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Pádraig Rice

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Social Democrats · Cork South-Central · serving since 2024-11-29

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Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2025-12-02 · to Health
692. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an updated neurosurgical robot used in deep brain stimulation surgery (details supplied); if an immediate decision will be made given the urgent need for additional capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68090/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Transport
232. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the action plan to reduce driving test wait times to ten weeks nationally; the actions his Department has taken to reduce times; the breakdown of waiting test times, per centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66966/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Education
311. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a detailed update on the work her Department has undertaken with respect to preparing to provide extra time in State examinations for students with dyslexia, dyspraxia and other or diverse neurodevelopmental profiles; to confirm such accommodations for the 2026 State examinations; the engagements she has had with the State Examinations Commission in respect of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66965/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Health
519. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on a new restriction on interviews in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (details supplied); if she will engage with the RCSI regarding this restriction and its implications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66958/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Health
520. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration is being given to expanding access to a peanut oral immunotherapy drug for children with nut allergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66960/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Health
521. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a white paper by an organisation (details supplied); her views on each of the five actions identified by the committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66961/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Health
522. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of radiography clinical practice tutor posts, by site, in tabular form. [66962/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Health
523. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of radiography clinical practice tutor posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66963/25]
written 2025-11-27 · to Health
524. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to establishing a scheme of financial reimbursement for women suffering with endometriosis who had to pay for previous treatment that was not offered by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66964/25]
written 2025-11-26 · to Health
338. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service is utilising private ambulance providers for patient transfers instead of offering staff within the intermediate care service overtime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66621/25]
written 2025-11-26 · to Health
339. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the status of deliberations of the National Vaginal Mesh Implant Oversight Group's report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66622/25]
written 2025-11-26 · to Health
340. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to address infrastructure constraints in Cork University Hospital's rheumatology department (details supplied); if so, the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66623/25]
written 2025-11-26 · to Health
341. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1707, 1708, 1709 and 1710 of 4 November 2025, if healthcare providers must indicate on prescriptions that they are for the management of the symptoms of menopause such that pharmacists may submit claims for those prescriptions under the free HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66624/25]
written 2025-11-26 · to Health
342. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify if a definition in the Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024 excludes a group from the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66625/25]
written 2025-11-26 · to Health
343. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 22 October 2025, to confirm if the strategic workforce implementation group has been stood down; if a new strategic workforce advisory group has been established to work on a new report for the next phase of reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66626/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Education
464. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66219/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Culture
489. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if certain Departmental records are missing from archives (details supplied); the action his Department has taken to locate these records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66218/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Housing
554. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 8 September 2025, if he will meet and engage meaningfully with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66069/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Social
595. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the process for service users applying to both the PRSI wig grant and the HSE grant wig allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65473/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Justice
655. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of acceptance rate for naturalisation, by country from 2020-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65708/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Justice
656. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of time, by number of weeks, for naturalisation applications to be approved for citizens from Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65709/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Justice
657. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time, by number of weeks for a naturalisation application to be approved for citizens from Morocco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65710/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Health
849. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the process for service users applying to both the PRSI wig grant and the HSE grant wig allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65474/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Health
850. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline on the establishment of a national genomic medicine centre to process genetic tests nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65478/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Health
851. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the number of clinical practice tutors for radiography students have increased in line with the increase in university places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65481/25]
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