369. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of sites that the MedLis (Medical Laboratory Information System) is to be deployed to; the timeline for deployment in each site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26503/25]
370. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of concerns regarding the MedLis (Medical Laboratory Information System); the efforts being made to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26504/25]
378. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the endometriosis framework; the reasons for the delay in finalising this framework; the current timeline she is working towards for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26568/25]
347. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category MPPC for a 20-pack of cigarettes since 2014; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the portion of the increase due to price rises by the tobacco industry, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25939/25]
348. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised from a taxation measure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25940/25]
349. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons successfully prosecuted for tobacco and or cigarette smuggling in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25941/25]
350. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance the resources he is allocating to the Revenue Commissioners for new or improved enforcement actions to combat illicit tobacco smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25942/25]
590. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will revisit his predecessor’s decision not to accept and apply the European Commission’s 2022 recommendation to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational illness; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25196/25]
740. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of horses in Clonmel, County Tipperary (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that those who are responsible for this cruelty are held accountable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25943/25]
799. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a clinical programme for pulmonary fibrosis, to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of care and equitable access to a range of specialist healthcare supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25274/25]
800. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the clinical care pathway advisor for pulmonary fibrosis has not yet begun their work; the timeline she is working towards in ensuring this person is in post with supporting resources; the reason the supporting programme manager has still not commenced their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25275/25]
801. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the €1 million funding allocated to pulmonary fibrosis, including the specific line items detailed in the 2025 HSE national service plan (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25276/25]
802. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that oxygen provision for people with lung fibrosis is fit for purpose; if consideration will be given to a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25277/25]
845. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has plans to extend the chronic disease management programme to include epilepsy; if so, the timeline she is working towards; if not, the rationale for continuing to exclude this condition from the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25713/25]
869. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of families who have been sent letters in respect of the Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) commissioned review into hip surgeries; if she has requested CHI to provide this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25877/25]
881. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services from 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25936/25]
882. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of smoking to the State in terms of health spending; if her Department will be conducting an updated 2025 report assessing the economic cost of smoking, following on from the 2016 ICF international report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25937/25]
883. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of retail outlets registered to sell tobacco on the National Register of Tobacco retailers in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25938/25]
887. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of approved speech and language therapist posts, by grade and clinical site, in tabular form; the number of permanent full-time and part-time posts; the number filled on a temporary, locum or agency basis; and the number of vacant posts. [25998/25]
888. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent full-time speech and language therapists hired by the HSE from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25999/25]
889. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent speech and language therapists hired by the HSE on a part-time basis from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26000/25]
890. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists hired by the HSE on a temporary basis from 2019 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [26001/25]
891. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to establish meaningful pathways to career progression for speech and language therapists in the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26002/25]
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927. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25265/25]
256. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of same-sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25024/25]