Results 381-400 of 1,348 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2894. To ask the Minister for Health if work has begun on a new national maternity strategy; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2895. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to examine the introduction of free pelvic floor physical therapy sessions for women after childbirth; the work undertaken by her Department to date; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2896. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering regulating the profession of healthcare assistants; if so, the work undertaken by her Department in respect of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2897. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any plans to expand the number of midwife-led maternity units in the State; if she is aware of the World Health Organization’s guidance from June 2025 calling for global expansion of midwife-led care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42581/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2898. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that alcohol is prioritised in the new national drugs strategy; if she will commit to conducting meaningful consultation with groups working in the area of alcohol-related harm and alcohol policy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2899. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in finalising and publishing the new National Drug Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2900. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to implementing recommendation nine of the evaluation of the National Drug Strategy “Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025” (details supplied); the steps she will take in the forthcoming new National Drug Strategy to strengthen integration of alcohol within it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2901. To ask the Minister for Health the work being carried out in her Department to prepare for Ireland assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union; the areas of health policy that she intends to prioritise; if this will include tobacco control policy, and in particular the need to revise the Tobacco Products Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2902. To ask the Minister for Health if she will conduct a full assessment of the financial impact of heart failure on patients, including recommendations on appropriate actions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2903. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to reduce cardiac rehabilitation programme waiting lists, which can reduce death from heart disease by at least 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2904. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; if she will commit to implementing all recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2905. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost to the health service of treating urinary tract infections in women, including GP visits, emergency presentations, hospital admissions and prescription medications; and to provide a cost breakdown by age cohort, in tabular form. [42594/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2906. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of managing repeat or chronic urinary tract infections in women; if any cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to assess the savings from preventive care or early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42595/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2907. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations due to urinary tract infections in women in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and the associated cost to the public health system, in each year. [42596/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths in women in each of the past five years where urinary tract infection (UTI) was listed as a primary or contributory cause of death, in tabular form; and her views on mortality trends linked to untreated or recurrent UTIs. [42597/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2909. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women over 65 who died as a result of urosepsis or complications arising from urinary tract infections in the past five years, in tabular form; if these deaths were reviewed under clinical audit or HIQA processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42598/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2910. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has developed a standardised care pathway for recurrent urinary tract infections in women, particularly for older adults; if this includes specific outcome improvement measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2911. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide data on the use of antibiotics for Urinary tract infection treatment in women in Ireland; if any research has been undertaken or commissioned by her Department or the HSE in respect of repeat prescribing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2912. To ask the Minister for Health if a national audit has been carried out on the treatment outcomes and recurrence rates of urinary tract infections in women in primary and secondary care settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (29 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 2913. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the HSE of emergency department attendances for urinary tract infections in women over the past five years; if any analysis has been undertaken into whether these could have been managed more effectively in primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42602/25]