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Pádraig Rice

Social Democrats Cork South-Central TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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1,771
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
97,768
words spoken in the chamber
Across 271 contributions
430
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
233
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,771 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 271 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 11 0
February 2025 116 12
March 2025 109 9
April 2025 84 3
May 2025 116 20
June 2025 80 47
July 2025 164 11
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 91 5
October 2025 80 14
November 2025 117 15
December 2025 94 15
January 2026 114 7
February 2026 82 8
March 2026 112 23
April 2026 68 13
May 2026 85 12
June 2026 99 15
July 2026 72 7
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 41 9
October 2026 36 25

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 123 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Cork South-Central 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to now
Pádraig Rice Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Health
690. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will reverse the proposed changes to phased dispensing under the new community pharmacy agreement, which are due to come into operation on 1 January 2026; if her Department or the HSE assessed the impact of these changes on vulnerable patients to safely manage their medications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68087/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Health
691. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will suspend implementation of the proposed changes to phased dispensing under the new community pharmacy agreement pending full consultation with front-line clinicians; if she will undertake a risk impact assessment, specifically examining effects on vulnerable groups; if she will commit to co-designing revised criteria for phased dispensing with GPs, pha…
Pádraig Rice Written 2 Dec 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 27 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 27 Nov 2025 · 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…
Pádraig Rice Written 27 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 27 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 27 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 27 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 27 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 27 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 26 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 26 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 26 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 26 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 26 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 26 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 25 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 25 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 25 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 25 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 25 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 25 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 25 Nov 2025 · 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]
Pádraig Rice Written 25 Nov 2025 · 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]