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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received a business case from a group (details supplied); the status of her Department’s consideration of same; if she has engaged with the group concerned since receiving its business case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52393/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I advise members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate when they are not adhering to this constitutional requirement. Therefore, a member who attempts to participate from outside the precincts will be asked to leave the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister and call Mr. Gloster.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank Mr. Gloster. I will now move to members for comments and questions. We had issues with the clock earlier but it is working again. I call Deputy Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister. I remind members that we have less than two hours and 13 members. In order to fit everybody in, we are allocating eight minutes per person. In future, we could take shorter opening statements, or take them as read, but we only received the Minister's statement late last night so it was not possible today. Time is tight so I ask members to stick to the time limit....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Before the Minister answers, I remind members that the witnesses are here to answer questions on insourcing and outsourcing.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is aware of the current delays associated with new citizens receiving their certificates of naturalisation; if consideration has been given to an arrangement for individuals who have recently received their citizenship to be able to register to vote in advance of receiving their naturalisation certificates;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 855. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in expanding the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (NNBSP) to include spinal muscular atrophy; the timeline for introduction of screening for this condition in the NNBSP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 856. To ask the Minister for Health the reasons for the delay in expanding the National Newborn Bloodspot Screening Programme (NNBSP) to include severe combined immunodeficiency; the timeline for introduction of screening for this condition in the NNBSP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51340/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 854. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to a new report on men's health (detail supplied); her views on the key asks; the steps she is taking to address the issues identified, in particular premature mortality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51328/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 935. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2993 of 29 July 2025, to provide further details with respect to a tender for paediatric orthopaedic procedures for conditions such as spina bifida and scoliosis (details supplied); the services being tendered for; if this relates to the international outsourcing initiative [52101/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 79. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the serious deficits in staffing and equipment in public radiation therapy services; if she will instruct the HSE to offer all radiation therapy graduates employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52861/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I wish to ask the Minister about cancer services. Over 50% of cancer patients require radiation therapy at some point in their care. It is routinely used to treat the most common types of cancer such as breast, cervical and lung cancers. It is the cornerstone of modern cancer treatment and yet, it is neglected. We have ageing machines. In other areas, newer machines have no staff to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: First, on machinery, I accept there is a replacement programme under way for St. Luke's but why are machines breaking down before action is taken? The internationally accepted lifespan for a treatment machine is ten years but in St. Luke's, Rathgar, they have two machines that are 15 years old and another two that are almost 17 years old. They are limited to using three machines at a time....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Regarding staffing, Cork and Galway both have new builds and new machines, but not enough staff. St. Luke's network has a CT scanner with no staff, a skin cancer treatment service operating at reduced capacity because it has insufficient staff, and at the same time, we had 30 graduates in radiation therapy from Trinity College last year. Only ten of them secured posts in Ireland, a further...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Graduates are looking for jobs, Minister.

Community Pharmacy Agreement: Statements (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Before I start, I would like to put on the record again my concerns about the amount of Dáil time that is given over to statements. Since the Government was formed, we have dealt with only two pieces of health legislation on the floor of the Dáil, and only one of those was new legislation. The other Bill, the Mental Health Bill, was restored from the previous Dáil. This is...

Community Pharmacy Agreement: Statements (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Absolutely. We talk a lot about productivity in healthcare. We also need productivity in Parliament. Returning to the topic at hand, the community pharmacy agreement, first I want to say that I welcome the investment in community pharmacies. In recent years, we have seen a real and tangible expansion of the services on offer in community pharmacies and that should be acknowledged. The...

Developer Profits Transparency Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I, too, welcome the visitors in the Gallery. I congratulate my colleague Deputy Ahern on introducing his first of legislation in the House. It is a significant achievement and great to see. As we all know, housing is the biggest challenge facing the country. We need to consider all measures possible to address this challenge. Part of that involves increased transparency and...