Results 301-320 of 757 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (28 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I congratulate the newly elected Leas-Chathaoirleach. I invite him to say a few words, if he wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (28 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We will move into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 385 of 1 April 2025, if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if her department will consider providing additional special education classes in the area; if the National Council for Special Education has engaged with this school; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to open the remaining 49 beds in a health and addiction care facility (details supplied); the timeline she is working towards in ensuring that all 100 beds are made operational; the reason the funding required to operate at full capacity has not been provided to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27940/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (28 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 395. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 980 of 8th April 2025, her views on the United Kingdom’s decision to begin a targeted gonorrhoea vaccine programme (details supplied); if this vaccine will be reviewed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee with a view to making a recommendation to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (28 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 396. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH) with respect of their plans for Temple Street Hospital following the opening of the new National Children’s Hospital; the services the MMUH intends to provide at Temple Street; if any private healthcare services will be provided on site; and if she will make a statement on the...

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: What is happening in Gaza right now is horrific and unjust. Israel's actions are disturbing, disgusting and criminal. We are witnessing an evil that is difficult to comprehend. While Israel is blocking the provision of aid and while food is being withheld, Gaza is on the brink of famine. We cannot continue business as normal when Israel is allowing children to starve. As a TD, my job is...

Independent External Medical Audit for Children's Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh: Statements (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: It is really hard to know where to start when it comes to CHI. The report that was published is shocking, disturbing and deeply upsetting for families across the country. It confirms what we have known and what we have said in the House for some time, that unnecessary surgeries took place on children. We know what happened and now we need to know why that happened. I have a list of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will engage with relevant Departments on the significant visa processing delays being experienced by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27683/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 659. To ask the Minister for Health her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26932/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 721. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the basis for the recruitment embargo on physician associates; to provide an update on the review of this role; the timeline for competition of said review; the number of physician associates currently employed by the HSE; the status of their posts since the review was announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27382/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 727. To ask the Minister for Health to outline Children’s Health Ireland’s formal protocol for pre-operative assessment in relation to spinal fusion surgery in children; the clinical investigations and reviews that are required as part of this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27421/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 728. To ask the Minister for Health if children are reviewed in person by the consultant surgeon or multidisciplinary team prior to undergoing spinal fusion surgery in Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); the standard timeframe for this assessment relative to the scheduled procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the investigations that are routinely completed as part of pre-operative assessment for spinal fusion surgery at Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 730. To ask the Minister for Health Children’s Health Ireland’s (CHI) governance measures to determine how long a completed pre-operative assessment remains valid; CHI’s protocol if significant time elapses between assessment and surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the average time between the completion of pre-operative assessment and the child’s spinal fusion surgery in Children’s Health Ireland; how this compares to accepted best practice timelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27425/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 732. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a copy of all current clinical protocols, guidelines, and standard operating procedures used by Children’s Health Ireland in the planning and delivery of pre-operative assessments for paediatric spinal fusion surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27426/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 736. To ask the Minister for Health the pre-operative assessment protocols that are in place at Children's Health Ireland in advance of scheduled rod lengthening procedures for children with traditional or magnetically controlled growth rods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27458/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 737. To ask the Minister for Health if children with traditional or magnetically controlled growth rods are reviewed in person before each rod lengthening procedure at Children's Health Ireland; if this assessment is conducted by the consultant surgeon, anaesthetist or another member of the clinical team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27459/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical investigations (details supplied) required at Children's Health Ireland before each growth rod lengthening procedure on children with traditional or magnetically controlled growth rods; if they are standardised across all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27460/25]