Results 941-960 of 1,348 for speaker:Pádraig Rice

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 350. To ask the Minister for Finance the resources he is allocating to the Revenue Commissioners for new or improved enforcement actions to combat illicit tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25942/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will revisit his predecessor’s decision not to accept and apply the European Commission’s 2022 recommendation to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational illness; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25196/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of horses in Clonmel, County Tipperary (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that those who are responsible for this cruelty are held accountable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25943/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 799. To ask the Minister for Health if she will establish a clinical programme for pulmonary fibrosis, to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of care and equitable access to a range of specialist healthcare supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25274/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 800. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the clinical care pathway advisor for pulmonary fibrosis has not yet begun their work; the timeline she is working towards in ensuring this person is in post with supporting resources; the reason the supporting programme manager has still not commenced their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25275/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 801. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the €1 million funding allocated to pulmonary fibrosis, including the specific line items detailed in the 2025 HSE national service plan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 802. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that oxygen provision for people with lung fibrosis is fit for purpose; if consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25277/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 845. To ask the Minister for Health if she has plans to extend the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; if so, the timeline she is working towards; if not, the rationale for continuing to exclude this condition from the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25713/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (20 May 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 869. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families who have been sent letters in respect of the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) commissioned review into hip surgeries; if she has requested CHI to provide this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25877/25]

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

Pádraig Rice: 881. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25936/25]

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

Pádraig Rice: 882. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of smoking to the State in terms of health spending; if her Department will be conducting an updated 2025 report assessing the economic cost of smoking, following on from the 2016 ICF international report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25937/25]

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]