Pádraig Rice

1579. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appointment of a clinical nurse lead to support the implementation of the national model of care for epilepsy has been progressed; the reasons a permanent appointment has not been approved to date; if she will provide details on the allocation of time which will be given to the post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11036/25]

1580. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to establish a dedicated office for alcohol in her Department to drive policy development and input into cross-departmental policy; if not, her views on this proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11037/25]

1581. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a media report in respect of an audit into osteotomies at three Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals (details supplied); the engagements she has had with CHI in respect of this audit; if the parents of children who underwent these surgeries have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11038/25]

1582. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish a report regarding osteotomy surgeries on children at three Children’s Health Ireland hospitals; if she has received a copy of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11039/25]

1583. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if osteotomy surgeries on children have been suspended at the National Orthopaedic Hospital at Cappagh and Temple Street Children’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11040/25]

1660. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the patient safety (licensing) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11499/25]

1661. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to offering permanent contracts to all graduate psychiatric nurses in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11500/25]

1662. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on 14 posts in a children’s mental health facility (details supplied); the status of recruitment for these posts; the number of contracts that have been issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11501/25]

1663. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to bring the Mental Health Bill 2024 to committee stage in an Oireachtas Select Committee or on the floor of Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11502/25]

1664. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to implementing a standard criteria for diagnosis and support for people living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), given that Ireland is the only country in the European Union without a national diagnostic regime for FASD; if any work in this regard has commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11503/25]

1712. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service at Children’s Health Ireland; the date at which she expects the review to be submitted and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11739/25]

1713. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in 2024 and to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [11740/25]

1714. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the next implementation plan for Sharing the Vision to replace the 2022-2024 plan; the timeline she is working towards in publishing the plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11741/25]

1715. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she intends to publish the interim report on HIQA’s review into urgent and emergency care services in the midwest region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11742/25]

1716. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of posts at the HSE surgical hub south Dublin, by grade, in tabular form; and the number of posts which are vacant. [11743/25]

1717. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the interim report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Drugs Use; if she will commit to a health-led response through the decriminalisation of possession of drugs for personal use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11744/25]

1901. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to a research report into the prevalence of neurodiversity among people accessing addiction services (details supplied); if he will commit to working with further and higher education institutions to ensure that all relevant educational programmes in health and social care contain a module on neurodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10758/25]

67. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the new national sexual health strategy has still not been published; her plans to address rising rates of sexually transmitted infections and increase capacity in sexual health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10514/25]

385. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the final recommendations of the National Taskforce on the Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor Workforce; if the medical education and training strategic planning committee and the group tasked with defining safe medical staffing levels have been established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10515/25]

424. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of non-consultant hospital doctors, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10391/25]

425. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant non-consultant hospital doctor posts, by hospital, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10392/25]

426. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital consultants, by clinical principal site, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10393/25]

427. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant hospital consultant posts, by clinical principal site, in each of the years since 2019, in tabular form. [10394/25]

428. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the compliance rate with the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997/European Working Time Directive for non-consultant hospital doctors, by clinical site and month, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [10395/25]

429. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the total number and percentage of consultants signed up to the public-only consultant contract; the total number of consultants not on the public-only consultant contract; and the total number of consultants, by principal clinical site, in tabular form (details supplied). [10396/25]