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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 351. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 1 July 2025, if his Department intends to renew the current three-year funding arrangement for post offices which is set to end in December 2025, to detail his Department’s plans to support small and medium-sized post offices following the conclusion of this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 8 April 2025, to provide a full update on the Cork Events Centre project; the status of the appointments of individuals to the project management delivery team; the key next stages, and estimated timelines; and the exact amount of public funding, from all sources, spent on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce amendments to modernise the Prohibition of Incitement to Racial Religious or National Hatred Act , 1989; the timeline he is working towards in bringing forward these amendments; if this will include provisions on hate speech to bring Ireland in line...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 526. To ask the Minister for Health if she will request that Children’s Health Ireland publishes the 2021 oncology risk assessment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40268/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: 527. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received correspondence (details supplied); her response to the proposal related to Ireland assuming the Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40269/25]

Pride: Statements (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, on her speech, for her allyship and for speaking out. I know it is not easy. She has our full support. We hope to work together to progress trans healthcare and the Minister of State has the support of many of us across the House. I look forward to working with her to progress that. I thank her for her allyship and her words. They matter...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I welcome Second Stage of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2025, which regrettably is the first health legislation to be taken on Second Stage since the general election last November. This is one of only two health Bills listed for priority publication yet it was only published last Friday, just shy of the summer recess. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile and modest legislation. To pick up on...

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The purpose of this meeting is to consider Committee Stage of the Health Information Bill 2024. The aim behind the Bill is to improve the use of health information, ensure that the right information is available in the right place and at the right time and ensure the best care of and treatment for patients. The Bill provides for a duty to share held information for patients' care and...

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I thank the Minister. As she noted, this amendment is grouped with many others.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Deputy Daly is next. We will then move to Deputy Sherlock.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Deputy Cullinane indicated he wanted to come back in. I am conscious that we are still on amendment No. 1 of 74. I want to get through the others and we have two hours left. I ask him to be brief.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I call Deputy Roche, who has not spoken yet, followed briefly by Deputy Burke.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Amendments Nos. 3, 11, 13 and 70 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: I just want to be clear that the PPSN replaces the IHI at the front end for people. Is that right?

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: If somebody arrives at the health service who does not have a PPSN, perhaps somebody on holidays, what happens in those cases?

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Do they use an IHI then?

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Would it be the same for newborn babies, who are not assigned a PPSN until the birth is registered?

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: The PPSN will be used once they have one.

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Is the amendment being pressed?

Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)

Pádraig Rice: Amendments Nos. 18, 30 and 41 are related and may be discussed together.