Pádraig Rice

303. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding provided by his Department to regional pride festivals each year since 2019, by festival, in tabular form (details supplied). [33323/25]

304. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he plans to make additional funding available to the Dublin Pride Festival and those in other regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33324/25]

404. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to have pharmacists prescribe for common conditions; the timeline she is working towards for implementing this recommendation from a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33326/25]

405. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation from a group (details supplied); the timeline for implementation of the remaining recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33327/25]

437. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline all of the grant opportunities available to meals on wheels programmes in addition to the funding available from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33373/25]

159. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in relation to the work of the online health taskforce established in September 2024; the date on which she expects the interim report to be finalised and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33061/25]

160. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); the steps she has taken since receiving said correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33062/25]

161. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the postnatal supports and services available to new mothers in the community; the steps being taken to ensure that there is a coordinated approach to support postnatal women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33064/25]

162. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the four additional postnatal hubs, which would bring the national network to 13; the timeline for completion and operation of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33065/25]

163. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any research has been conducted to assess the prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse following birth in Ireland; the steps being taken to ensure that there is a comprehensive and coordinated system of postnatal care for this condition, both in the community and acute settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33066/25]

160. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the boarding of the Madleen boat by the Israeli military; if his Department intends to support the activists that are now in Israeli custody; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32793/25]

408. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the current qualification requirements for learning support teachers in Ireland (details supplied); if she has considered updating these qualification requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32081/25]

436. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the funding available to schools for resources such as art therapy; if she will consider increasing supports for initiatives like this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32419/25]

545. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Minister of State at his Department who has responsibility for Traveller accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32771/25]

795. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for a 60-bed community nursing unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; if the commitment to build this new unit will still be upheld; the timeline she is working towards in delivering this new development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32025/25]

850. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details in respect of the audit into governance and equity in patient access and waiting-list management at Children's Health Ireland, commissioned by her Department and the HSE; the reason this audit will review the methods of payments by private patients to consultants; the timeline she is working towards in completing this audit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32365/25]

911. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date on which her Department was alerted to potential financial irregularities in relation to National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) funded insourcing work at another public hospital, separate to Children’s Health Ireland; if she will identify which hospital the NTPF has suspended all insourcing work with since 11 April 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32699/25]

931. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that adults with spinal muscular atrophy receive access to approved medicines (details supplied); if she will engage in dialogue with stakeholders regarding the current age-based exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32774/25]

932. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the next iteration of the Tobacco Free Ireland Strategy will contain objectives relating to nicotine products, such as e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches, to keep pace with current and emerging trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32775/25]

933. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of each cancer-related capital programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32776/25]

934. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to specify which cancer-related capital programmes reached appraisal stage and have now lapsed in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32777/25]

935. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the status of each of the promised dedicated cancer units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32778/25]

936. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress made on implementing a multi-year funding approach for the health service, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the measures in place to achieve this commitment; if it is her intension to announce this in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32779/25]

941. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority has paused publication of stage-3 nursing home inspection reports; if so, the legal basis for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32818/25]

208. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of engagements with the Israeli government and the Embassy of Ireland in Israel regarding the case of an individual arrested in the West Bank (details supplied); if he will condemn this arrest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/25]