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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Our next speaker is Deputy Cullinane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We could do a session with the Minister for older people and HIQA and tease out many issues around nursing homes. It is certainly something we will come back to. I have a number of questions for Safeguarding Ireland. One of my key frustrations is the length of time it is taking to progress legislation. The Oireachtas and TDs, including Ministers, often call for increased productivity in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The Department of Health has been leading on this but, as Ms Rickard-Clarke points out, this applies to issues around social protection and justice. They are much wider. Is the Department of Health the right body for an independent body to sit under?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: That is an important point. In its opening statement, the Irish Association of Social Workers drew attention to the need for a social care Act to enshrine the rights of people who need care and support. It states such an Act exists in the UK and Ireland needs similar legislation. Will it provide more detail on what it would like to see in such legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The opening statement also raised concerns about independent advocacy, particularly the number of unregistered advocates with no registered qualifications. Does the association have data on the number of unqualified or unregulated advocates working in the area? For whom do these independent advocates work? What are the necessary qualifications for such a role? Would they need to be social...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: My understanding is the Law Reform Commission has recommended a code of practice for advocates. Is a code of practice enough?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Sorry, Senator, we have reached the end of the time slot. We will take a quick comfort break now for five minutes and will resume at 11 o'clock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We will continue the committee's consideration of the legal and policy gaps in adult safeguarding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: There is just over half an hour remaining. I have four members left to come in, so I propose that we take Senator Ryan, Deputy Burke and Senators Black and Boyle. We will conclude by 12 noon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We will suspend again until the lights resume.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank Senator Black for joining us. We normally leave non-members to the end of the list, but in this case Senator Boyle kindly agreed to allow Senator Black to go ahead of him in the final slot. I now call Senator Boyle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legal and Policy Gaps in Adult Safeguarding: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank our witnesses for joining us today. They have given us a lot of food for thought. I thank them for their detailed consideration in advance and for answering all of the questions so fully today. We will now adjourn the committee. Our next meeting is a select committee, which will be at 9.30 a.m. next Wednesday, 16 July, with the Minister for Health to consider the Health...

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I, too, thank Sinn Féin for this motion and for putting a spotlight on this important issue. I also commend the campaigners in the Gallery. They should not have to be here, they should not have to share their stories and they should not have to email their TDs and lay out their pain, but I commend them on their work and their advocacy in respect of this matter. I urge the Minister to...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I welcome Second Stage of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2025, which regrettably is the first health legislation to be taken on Second Stage since the general election last November. This is one of only two health Bills listed for priority publication yet it was only published last Friday, just shy of the summer recess. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile and modest legislation. To pick up on...

Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, on her speech, for her allyship and for speaking out. I know it is not easy. She has our full support. We hope to work together to progress trans healthcare and the Minister of State has the support of many of us across the House. I look forward to working with her to progress that. I thank her for her allyship and her words. They matter...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 351. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 1 July 2025, if his Department intends to renew the current three-year funding arrangement for post offices which is set to end in December 2025, to detail his Department’s plans to support small and medium-sized post offices following the conclusion of this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 8 April 2025, to provide a full update on the Cork Events Centre project; the status of the appointments of individuals to the project management delivery team; the key next stages, and estimated timelines; and the exact amount of public funding, from all sources, spent on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce amendments to modernise the Prohibition of Incitement to Racial Religious or National Hatred Act , 1989; the timeline he is working towards in bringing forward these amendments; if this will include provisions on hate speech to bring Ireland in line...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 526. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 527. To ask 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]