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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 650. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1144 of 13 May 2025, the status of the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services, which was due to be completed by Q3 2025; if it has been completed; if not, the date on which it is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 651. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of limb prosthetic services includes children’s provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50101/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Programmes (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 652. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to a campaign for reform in paediatric prosthetic provision (details supplied); the steps she is taking to address the issues identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50102/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if she will put in place a permanent scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long covid; to replace the existing scheme which is due to expire on 31 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50335/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 675. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the lack of progress in implementing the recommendations of the national radiation therapist review; the status of the implementation group; the number of times the group has met; if an implementation plan will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50341/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 676. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the growing spend on contracting out radiation therapy (RT) for public patients to private providers (details supplied); the engagements she has had with the HSE with regard to the outsourcing of RT services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50342/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 677. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2920 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details regarding the major equipment replacement programme and expansion programme underway at St Luke's Radiation Oncology Network (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the replacement project for linear accelerators in St. Luke's, Rathgar; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 679. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a proposal to establish a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme (details supplied); if she will commit to doing so to address the critically outdated linear accelerators in many of the State’s public cancer treatment facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 689. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 20 March 2025, the number of cases diagnosed in each of the years since 2018, by condition (details supplied); the number treated with Intersex genital mutilation (IGM); in cases in which IGM was deemed necessary, to provide an indication as to the reasoning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50396/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if the incidence of intersex genital mutilation is reducing in Ireland; if so, to provide data to support this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the information provided to parents of intersex infants; the involvement, that intersex people have in informing and monitoring this information; if parents with intersex infants are being referred to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50398/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the draft heads of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2025; if she will commit to publication in advance of the Christmas recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 697. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the draft heads of the Health (Single Use Vapes) Bill 2025; if she will commit to publication in advance of the Christmas recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50425/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 698. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill, listed for priority drafting in the Government’s Autumn Legislative Programme; the proposed main provisions of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the introduction of the common conditions service in community pharmacies; if it is her intention to have this service operational by year end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50510/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 704. To ask the Minister for Health following publication of the community pharmacy agreement 2025, to provide further details in respect of the consultation fee for the common conditions service; if a set rate has been agreed; if this fee will be covered under the medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50511/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on the issue of pension provision for research staff grades who do not have access to public service pensions in higher education institutions, particularly in relation to the technological university sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50395/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (25 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the installation of traffic light cameras in Cork; to outline the Department’s decision making process as to what areas are prioritised; the timeline for completion of all phases of the introduction of such cameras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50971/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (25 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the interdepartmental working group on non-binary gender; the actions of the group today; the reports produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50967/25]