Results 381-400 of 757 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

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

Pádraig Rice: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) routinely monitors blood levels of titanium, cobalt, and chromium in patients with MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ, in light of CHI's own findings (details supplied); if she will publish CHI's clinical policy for the follow-up and monitoring of patients who have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in...

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

Pádraig Rice: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vigilance reports or device-related incident notifications which have been submitted by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) or the HSE to the Health Products Regulatory Authority in relation to MAGEC rods since the implementation of EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if she will publish a breakdown of the nature of adverse events...

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

Pádraig Rice: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the total number of children and young people in Ireland who have received MAGEC rod implants, in tabular form; the number that currently have MAGEC rods left to fuse in situ; and the number that have aged out of paediatric care with MAGEC rods still in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24703/25]

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

Pádraig Rice: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish the clinical rationale for the approach of leaving MAGEC rod implants in situ beyond the two-year implantation period recommended by the manufacturer in the December 2021 field safety notice (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24704/25]

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

Pádraig Rice: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the reason MAGEC rods remain unapproved for general use in Ireland and are only accessible under compassionate grounds; if she will publish the clinical and regulatory rationale for this continued restriction, including any safety concerns identified by the Health Products Regulatory Authority or other regulatory bodies; the steps being taken to assess the...

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

Pádraig Rice: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland and associated paediatric spinal services record and report deaths of children and young people following scoliosis surgery using internationally recognised postoperative timeframes, including 30-day and 90-day mortality and in-hospital death; if she will publish all available data on postoperative mortality following...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (14 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an all-island defibrillator registry (details supplied); if so, the timeline for same; the engagement she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24720/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 123. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to design a statutory home care scheme, the timeline she is working towards, and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24093/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: My question concerns the statutory right to home care. In 2017, the then Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, said home care needed to be placed on a statutory footing. The same year, the then Minister of State with responsibility for older people, Deputy Helen McEntee, said a statutory right to home care and necessary regulations would be delivered in two to three years. Eight years...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: It has been a year since the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, told the Oireachtas Committee on Health that the delay was due to the funding model. At the time, the Minister of State said the nut had not been cracked on financing the scheme. In February 2025, the Minister for Health told me no final decision on future funding had been made and that further research was under way to enhance...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I know that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: It is taking far too long. The Social Democrats have concerns about the financialisation of elder care. In 2020, at the height of Covid, Simon Harris and Leo Varadkar said the model of care for older people had to change. Since then, the very large-scale commercial nursing home model has increased despite the fact it was deemed to be no longer fit for purpose. Ireland, alongside England,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which she will publish the new national sexual health strategy; the reason for the continued delay in doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24091/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: It is ten years since the first sexual health strategy was published. That strategy expired three years ago and has still not been replaced. I raised this issue two months ago in the Dáil and was told it would be launched quite soon. Is the strategy still at design stage or has it been submitted to the Government for approval?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: It is great news that the strategy will be launched. I am looking forward to engaging with it and seeing the detail. When I raised this issue last time, the Minister of State talked about how stigma is a big issue and I agree with her on that. Services are also really important, however, and I think we can reduce stigma by having better services and supports for people. We need to make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Strategies (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: We have huge innovations in the area of HIV - on PrEP, PEP and rapid testing - but I think we are not seizing the moment here. We could potentially end HIV transmissions in this country if we massively invested in this. People are waiting far too long to get access to PrEP clinics. There is a real chance here to have a game-changing moment, and I urge the Minister of State to seize that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 115. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a series of investigative reports into transgender healthcare in Ireland (details supplied); if she will commit to reclassifying trans healthcare as part of sexual health rather than mental health, in line with the World Health Organization; to provide an update on the new model of care currently being developed; and if...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I am deeply concerned about the state of transgender healthcare services. In 2022, Ireland was found to have the worst transgender healthcare services in all of the EU by Transgender Europe, TGEU. The only dedicated gender clinic has approximately 2,000 people on the waiting list. Only 162 were removed last year. Waiting times are between three years and ten years, which is not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister. The pace of change is far too slow. This issue has been going on for many years. We need an acceleration and the delivery of high-quality services for people across the country. The current system is operating on an outdated model. As the Minister said, in 2019 the WHO reclassified transgender healthcare as a sexual health issue. Despite this, the services are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Healthcare Policy (13 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I fundamentally believe that the new model of care must be in line with the WHO guidelines. It must use an informed consent model and be delivered in the community, which is crucial. There are models in place in other countries that we can look to, including in Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Malta, Canada and parts of the United States. They are already operating this model of care....