Results 361-380 of 757 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 883. To ask the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the National Register of Tobacco retailers in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25938/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 887. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved speech and language therapist posts, by grade and clinical site, in tabular form; the number of permanent full-time and part-time posts; the number filled on a temporary, locum or agency basis; and the number of vacant posts. [25998/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time speech and language therapists hired by the HSE from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 889. To ask the Minister for Health the number of permanent speech and language therapists hired by the HSE on a part-time basis from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26000/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 890. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists hired by the HSE on a temporary basis from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26001/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 891. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to establish meaningful pathways to career progression for speech and language therapists in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26002/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 927. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25265/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (15 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of same-sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25024/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (15 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25025/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the reason she will not extend the special scheme of paid leave for eligible public health sector employees suffering from long Covid; if she will replace this scheme with a long-term occupational illness scheme; the supports she will put in place for those who are on the special scheme, following its conclusion on 30 June 2025; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (15 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 334. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to the new nicotine inhaling products Bill, her plans in respect of flavours; if consideration has been given to people with allergies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25052/25]

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The waiting time for the driving test needs to be treated like the emergency it is. The situation is getting worse, not better. As of April, the average wait time for the Wilton driving test centre in Cork was 35 weeks. In March, the relevant figure was 31 weeks. For the test centre in Mallow, the average wait time is 36 weeks, which is nine months. These are not just numbers. They...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Next week marks the tenth anniversary of the momentous marriage equality referendum, which was a landmark moment in our social and political history. Today, ILGA-Europe published its report ranking European countries on LGBT human rights and policy protections. Ireland was ranked 14th on that list, which is mid-ranking. There are significant gaps in access to trans healthcare, gaps around...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will request his Department to investigate this matter to ensure that all inspections are fulfilling their legal obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1897 of 29 April 2025, when the review to the provision of core funding scheme will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24743/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 199. To ask the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the role and responsibilities of the new HSCP regional integration development leads in each HSE health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if she will direct Children’s Health Ireland to carry out a retrospective communication campaign to formally notify all families of children and young people who have ever received MAGEC rod implants of a field safety notice (FSN) issued by a manufacturer in December 2021, including those patients whose rods have been removed or who have aged out of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland obtained explicit, informed consent from each family prior to a clinical decision being made to leave MAGEC rods in place to fuse in situ; if this consent process included the provision of written information outlining the known increased risks of adverse events associated with prolonged implantation beyond two years as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if the use of MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ beyond two years in patients under the care of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), contrary to the manufacturer’s instructions for use, was treated as off-label use under EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if CHI ensured that a documented clinical justification was made; if families...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if any cases involving the off-label use of MAGEC rods were reviewed by clinical governance structures, ethics committees, or hospital risk management teams within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) (details supplied); if not, if she will now require CHI to carry out a retrospective audit of these cases to ensure regulatory and ethical compliance; and...