Results 221-240 of 296 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I find it really hard to listen to the Government's rhetoric on housing. The Minister comes in here and talks about the progress the Government has made but homelessness has hit an all-time high. How is that in any sense progress? Rents and house prices are soaring, and schemes such as the help-to-buy scheme are just driving up house prices. The Government is failing people in this...

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Branding the houses as affordable increases the level of hopelessness among young people. They feel the houses are just more out of reach for them. I believe we should rename the Act the Unaffordable Housing Act because unaffordable housing is genuinely what it is delivering. We need a radical reset of housing policy. The answers to this crisis are not found in the failed policies of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 238. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the HSE Elective Hospitals Programme Demand Model; the work completed to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6722/25]

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I too congratulate the Minister of State on her reappointment as Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and also her appointment as Government Chief Whip. I will talk about funding, policy and the law. On funding, for far too long mental health services have been the Cinderella of our health services. Decades of underinvestment have left us with understaffed and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We learned today that the potential cost of the national children's hospital has soared by €100 million in just a matter of months. It now stands at nearly €2.5 billion, although no one believes this will be the final cost. It is outrageous that after all this time, nobody in this House knows for sure how much this project will ultimately cost or when it will start treating...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The latest estimate is that it will be at least another year. This is the biggest capital investment in the health service in the history of the State and it has been a botched project.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We need time set aside to have a discussion on this fiasco. We need an update on this from the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 119. To ask the Taoiseach the date on which the Spring legislative programme will be approved and published. [6320/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to inordinate delays for driving tests in Cork, with people waiting since October 2024 for the opportunity to book a test; the reason for these delays; if his Department will work with the Road Safety Authority to ensure that waiting times are reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy; to outline the progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6327/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the Programme for Government commitment to legislate for the “Right To Be Forgotten”, which would require insurers to disregard a cancer diagnosis where treatment ended more than seven years prior to application; the timeline he is working towards in legislating; if this piece of legislation will be included on the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce extra time for students with dyslexia in their Junior and Leaving Certificate exams; the engagements she has had with the State Examinations Commission in respect of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5715/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties for families availing of taxi services as part of the school transport scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6328/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he plans to seek the approval of both Houses of the Oireachtas to amend the personal injuries guidelines, following the Judicial Council’s support for the draft second edition of the guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6325/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5718/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 823. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the full membership of the Sláintecare programme board; the dates at which it has met since its inception; the date at which the next meeting will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 824. To ask the Minister for Health if the minutes of all meetings of the Sláintecare programme board have been published; if so, to provide a link to the place in which they are collated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 825. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Health Information Bill 2024; the timeline for proceeding to Committee Stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 826. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of “Digital for Care—A Digital Health Framework for Ireland”, published in May 2024; if she intends to publish an accompanying implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Feb 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 827. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of the Departmental brief presented to her upon her appointment. [6321/25]