Pádraig Rice

1694. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of the €50 million Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) provided to Cork City Council in 2021 for the regeneration of Grand Parade which remains unspent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24773/26]

1730. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to detail his Department's engagement with Public Jobs regarding this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25398/26]

1744. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the obligations of owners who purchased affordable housing from local authorities before the Affordable Housing Act 2021 and subsequently rented these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25696/26]

1745. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to bring forward amendments to section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, for overground electronic communications infrastructure and associated physical infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25697/26]

2123. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of an asylum application for a person (details supplied); if he will raise this with his European colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25999/26]

2424. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of supported housing units for residential care of those with intellectual disabilities are currently operational in Cork; if all of the named service providers in Cork have submitted Disability Support Management Advisory Team forms to the HSE; the plans that are in place to expand the number of these residential care places; if her Department can provide the number of elderly primary carers in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24528/26]

3058. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 5 March 2026, the engagements she has had with the Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding funding for the Integrated Homeless Services Hub in Cork city (details supplied); the way in which this project is being funded; the timeline for submission of the proposal seeking section 10 funding by Cork City Council and HSE South-West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25577/26]

3074. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have been transferred from University Hospital Limerick since the opening of a private hospital (details supplied) in Limerick; the number that were transferred to any other facility in the mid-west region since that time, by facility; the length of stay; the number that were from County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25713/26]

3079. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric osteotomies carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund in Children's Health Ireland hospitals and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh in each of the years from 2017 to 2026, by location, in tabular form. [25743/26]

3080. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients included in the external expert panel (details supplied) whose procedures were funded by the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25744/26]

3157. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to provide a public radiotherapy centre in the Mid West region; if all radiotherapy for patients in the Mid West is contracted out to private providers; if the HSE plans to outsource to a new private centre in Limerick (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26144/26]

3214. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a shortfall in the number of available training placements for radiography; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26498/26]

3215. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of WTE radiologists in each of the relevant hospitals in the HSE Dublin and north-east region; the optimum staffing allocation of WTE radiologists; the way in which staffing levels compare to international standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26499/26]

3216. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of WTE radiologists in each of the relevant hospitals in the HSE Dublin and midlands region; the optimum staffing allocation of WTE radiologists; the way in which staffing levels compare to international standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26500/26]

3217. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of WTE radiologists in each of the relevant hospitals in the HSE Dublin and south- east region; the optimum staffing allocation of WTE radiologists; the way in which the staffing levels compare to international standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26501/26]

3218. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of WTE radiologists in each of the relevant hospitals in the HSE mid- west region; the optimum staffing allocation of WTE radiologists; the way in which staffing levels compare to international standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26502/26]

3219. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of WTE radiologists in each of the relevant hospitals in the HSE south-west region; the optimum staffing allocation of WTE radiologists; the way in which staffing levels compare to international standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26503/26]

3220. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of WTE radiologists in each of the relevant hospitals in the HSE west and north-west region; the optimum staffing allocation of WTE radiologists; the way in which staffing levels compare to international standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26504/26]

3221. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the cost for a replacement linear accelerator machine; the cost for a new linear accelerator machine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26505/26]

3237. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 685 of 19 February 2026, if she is committed to implementing Ava's protocol, recommended by Cork City Coroner's office in 2024; if this recommendation will be examined by the Review of Access to Cannabis for Medical Use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26568/26]

3238. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Review of Access to Cannabis for Medical Use, following the appointment of a chair; if the Review Group has held its first meeting [26569/26]

3283. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if HSE south west has been requested to produce a plan to address Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting lists and issue quarterly reports outlining their actions and progress (details supplied); to provide further details as to the request issued and the expected content of the report; the timeline being worked towards; if the plan and progress reports will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26705/26]

3351. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 424 of 17 December 2025, if a new location for the National Gender Service has been identified; if the HSE has purchased a site (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards for transferring services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27010/26]

3376. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of 2026 palliative care funding; the way it has been allocated within each health region; the date on which adult and children’s hospices in each region should expect their funding allocation to be communicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27220/26]

2. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding, both capital and current, allocated to Cork City Council for library services in its administrative area in each of the years from 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by library; the engagements he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the new Cork city library project to ensure that it is designed and developed in line with his Department’s National Public Library Strategy 2023-2027 - The Library is the Place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23346/26]