Pádraig Rice

909. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will confirm that this proposal has been received; if she is aware of the current shortages in Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38949/25]

965. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the cross-Departmental working group on banning sunbeds has been established and convened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39447/25]

966. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the membership, terms of reference and timeline for work of the cross-Departmental working group on banning sunbeds. [39448/25]

967. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the progress of each of the action points in A Healthy Weight for Ireland 2016-2025: Obesity Policy and Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39449/25]

976. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date on which she plans to commence the evaluation of the current National Cancer Strategy; if this review will be carried out by her Department, the HSE or another body; if she will engage with key stakeholders as part of this process; if a new National Cancer Strategy will be published by the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39493/25]

983. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will review the way in which maternity services are delivered across the country, as recommended by the expert review group overseeing maternity services at Portiuncula hospital; if so, the timeline she is working towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39577/25]

180. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport the steps his Department are taking to provide a dedicated maintenance budget to each local authority to maintain active travel infrastructure, with special reference to footpaths, as promised in the Programme for Government; when this dedicated budget is likely to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38420/25]

278. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delays in issuing visas for the siblings of children set to be evacuated to Ireland for medical treatment; if he is aware of the time sensitive manner of these evacuations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38473/25]

338. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the proportion of speech and language therapy posts advertised since 2019 that were below 1.0 whole-time equivalent, by year, in tabular form. [38418/25]

339. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language graduates that accepted HSE contracts below 1.0 whole-time equivalent since 2019, by year, in tabular form. [38419/25]

254. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has concluded her review of the 2017 Dickson Report regarding Paediatric Urology; her views on same; if she intends to publish this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38323/25]

255. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the Children's Health Ireland Oncology Risk Assessment (2021); if she has received a copy of this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38324/25]

418. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been brought to the lack of availability of co-educational primary schools in Cork (details supplied); the actions her Department is taking to increase the availability of co-education learning opportunities for children and parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37538/25]

541. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the reasoning behind the decision, during the biannual review, to not increase the price ceiling in Cork for houses for which support can be sought from the first home scheme; if consideration will be given to increasing the property price ceiling for houses in Galway city for which support can be sought from the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37837/25]

789. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if permanent contracts of employment will be offered to all radiography and radiation therapy graduates this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37318/25]

843. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm that she has received a copy of the HSE's nationwide review of insourcing and outsourcing arrangements; if she has considered its contents; if she will publish the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37540/25]

856. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the opening hours at the medical assessment unit in Ennis Hospital are to be revised (details supplied); if so, the rational for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37714/25]

886. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will accept the HSE's recommendation to end insourcing arrangements in the health service by 30 June 2026; if she will commit to this deadline based on the steps to phase out insourcing provided for in the HSE's review of insourcing and outsourcing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37838/25]

145. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which, and by whom, the decision was taken to endorse the non-binding working IHRA definition of antisemitism; the reason this was not included in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36826/25]

359. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free GP care to all children under 12 years in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36827/25]

360. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing all prescription charges to €0.50, with a cap of €5 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36828/25]

361. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme maximum payment to €60 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36829/25]

362. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 25 June 2025, the reason a technical amendment is required to the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 to provide HIQA with the power to carry out an independent review of a defined type of serious patient safety incident in a nursing home; the means by which she intends to bring forward this amendment; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36830/25]

363. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a 20-bed inpatient neuro-rehabilitation unit for the HSE south west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36831/25]

364. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 26 February 2025, if she will commit to investigating the delays in accessing home care in Cork (details supplied); if she will develop an action plan to reduce waiting lists and waiting times in Cork and the south west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36832/25]