2568. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a type of hearing aid will continue to be issued to children but not adults (details supplied); if in future patients will have to change hearing aids when they move from children to adult audiology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46789/25]
2569. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases received from a hospital in each of the past ten years (details supplied) regarding the expansion of the neurosurgery programme; the decisions that have been made on these cases to date; the reasons they may have been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46790/25]
2570. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to PQ No. 254 of 9 July 2025, if her Department has concluded its review of the 2017 Dickson Report regarding Paediatric Urology; if it has received the initial assurances and additional information sought from the HSE; if she will publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46791/25]
2571. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a medication for post-excision management of endometriosis (details supplied) will be added to the drug payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46792/25]
2572. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the importance of long-term medication access for women recovering from severe endometriosis is recognised; if she will prioritise investment in multidisciplinary care pathways to reduce the long-term cost burden on the health system by preventing repeat surgeries as a result of endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
2573. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to PQ No. 379 of 10 April 2025, to confirm if the four new allergy service beds that will be opened in the new National Children’s Hospital represents a reduction in the number of beds currently available to children with allergy based conditions (details supplied); the number available to children with allergy based conditions across public hospitals at…
2574. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to list the service providers used by the HSE and Section 28 hospitals to store patient data; if, in each case, this data is being stored in this jurisdiction or on international servers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46795/25]
2575. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to PQ no. 2679 of 29 July 2025, the status of the HSE’s consideration of the recommendation of the Medicines Management Programme (MMP) to reclassify high-protein ONS to List B; if her attention has been brought to the rebuttal of the MMP’s interpretation of ONS cost data by experts in clinical nutrition (details supplied); if she will meet with clinical…
2576. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the external retrospective review of children who may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries has been delayed; if the HSE is still committed to a six month timeframe for the process; the status of the shortlisting and recruitment process for the independent panel; to confirm that the panel will be convened in September; and if she will make a statem…
2577. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason no correspondence related to the external retrospective review of children who may have undergone unnecessary hip surgeries have been issued to families; if correspondence will be issued to families as a matter of urgency outlining the status of the review and the next steps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46798/25]
2578. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the HSE’s new rules surrounding travel and subsistence allowances; to detail the changes that have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46799/25]
2579. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to review the drugs reimbursement process; if work has commenced on advancing this commitment; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46800/25]
2638. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were referred for a colonoscopy under BowelScreen; and the number of people offered a colonoscopy appointment within the recommended 28 days under BowelScreen in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [47099/25]
2639. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure nicotine pouches cannot be legally sold to children under 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47100/25]
2640. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health when a draft of the Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47101/25]
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2732. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the review of QQI Level 5 awards for healthcare assistants and pre-nursing students in the further education sector; the work carried out to date; the timeline for completion of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46801/25]
155. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if consideration has been given to re-examining the eligibility criteria for the energy audit voucher available to small and medium-sized businesses from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; if the current exemption afforded to some groups, who do not have to meet the €10,000 per year threshold, may be expanded to include othe…
1924. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/25]
2415. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason people with alcohol-related brain injuries are excluded from community neurorehabilitation services; to outline the rationale for the exclusion of alcohol-related brain injuries from the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy; if she will commit to addressing this by including alcohol-related harm in neurorehabilitation servi…
2416. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42623/25]
2417. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent CDNT initial contact referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42624/25]
2418. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42625/25]
2419. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average wait time for urgent assessment of needs referrals, by regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in tabular form. [42626/25]
2421. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42641/25]
2422. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for speech and language therapy by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42643/25]