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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 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2423. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on a waiting list for initial contact from a CDNT, by health region and integrated healthcare area; age category; and time waiting, in tabular form. [42644/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2671. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the progress of each individual action outlined in the 2022 HSE position paper on the prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41310/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2672. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41311/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2673. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the specific criteria used for the diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41312/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2674. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the aftercare supports that are available to an individual with a diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41313/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2675. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the mandatory required training that all HSE clinicians must undertake in order to support patients living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41314/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2676. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of babies who had facial dysmorphia associated with foetal alcohol syndrome recorded at birth in each of the past ten years, in tabular form (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41315/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2679. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the Medicines Management Programme’s proposed reclassification of high protein (HP) oral nutrition supplements to list B will be suspended to allow the scientific data to be properly evaluated; if she is aware of thejoint position statement detailing the clinical, ethical, and economic concerns associated with this proposal endorsed by over500 healthcare prof…
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2680. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will request that the Medicines Management Programme begins formal engagement with the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic Institute and academic nutrition leaders to revise guidance on high-protein (HP) ONS products in line with international expert consensus; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2874. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapy posts offered to graduates in each of the past five years; the percentage that were full-time 1.0 WTE and the percentage that were below 1.0 WTE, in tabular form. [42502/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2882. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to the exclusion of transgender women from the free HRT scheme (details supplied); if she will re-examine the guidance issued to pharmacies to ensure that transgender women are not excluded from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42566/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2883. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if health warning labels on alcoholic drinks will be introduced as planned in May 2026; her views on proposals to delay this public health measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42567/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2884. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the projects she intends to spend the €9.25 billion available to her Department under the revised national development plan; to outline the allocations she intends to make to each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42568/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2885. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme. [42569/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2886. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists contracted to the dental treatment services scheme in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [42570/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2887. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number of patients treated under the dental treatment services scheme, in 2024 and to date in 2025. [42571/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2888. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by the school dental screening service, in each regional health area and integrated healthcare area, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42572/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2889. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons employed by the HSE to deliver school dental screening in 2024 and to date in 2025, by grade, in tabular form. [42573/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2890. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the integrated financial management and procurement system for the entire health services; the timeline she is working towards in rolling this new system out; the locations this system will be deployed first; the date at which she expects this to be operational in HSE-run sites, section 38 hospitals and section 39 organisations; and if she will mak…
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2891. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children who have had to travel abroad for allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplants since the specialist bone marrow unit in Crumlin Children’s Hospital stopped providing the service in October 2024; the steps being taken to reopen the service; the number of posts required to recommence transplants; if the required posts have been advertised…
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2892. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at Children’s Health Ireland (details supplied); the timeline being worked towards for finalisation and publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42576/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2893. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed a proposal sent to her in relation to endometriosis care in Ireland; if she will meet with the author of this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42577/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2894. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if work has begun on a new national maternity strategy; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42578/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2895. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to examine the introduction of free pelvic floor physical therapy sessions for women after childbirth; the work undertaken by her Department to date; the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42579/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2896. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is considering regulating the profession of healthcare assistants; if so, the work undertaken by her Department in respect of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42580/25]