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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (26 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: One report states that one in four people waited longer than recommended for an appointment at these urgent clinics. I would like to share with the Minister the experiences of two women from north Dublin. They had to wait for in excess of the two-week period to be seen by the matters symptomatic breast clinic. In February, one woman was referred by GP due to the presence of two lumps in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 54. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the new sexual health strategy has still not been published; the definitive timeline for its approval by Government and subsequent publication; if the strategy is still at design stage, as was the case in May of this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 75. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to introducing salaried GPs, employed directly by the HSE; the status of the Programme for Government commitment to ‘explore the recruitment of HSE employed GPs’; the timeline she is working towards in progressing this commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34814/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (26 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 27 May 2025, to provide details of the outsourced visa service provider mentioned; the total amount paid to this provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35058/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (26 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sláintecare recommendation to remove private care from public hospitals on a phased basis; the timeline now being worked towards to implement this recommendation; the steps that have been taken to progress the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the specific funding allocated to the implementation of Sláintecare; if a ring-fenced budget has been provided to implement ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare and Programme for Government 2025+’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35056/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commit to producing an updated series of costings for Sláintecare; if her Department has carried out work to revise the costings originally provided for in appendix three of the 2017 Sláintecare report produced by the Committee on the Future of Healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35057/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Inspections (26 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the serious issues identified in safety audits at Cork University Hospital (details supplied); if HIQA or the Health and Safety Authority are actively monitoring works to ensure that the hospital becomes compliant; if any regulatory enforcement action has been taken against the hospital; and if she will make a...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The purpose of the meeting is to consider the following Revised Estimate for 2025: Vote 38 - Department of Health, including the agencies funded by the Department. I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, and the Ministers of State, Deputies Mary Butler, Kieran O'Donnell and Jennifer Murnane O'Connor. The Ministers are accompanied by officials from the...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister. There is a lot to consider there. I also thank her for the invitation to the briefing on the productivity dashboard. For members' benefit, we have arranged a briefing next Tuesday on the HR Bill. My intention is to do both together. We will take the briefings on both issues at the same time. I now open the discussion to members. As in previous meetings, we will...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The next slot is for Fine Gael. I call Deputy Colm Burke.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I have a number of questions to put to the Minister. Looking at the big picture and the structure of how information is presented to us, it is an atypical structure which is not programme based. That makes it harder to analyse it and go through this. There have been recommendations for reform, going back to 2008 and the Considine report, of how the Department presents the Revised...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Is Mr. McGlynn saying 2029?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: That will need to be done better. I want to address a few other points. I am concerned to see a drop of 30% in ring-fenced funding for Sláintecare. While I accept some of the activities previously funded under the subheading have been mainstreamed under the HSE and core funding allocation, this is still a dramatic drop, particularly given we now have the Sláintecare...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Do we have updated costings for the 2017 Sláintecare report and the implementation of that? Do we have a budget allocation for that or the costings around it?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I am referring to the Sláintecare report in 2017. Do we have updated costings on how much that will cost to implement?

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Regarding several other matters, such as sexual health, I am glad to see the strategy was published this morning.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Sexual health.

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 38 - Department of Health (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I believe the strategy was published this morning. I have not had a chance to look at it in detail but I welcome this. It is something we have been looking for. Again, this links back to my earlier question on the programme voting or the programme nature of the Estimates. It is very hard to see how much is being allocated to things like sexual health. I am interested to know the total...