention procedure for notes of discussions held; if they are placed in a patient’s medical records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23529/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if it is Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) policy to provide food to all mothers in the postpartum period or only those who breastfeed or pump breast milk for feeding; to confirm if all mothers who arrive in CHI sites by ambulance from maternity hospitals with infants requiring incubator care, high dependency unit care or intensive care are provided with food; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23530/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the number of amputees in Ireland is collated in a national database; if not, the reason; if she plans to establish a database of amputees to inform and improve service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24084/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if all amputees are guaranteed prosthetics following amputation surgery; the process for obtaining prosthetics following surgery; the funding and supports available to obtain more advanced prosthetics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24085/25]

2025-05-13

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Service Improvement Programme completed its review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services in 2024; if so, whether this review has been published; the actions that have been taken to improve provision of prosthetics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24086/25]

2025-05-09

LOBBY

FTI Consulting Health

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Introductory Outreach

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of same sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [22998/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [22999/25]

2025-05-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the cross-Government working group that was established in 2022, under the aegis of her Department, to discuss EU regulation on the provision of food information to consumers; her views on the conclusions of this working group as they relate to Irish language packaging and food labelling in Ireland; if she will consider policy measures, up to and including legislation, to encourage businesses in Ireland to use bi-lingual packaging for their products as a way to promote and increase visibility of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23094/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing a new implementation plan for Sláintecare; the period this plan will cover; if it will contain detailed costings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22460/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a timeline for delivering the 3.5 WTE radiation therapy practice tutor posts for which funding has been approved by her Department; if these posts will be filled this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22698/25]

2025-05-07

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will confirm that this funding application has been received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22747/25]

2025-05-02

LOBBY

Parkinson's Ireland Health

Various politicians were lobbied to support increased HSE section 39 funding for Parkinson's Ireland.

2025-05-01

LOBBY

Neurological Alliance of Ireland Health

Support for the Delivery of the Commitment within the Programme for Government to rollout the remaining community Neuro-Rehabilitation teams

2025-05-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues faced by staff at a care home (details supplied); the steps her Department is taking to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21867/25]

2025-04-30

VOTE

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion passed · 85–68

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the full-year budget for all hospitals in receipt of HSE funding in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, by site, in tabular form. [19335/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the 16 recommendations in the National Radiation Therapist Review Report; if she will commit to implementing all 16 recommendations; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19363/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the oversight group that was to be established to oversee implementation of the National Radiation Therapist Review Report recommendations; the membership of this group; if this group has had its first meeting; if not, the date at which she expects the first meeting to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19364/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of three additional practice tutors posts for clinical radiation therapy placements (details supplied); if the funding has been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19365/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the six advanced practice posts for radiation therapy which were previously committed to; if the funding has been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19366/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 498 of 20 March 2025, if her Department will provide additional resources and equipment for the neurology assessment and nerve conduction study testing for amyloidosis (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19379/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of BowelScreen invitations issued, by county, in 2024; the corresponding number of people, per county, who returned a completed faecal immunochemical test in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19830/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the proposal to postpone the labelling of alcohol products with health warnings, which is due to come into effect in May 2026; if she will commit to implementing this public health measure as per the agreed timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19831/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the permanent ban on donating blood for persons who previously contracted gonorrhoea and subsequently recovered following treatment; if she is aware of the United Kingdom’s deferral policy in this regard (details supplied); if the State’s current lifetime ban will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19832/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the basis for the four-month blood donation deferral policy in respect of pre-exposure prophylaxis; if this policy will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19833/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to introducing a standardised breast density notification protocol as part of the BreastCheck program; the status of the National Screening Advisory Committee’s review of this proposal; the date at which she expects the Committee to conclude its work and present a recommendation in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20042/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valprorate in Ireland; the reasons for the current delay in the commencement of the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20405/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues surrounding the lack of GP services in Enfield, County Meath; the steps her Department is taking to resolve these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21245/25]

2025-04-29

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to introduce an automatic annual adjustment of medical card income thresholds in line with changes to core social welfare payment rates and or inflation. [21246/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of weeks each child listed as suspended on Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal service waiting list has been waiting, by category (details supplied), in tabular form. [18161/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on a matter (details supplied) raised by an organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18162/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of beds which will be available to the paediatric allergy unit in the new National Children’s Hospital; the number of beds currently available to this unit across CHI sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18165/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a centralised electronic data collection system for timely and accurate reporting of child mortality nationally; if her Department has commenced work in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18166/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the inpatient mental health support mother and baby unit, as per the model of care for specialist perinatal mental health services; the estimated cost of providing this unit; if a dedicated funding allocation for its development has been agreed; if not, when she expects to announce this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18167/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the inpatient mental health support mother and baby unit was not included in the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025, having been included in the Women’s Health Action Plan Action Plan 2022-23; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18168/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to revise the fee paid to optometrists under the medical card scheme; if so, the status of these plans; the timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18169/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to increase the scope of practice for optometrists (details supplied); the work being undertaken in her Department with respect to this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18170/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the regulations being developed under section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18178/25]

2025-04-10

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the HIQA review into the use of surgical implants and medical devices at Children's Health Ireland; the date on which she expects this report to be presented to her; if she will commit to publishing the report thereafter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18322/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the UK government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommendation that a targeted vaccination programme should be initiated for the prevention of gonorrhoea (details supplied); if a similar vaccine programme is being considered by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17295/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting longer than two weeks to be seen by BreastCheck following an urgent referral, by site, in tabular form. [17506/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there has been any change to the two-week maximum wait time for BreastCheck urgent referrals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17507/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for a mammogram, by site, wait time and referral type (details supplied), in tabular form. [17508/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total paid to each private diagnostics provider under the GP access to the community diagnostics scheme in each of the years since its launch in 2021 and to date in 2025, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17509/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in extending the bowel cancer screening programme to people aged 50 to 74 years; if she is still committed to completing this programme expansion by 2026 [17510/25]

2025-04-08

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the integrated financial management system project; the timeline she is working towards for completion and operation of the new system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17511/25]

2025-04-03

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16454/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms, from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which these payments relate; and the amount paid to each agency and firm. [15863/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress on implementation of the radiation therapy advanced practice pilot programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15917/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting to attend each radiation oncology unit in Ireland, by waiting time period, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15918/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps that need to be finalised to fund clinical practice tutors for radiation therapists to expand the number of training places for radiation therapy at Trinity College Dublin and University College Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15919/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the expected number of radiation therapy graduates in 2025; the number of relevant posts available for such graduates within the hospital setting upon graduation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15920/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the last time the staffing model for radiation therapists was updated; if there are plans to review the current staffing model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15921/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date at which the National Cancer Strategy 2024 implementation report will be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15922/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the lymphoedema model of care to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15923/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand community lymphoedema and lipoedema services in cancer centres of excellence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15924/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [15997/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to the findings of the Mental Health Commission in respect of compliance with national standards in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital; the steps being taken to address the issues identified, in particular staff shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16300/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital from the year 2019 to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [16301/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing in each of the years from 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital; and the staff categories these relate to, in tabular form. [16302/25]

2025-04-02

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff currently working in the acute mental health unit at Cork University Hospital on an agency basis, by staff category, in tabular form. [16303/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the resignation of multiple helicopter emergency medical service paramedics due to safety concerns (details supplied); the steps being taken to resolve these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15118/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she or any of her Departmental staff were made aware of payroll overpayments within the HSE prior to release of an internal audit on 25 March 2025; and if so, if she will provide details of any relevant correspondence related to the matter. [15408/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review into a number of inquests and High Court cases (details supplied); if not, her reasoning; the research, if any, her Department has undertaken into the role of a technique in avoidable baby deaths since 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15767/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of investigations and reviews held into serious reportable events in maternity units between 2016 and 2023 which resulted in negative outcomes in terms of patients’ care and staff conduct (details supplied); if she cannot provide this data, to ask the masters of those hospitals to provide said data in respect of outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15768/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the basis for the HSE’s current definition of perinatal mortality rate for the purposes of inclusion on maternity patient safety statements (details supplied); the body that agreed this definition; the reason for this limited definition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15769/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are any regularly updated public-facing data sources that can be easily accessed by members of the public which state the number of babies under 2.5 kilogrammes, regardless of whether they had a congenital anomaly or not, that died in any given month, on a monthly basis and on a hospital-by-hospital basis; if so, the name of this data source; the reason it is not part of the same public reporting as the maternity patient safety statements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15770/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of primary care centres in the State, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area (details supplied), in tabular form; the number planned for delivery; the number in HSE owned properties; and the number under lease agreement. [15773/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the rate of yearly rent on each primary care centre under a lease agreement, and the length of each lease agreement, by primary care centre, in tabular form. [15774/25]

2025-04-01

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the strategic review of general practice; the timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15775/25]

2025-03-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of approved consultant posts by discipline, speciality, and clinical site, in tabular form; the number filled on a permanent basis, temporary, locum or agency; the number of vacant posts; the length of time each vacant post has remained vacant; and the total number under recruitment. [14737/25]

2025-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 4 March 2025, if she will provide further details regarding the actions which have not yet been fully implemented in respect of recommendation 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 of the National Maternity Strategy; the status of work to progress the remaining actions under these recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14317/25]

2025-03-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the planned industrial action as a result of the HSE pay and numbers strategy (details supplied); the steps she is taking to avert this action; the engagements she has had with the relevant trade unions since notice was served; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14524/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Environment

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the issues regarding air pollution in Cork and the health risks associated (details supplied); the steps his Department is taking in order to meet the World Health Organisation’s target for air pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14162/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total paid to private consultancy firms by the HSE, from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by company and category of consultancy, in tabular form. [13333/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [13342/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds delivered since publication of the Acute Hospital Inpatient Bed Capacity Expansion Plan, by year, in tabular form. [13348/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of acute hospital inpatient beds, by site, in tabular form. [13349/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of additional post-acute specialist rehabilitation beds delivered in 2024 and to date in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [13350/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of post-acute specialist rehabilitation beds, by site, in tabular form. [13351/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of acute psychiatric inpatient beds delivered in 2024 and to date in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [13352/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of acute psychiatric inpatient beds, by site, in tabular form. [13353/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds delivered in 2024 and to date in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [13354/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of critical care beds, by site, in tabular form. [13355/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of community care beds delivered in 2024 and to date in 2025, by site, in tabular form. [13356/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of community care beds, by site, in tabular form. [13357/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13366/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13367/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13368/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13369/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13370/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13371/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13372/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13373/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics by community health organisation and local health office, age category, and time waiting, in tabular form. [13374/25]

2025-03-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in each CHO for longer than one month, three months, longer six months and twelve months, in tabular form. [14038/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a baby loss certificate for those who have lost a baby through miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13226/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the supports that are available to people that suspect that they are living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in particular those who are under the age of 16; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13228/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to meet the commitments under Article 21 (c) of the WHO Global Strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13229/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the progress of the 2022 HSE position paper on the prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13230/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the criteria used and the steps taken to diagnose foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13231/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13232/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not deemed by her Department or agencies under her aegis to be a disability at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13234/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the Ireland specific recommendations from UN bodies (details supplied) with respect to surgical interventions on intersex children in Ireland; if she will outline her thinking with respect to a ban on these medical interventions based on international best practice as seen in Malta, Germany and elsewhere; if she will provide an update with respect to the development of national guidelines by Children’s Health Ireland to standardise the management of children presenting intersex characteristics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13235/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 657 of 4 March 2025, if she will provide details regarding the three actions which have been implemented and the one action not yet fully implemented in respect of recommendation 17 of the National Maternity Strategy; the status of work to progress the remaining action under this recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13237/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the health and social care services the HSE commissions through tendering arrangements, in tabular form; and the total spent in each category of health and social care services in each of the years since 2019. [13238/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the staffing issues at PrEP clinics (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13244/25]

2025-03-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department will provide additional resources and equipment for the neurology assessment and nerve conduction study testing for amyloidosis; if she is aware of the current issues regarding the wait list for a drug (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13245/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated amount collected by all HSE hospitals in respect of car parking charges for visitors and patients in each of the years since 2020, in tabular form; and the estimated amount collected by contracted companies to run and manage car parking facilities at each HSE hospital for the same time period. [10593/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the car parking fees charged at each HSE hospital, in tabular form. [10594/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a research report into the prevalence of neurodiversity among people accessing addiction services (details supplied); the steps she is taking to ensure that there is an appropriate service response; if she will commit to providing neurodiversity training to drug services’ staff at all levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10757/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that funding is provided to a mental health service (details supplied) following the announcement that its messaging service will close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10759/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the HIQA review into urgent and emergency care services in the midwest region; the date at which she expects the final report to be sent to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11031/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on when the free hormone replacement therapy scheme will be available; the reasons for the delays in the scheme announced under Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11032/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the status of these vacant posts in the HSE addiction service; if the HSE has begun recruitment for these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11034/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has plans to expand the chronic disease management programme; if she will consider the addition of a condition (details supplied); the process that would be required in order to have any additional condition added; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11035/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appointment of a clinical nurse lead to support the implementation of the national model of care for epilepsy has been progressed; the reasons a permanent appointment has not been approved to date; if she will provide details on the allocation of time which will be given to the post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11036/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to establish a dedicated office for alcohol in her Department to drive policy development and input into cross-departmental policy; if not, her views on this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11037/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a media report in respect of an audit into osteotomies at three Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals (details supplied); the engagements she has had with CHI in respect of this audit; if the parents of children who underwent these surgeries have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11038/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish a report regarding osteotomy surgeries on children at three Children’s Health Ireland hospitals; if she has received a copy of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11039/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if osteotomy surgeries on children have been suspended at the National Orthopaedic Hospital at Cappagh and Temple Street Children’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11040/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the patient safety (licensing) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11499/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to offering permanent contracts to all graduate psychiatric nurses in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11500/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on 14 posts in a children’s mental health facility (details supplied); the status of recruitment for these posts; the number of contracts that have been issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11501/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to bring the Mental Health Bill 2024 to committee stage in an Oireachtas Select Committee or on the floor of Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11502/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to implementing a standard criteria for diagnosis and support for people living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), given that Ireland is the only country in the European Union without a national diagnostic regime for FASD; if any work in this regard has commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11503/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at Children’s Health Ireland; the date at which she expects the review to be submitted and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11739/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in 2024 and to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [11740/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the next implementation plan for Sharing the Vision to replace the 2022-2024 plan; the timeline she is working towards in publishing the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11741/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to publish the interim report on HIQA’s review into urgent and emergency care services in the midwest region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11742/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of posts at the HSE surgical hub south Dublin, by grade, in tabular form; and the number of posts which are vacant. [11743/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the interim report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Drugs Use; if she will commit to a health-led response through the decriminalisation of possession of drugs for personal use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11744/25]

2025-03-19

PQ

Asked Further and Higher Education

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to a research report into the prevalence of neurodiversity among people accessing addiction services (details supplied); if he will commit to working with further and higher education institutions to ensure that all relevant educational programmes in health and social care contain a module on neurodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10758/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the new national sexual health strategy has still not been published; her plans to address rising rates of sexually transmitted infections and increase capacity in sexual health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10514/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the final recommendations of the National Taskforce on the Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor Workforce; if the medical education and training strategic planning committee and the group tasked with defining safe medical staffing levels have been established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10515/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10391/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant non-consultant hospital doctor posts, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10392/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants, by clinical principal site, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10393/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant hospital consultant posts, by clinical principal site, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10394/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate with the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997/European Working Time Directive for non-consultant hospital doctors, by clinical site and month, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10395/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number and percentage of consultants signed up to the public-only consultant contract; the total number of consultants not on the public-only consultant contract; and the total number of consultants, by principal clinical site, in tabular form (details supplied). [10396/25]

2025-03-06

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants signed up to the public-only consultant contract, by speciality, in tabular form. [10397/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a percentage split of home care service provision in each of the years 2019 to 2024 by provider type (details supplied), in tabular form. [9917/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide the total expenditure on home care service provision in each of the years 2019 to 2024 by provider type (details supplied), in tabular form. [9918/25]

2025-03-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure that patients with endometriosis symptoms are being offered choices in their medical care (details supplied); when the national endometriosis framework will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10075/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each of the 11 adult ADHD teams provided for in the 2021 model of care for ADHD in adults; the timeline she is working towards for full roll-out of each of the remaining non-operational teams; the steps that need to be taken to bring the final teams into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each of the 11 adult ADHD teams provided for in the 2021 model of care for ADHD in adults; the timeline she is working towards for full roll-out of each of the remaining non-operational teams; the steps that need to be taken to bring the final teams into operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the new National Ambulance Service strategic plan; the timeline for publication; if an implementation plan will be published alongside the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9114/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 180 posts to be delivered in the National Ambulance Service; the status of recruitment for these posts; the date by which she expects recruitment to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9115/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation in the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026, in tabular form. [9116/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason two maternity hospitals still do not provide termination services; the status of work to bring both hospitals onboard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9117/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the number of doctors in HSE consultant posts who are not on the Irish Medical Council specialist register for the specialty they are practising in (details supplied); her views on the potential for patient safety issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9120/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on procurement and implementation of national shared care records; the timeline she is working towards in rolling out this platform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9367/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the delivery of electronic health records; the timeline she is working towards in rolling out this platform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9368/25]

2025-03-04

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has responded to correspondence in respect of the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare (details supplied); her views on the recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9369/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to the HSE alcohol programme in 2023 and 2024; and the amount being made available in 2025, in tabular form. [8826/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing alcohol related health interventions in each of the years 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [8827/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated for alcohol addiction services by HSE Addiction Services and HSE section 39 services in 2023 and 2024; and the amount being made available in 2025, in tabular form. [8828/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated for the HSE’s Ask About Alcohol website in 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [8829/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated for the HSE Drug and Alcohol Helpline in 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [8830/25]

2025-02-27

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting to access HSE funded alcohol addiction services/treatment and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [8831/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) will be made available to patients with biliary tract cancers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8436/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to including children in the regulations for home support services as part of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill; the timeline for publishing this legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8467/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for paediatric home care packages by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [8468/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current hourly direct cost and indirect cost of paediatric home care packages; and the total cost of direct and indirect delivery of this type of home care in each of the years 2020 to 2024. [8469/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the percentage split of paediatric home care service provision between direct and indirect delivery. [8470/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to conduct a review of the implementation of the recommendations of the strategic workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home healthcare assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8471/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE home support hours delivered in each month of 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [8476/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hours on the waiting list for home support in CHO4 by LHO, in tabular form. [8477/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in CHO4 for longer than one month, longer than three months, longer than six months and longer than twelve months, in tabular form. [8478/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the CHOs which underwent cost containment for home support services in 2024 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8479/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase the number of interRAI assessments for home support (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8480/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total amount of funding spent by each CHO on home support in each month of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [8481/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new ICT system for HSE home support including the amount spent to date on its development; to estimate the total costs of procuring and implementing the ICT system; to estimate when the ICT system will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8482/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to repeated breaches of section 19 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 during sports broadcasting (details supplied); if she will ensure that the legislation is enforced ahead of upcoming sports events; if she will commit to engaging with those who are running and broadcasting these events to ensure that the legislation is adhered to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8507/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on whether section 15 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 is being breached by alcohol companies; if not, if she will commit to changing the definition of “advertising” in the 2018 Act to specifically include zero alcohol drinks using the same branding, logos, colours and name as their parent company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8508/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a new Healthy Ireland Framework will be published this year; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8509/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing a new national drug strategy; if she intends to hold a public consultation to inform development of the strategy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8510/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on a memo issued by the chief executive of the HSE to regional executive officers on 14 February 2025 regarding extended hours/days of work; her views on whether this instruction is in breach of the HSE’s responsibility to engage with staff and their union representatives through the framework agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8546/25]

2025-02-26

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the data provided to her regarding urgent and emergency care in February 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8547/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the briefing document she received regarding the National Children’s Hospital, which has been reported in the media (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7585/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason Cork University Hospital is using beds originally intended for the dental treatment in Mallow General Hospital; the steps being taken to avoid the cancellations of dental services for patients with disabilities who require urgent treatment under general anaesthetic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7631/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates on a home support service for older people recruitment panel in each month in 2023 and 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [8113/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of health care assistants recruited by the Home Support Service for Older People in each month in 2023 and 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [8114/25]

2025-02-25

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of candidates currently on a Home Support Service for Older People recruitment panel by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and the number of candidates who have been on the panel for 0-12 months, 1-2 years and greater than three years. [8115/25]

2025-02-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the intended commencement date for the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6895/25]

2025-02-20

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the supplementary Bill to the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 (details supplied); if this will be included on the Spring priority legislative programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6896/25]

2025-02-19

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the HSE Elective Hospitals Programme Demand Model; the work completed to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6722/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide the full membership of the Sláintecare programme board; the dates at which it has met since its inception; the date at which the next meeting will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6315/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the minutes of all meetings of the Sláintecare programme board have been published; if so, to provide a link to the place in which they are collated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6316/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Health Information Bill 2024; the timeline for proceeding to Committee Stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6317/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of “Digital for Care—A Digital Health Framework for Ireland”, published in May 2024; if she intends to publish an accompanying implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6318/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of the Departmental brief presented to her upon her appointment. [6321/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to reinstating the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme; if her Department has considered this proposal; the steps her Department has taken to advance it, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6322/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in introducing legislation to further restrict vaping products; to outline her plans in respect of flavours and disposable vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6323/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the case of a nursing home facing closure in Kerry (details supplied); the steps her Department has taken to find an appropriate solution which ensures that the facility remains open into the future; if the option of the HSE purchasing the facility has been considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6324/25]

2025-02-18

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details in respect of the policies in place to ensure that people with autism are not discriminated against in mental health services; if she will provide information on the specific training provided to staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6326/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide the current split of home care service provision between direct and indirect delivery, by hours and percentage. [5209/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current hourly direct and indirect cost of delivery of home care; and the total cost of direct and indirect delivery of home care in each year from 2020 to 2024. [5210/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of nursing home beds in the State in each year since 2019, broken down by HSE-provided, HSE-funded under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004 and privately provided, in tabular form. [5211/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see each consultant ENT surgeon at Cork University Hospital, by wait time. [5188/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dementia advisors employed by the HSE in CHO4, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [5189/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [5190/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients attending for assessment under the school screening dental programme in each of the years since 2019, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [5191/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients on a waiting list for the school screening dental programme at the end of each quarter in each of the years since 2019, by wait time, CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [5192/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of dentists participating in the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years since 2019, by CHO and LHO, in tabular from. [5193/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients treated under the dental treatment services scheme in each of the years since 2019, by CHO and LHO, in tabular from. [5194/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients on a waiting list for treatment under the dental treatment services scheme at the end of each quarter in each of the years since 2019, by wait time, CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [5195/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of dentists employed directly by the HSE in each of the years since 2019, by CHO and LHO, in tabular from. [5196/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dental and orthodontic treatment, by age, CHO and wait time, in tabular form. [5197/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the rates for each treatment under the dental treatment service scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5198/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to replace the Dentists Act 1985; if so, the timeline for same; if, in the interim, she intends to bring forward amendments to the 1985 Act to address the immediate concerns of the Dental Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5199/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average patient wait time for admission to an emergency department in each quarter in each year from 2019 to 2024, nationally and by emergency department; and the average for patients aged 65 to 74 and 75 or older, in tabular form. [5205/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission to an emergency department in each quarter in each year from 2019 to 2024, nationally and by ED, in tabular form. [5206/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the report of the strategic workforce advisory group on home carers and nursing home health care assistants, in tabular form. [5207/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her Department’s work in respect of establishing a funding model for a statutory right to home care; the options being considered; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5208/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed update on implementation of the new HSE health regions; the status of CHOs and hospital groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5212/25]

2025-02-12

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for primary and community healthcare services at the end of each year from 2019 to 2024, by service, CHO, age and wait time, in tabular form (details supplied). [5213/25]

2025-02-11

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline her plans in respect of the Programme for Government commitment to “ensure a transgender healthcare service that is based on clinical evidence, respect, inclusiveness and compassion”; the status of the development of a new model of care for transgender services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4372/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on the new national sexual health strategy; the timeline she is working towards for its publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2826/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to improve sexual health services in Cork; if increased resources will be provided to expand the opening hours of existing sexual health clinics and address long wait times for appointments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2827/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include screening for HSV1 and HSV2 in the HSE’s free home STI test kits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2828/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for physiotherapy, by CHO, and age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3319/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for occupational therapy, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3320/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for ophthalmology, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3321/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for audiology, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3322/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for podiatry, by CHO, and age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3323/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for community psychology services, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3324/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for counselling services, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3325/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for CAMHS, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3326/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3327/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on an acute hospital waiting list, by age category, hospital, speciality and time waiting, in tabular form. [3328/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the strategic review of general practice; the timeline for completion of the final report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3329/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [3330/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages in each month in 2023 and 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [3331/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [3332/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a statutory right to homecare; the timeline she is working towards in publishing the legislation; the status of her Department’s work to establish a funding model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3333/25]

2025-02-05

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a position has remained vacant in a PrEP clinic since 2023 (details supplied); if recruitment has begun; the timeline being worked towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3334/25]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Foreign

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the detention of a Palestinian doctor by the Israeli Defence Forces (details supplied); the engagements he has had with his international counterparts in respect of this case; if he will seek an intervention at EU level to advance the release of this doctor and other healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1367/25]

2025-01-22

PQ

Asked Health

Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to introducing a tiered payments scheme for all student nurses and midwives (details supplied); if any similar proposals are being advanced to improve pay or bursaries for student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1624/25]

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Epilepsy Ireland Health

Contacted listed DPOs in their capacity as General Election Candidates to support EI's advocacy campaigns if elected to the next Dáil

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Irish Cancer Society Health

General Election campaign

2025-01-21

LOBBY

Reduced Risk Products Association Company Limited Health

The Reduced Risk Products Association conducted analysis of Census 2022 and the results of the Healthy Ireland Survey 2024 to examine the likely implications of proposed restrictions on flavoured vapes for adult vapers including smokers who rely on vapes to quit or reduce their smoking returning to smoking, with consequent impacts on deaths from smoking. This analysis was prepared on a Dail constituency basis and sent to all members of Dáil Eireann.

2025-01-20

LOBBY

BioMarin International Limited Health

Rare disease policy in Ireland and EU

2025-01-20

LOBBY

Alcohol Action Ireland Health

Alcohol policy development in relation to a new strategy for alcohol and the establishment of an Alcohol Office

2025-01-15

LOBBY

Multiple Sclerosis Ireland Health

General Election manifesto provided to all members

2025-01-15

LOBBY

Gender Rebels Community

Awareness to current challenges experienced within the Transgender community of Ireland