Results 181-200 of 1,348 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration has been given to recognising other proof of residence for fee status classification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53145/25]

Developer Profits Transparency Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I, too, welcome the visitors in the Gallery. I congratulate my colleague Deputy Ahern on introducing his first of legislation in the House. It is a significant achievement and great to see. As we all know, housing is the biggest challenge facing the country. We need to consider all measures possible to address this challenge. Part of that involves increased transparency and...

Community Pharmacy Agreement: Statements (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Before I start, I would like to put on the record again my concerns about the amount of Dáil time that is given over to statements. Since the Government was formed, we have dealt with only two pieces of health legislation on the floor of the Dáil, and only one of those was new legislation. The other Bill, the Mental Health Bill, was restored from the previous Dáil. This is...

Community Pharmacy Agreement: Statements (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Absolutely. We talk a lot about productivity in healthcare. We also need productivity in Parliament. Returning to the topic at hand, the community pharmacy agreement, first I want to say that I welcome the investment in community pharmacies. In recent years, we have seen a real and tangible expansion of the services on offer in community pharmacies and that should be acknowledged. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Regarding staffing, Cork and Galway both have new builds and new machines, but not enough staff. St. Luke's network has a CT scanner with no staff, a skin cancer treatment service operating at reduced capacity because it has insufficient staff, and at the same time, we had 30 graduates in radiation therapy from Trinity College last year. Only ten of them secured posts in Ireland, a further...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Graduates are looking for jobs, Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 79. To ask 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]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I wish to ask the Minister about cancer services. Over 50% of cancer patients require radiation therapy at some point in their care. It is routinely used to treat the most common types of cancer such as breast, cervical and lung cancers. It is the cornerstone of modern cancer treatment and yet, it is neglected. We have ageing machines. In other areas, newer machines have no staff to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: First, on machinery, I accept there is a replacement programme under way for St. Luke's but why are machines breaking down before action is taken? The internationally accepted lifespan for a treatment machine is ten years but in St. Luke's, Rathgar, they have two machines that are 15 years old and another two that are almost 17 years old. They are limited to using three machines at a time....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 100. To ask 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....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 105. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 192. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 438. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 439. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 440. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 441. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Humanitarian Aid (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 442. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Humanitarian Aid (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical evacuations of Palestinian children since 2023, by year and location of evacuation. [52777/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 443. To ask 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]

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The genocide in Gaza is, without a doubt, the issue I am contacted most about by people from Cork. I am frustrated by the lack of action we have seen and that I have nothing of substance to say to the people who contact me. I cannot answer their questions as to why the Government has not passed the occupied territories Bill or why it is allegedly allowing the use of Shannon and Irish...