Results 181-200 of 372 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1579. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1580. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1583. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1660. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1661. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1662. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1663. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1664. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1712. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1713. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1714. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1715. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1716. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1717. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1901. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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;...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I start by acknowledging that we live in very turbulent and troubling times. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israel's destruction of Gaza and Trump's threats of a trade war are examples of this. As a result, foreign policy debates like this are increasingly important. We need these discussions and debates on Ireland's role in the world, what it means to be neutral today and how we prepare...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: From today, the crisis in our health service will deepen. This morning, 6,500 psychiatric nurses began industrial action in a dispute over unsustainable staffing levels. On Monday, a further 80,000 healthcare workers are planning to start a strict work to rule. At the core of this dispute is the pay and numbers strategy, a strategy which none of us has seen. This so-called strategy is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (25 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 639. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of needs, by CHO and LHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [13336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Mar 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by CHO and LHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [13337/25]