Results 941-960 of 1,348 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 169. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 170. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 171. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 172. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 187. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 188. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Small and Medium Enterprises (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 155. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration has been given to re-examining the eligibility criteria for the energy audit voucher available to small and medium-sized businesses from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; if the current exemption afforded to some groups, who do not have to meet the €10,000 per year threshold, may be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 1924. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2415. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason people with alcohol-related brain injuries are excluded from community neurorehabilitation services; to outline the rationale for the exclusion of alcohol-related brain injuries from the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy; if she will commit to addressing this by including alcohol-related harm in neurorehabilitation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2416. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2417. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2418. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2419. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2421. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2422. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2423. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2671. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2672. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2673. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2674. To ask 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]