Results 361-380 of 788 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 205. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 206. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 207. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 201. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 202. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 208. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 209. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 212. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (15 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of same-sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25024/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (15 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 333. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (15 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 334. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 161. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 171. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 230. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reply to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if the Department will reconsider this decision; the reasons as to why this decision was communicated so late in the school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding circular 0032/2017, if her Department is aware that schools are instructing parents to purchase laptops only through exclusive suppliers; if consideration will be given to introduce measures to limit this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23971/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1014. To ask 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1015. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1042. To ask 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...