Pádraig Rice

1543. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to allocate funding through the HSE to support the establishment of a dedicated counselling service for people living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59189/25]

1640. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the Working Group that was due by end of Q2, as per the Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57831/25]

1693. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2896 of 29 July 2025, to provide an update on the development of the framework to guide policy on the regulation of health and social care professionals into the future; the timeline she is working towards in completing this work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58078/25]

1694. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason Greece and Romania have been excluded from the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme (ESAIS); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58079/25]

1695. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the criteria used for determining which healthcare centres were approved for endometriosis surgery under the endometriosis surgery abroad interim scheme (ESAIS); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58080/25]

1706. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to extending the free HRT scheme to men prescribed HRT for low testosterone levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58095/25]

1707. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, if a group is eligible for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58097/25]

1708. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, if a group is eligible for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58098/25]

1709. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, if a group is eligible for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58099/25]

1710. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, if a group is eligible for the free HRT scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58100/25]

1711. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 2 October 2025, the reasons for the inclusion of a phrase (details supplied) in a definition in the Health Insurance (Amendment) and Health (Provision of Menopause Products) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58101/25]

1765. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of Children's Health Ireland who received spinal surgeries through outsourcing arrangements in a private hospital (details supplied), each year since 2019, by the public hospital from which they were referred, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58376/25]

1773. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the long-term illness (LTI) scheme, as committed to under Sláintecare; if her Department has begun this work; if she is conducting a standalone review of the LTI scheme, or if it will form part of the wider review of the eligibility framework, as committed to in the ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare and the Programme for Government 2025+; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58529/25]

1912. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the confirmation that the Director of the National Ambulance Service is in receipt of an advanced paramedic allowance (details supplied); if this is in breach of the criteria for claiming the allowance, given that a 2009 HSE circular states that advanced paramedics must ‘continue to practice advance paramedic skills in the HSE ambulance service’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59184/25]

1913. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to publish the attendance rate of advanced paramedics to clinical status 1 calls (RED and PURPLE) from 2015 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form, in line with a 2012 HIQA recommendation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59185/25]

1914. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of PURPLE, RED, ORANGE and YELLOW calls from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the number that received an intermediate care vehicle response. [59186/25]

1915. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of Omega calls from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and the number that were completed by paramedic and advanced paramedic crews. [59187/25]

1916. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of transfers (category AS2 and AS3) that were completed by paramedic and advanced paramedic crews from 2020 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [59188/25]

202. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the National Endometriosis Framework, which her Department has stated is ready for publication; the allocation provided to the Framework in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57563/25]

203. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025 – 2035 in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57564/25]

204. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided in Budget 2026, to address vaping rates among young people; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57565/25]

205. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the €11 million in new funding for drugs and inclusion health services in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57566/25]

206. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a specific funding allocation to address Children’s Health Ireland’s spinal surgery waiting lists has been provided for in Budget 2026; if so, to provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57567/25]

207. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the TB strategy in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57568/25]

208. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if 6,000 funded posts have been left vacant by the HSE in 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57569/25]