Pádraig Rice

209. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the 6,000 funded posts left vacant by the HSE in 2025 (details supplied), by grade and location, in tabular form. [57570/25]

210. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of each of the recommendations from the Report of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants, in tabular form. [57571/25]

211. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the minutes of the Strategic Workforce Advisory Group on Home Carers and Nursing Home Health Care Assistants implementation group have not been published since July 2024 (details supplied); the number of times this group has met since July 2024; if this group is still in existence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57572/25]

212. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the continued implementation of the HSE Health Regions; the actions that will be taken in 2026 to further implementation; the expected date at which she expects full implementation to have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57573/25]

213. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to implementation of the HSE Health Regions in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57574/25]

214. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of 2 April 2025, the amount spent by the HSE on agency staffing and private recruitment firms to date in 2025, in tabular form; the services to which these payments relate; and the amount paid to each agency and firm. [57575/25]

215. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [57576/25]

216. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time agency posts expected to be converted to HSE posts in 2026, by staff category, in tabular form. [57577/25]

217. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to reduce the HSE’s reliance on agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57578/25]

390. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth is she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the actions her Department is taking to address the staffing shortages at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56711/25]

662. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the ongoing investigation into the felling of trees in Cork (details supplied); the actions taken by his Department to date on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57093/25]

722. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to establishing a medically supervised injection centre in Cork; the work carried out to date in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56508/25]

724. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to state-funded assisted human reproduction treatments in Budget 2026; her plans for this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56517/25]

725. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding provided to the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56518/25]

768. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason she has only appointed seven ordinary members to the Board of the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority (AHRRA), given that section 126(1) of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 provides that the Board shall consist of ten ordinary members; her plans to appoint three further ordinary members to the board; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56659/25]

769. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of acute inpatient beds in each public hospital, by hospital and health region, in tabular form. [56660/25]

770. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of community beds, by location and health region, in tabular form. [56661/25]

771. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of acute psychiatric inpatient beds, by location and health region, in tabular form. [56662/25]

772. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of acute psychiatric inpatient beds delivered to date in 2025, by site and health region; and the number scheduled for delivery in the remaining months of 2025, in tabular form. [56663/25]

773. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of post-acute specialist beds delivered to date in 2025, by site and health region; and the number scheduled for delivery in the remaining months of 2025, in tabular form. [56664/25]

774. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current number of critical care beds, by site and health region, in tabular form. [56665/25]

775. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of critical care beds delivered to date in 2025, by site and health region, in tabular form; and the number scheduled for delivery in the remaining months of year. [56666/25]

776. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on delivery of the 297 acute beds provided for in the HSE National Service Plan 2025, by hospital and region (details supplied); the number delivered since publication of the Plan; the number outstanding; and the timeline for delivery of the remaining beds, in tabular form. [56667/25]

777. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on delivery of the 615 community beds provided for in the HSE National Service Plan 2025, by hospital and region (details supplied); the number delivered since publication of the Plan; the number outstanding, in tabular form; and the timeline for delivery of the remaining beds. [56668/25]

778. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of phase one of the Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix; the timeline for full implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56669/25]