Pádraig Rice

1287. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for dietetics, by CHO, age category and time waiting, in tabular form. [3327/25]

1288. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on an acute hospital waiting list, by age category, hospital, speciality and time waiting, in tabular form. [3328/25]

1289. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the strategic review of general practice; the timeline for completion of the final report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3329/25]

1290. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [3330/25]

1291. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for home care packages in each month in 2023 and 2024, by CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [3331/25]

1292. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges, by category and hospital, in tabular form. [3332/25]

1293. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a statutory right to homecare; the timeline she is working towards in publishing the legislation; the status of her Department’s work to establish a funding model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3333/25]

1294. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a position has remained vacant in a PrEP clinic since 2023 (details supplied); if recruitment has begun; the timeline being worked towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3334/25]

46. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the detention of a Palestinian doctor by the Israeli Defence Forces (details supplied); the engagements he has had with his international counterparts in respect of this case; if he will seek an intervention at EU level to advance the release of this doctor and other healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1367/25]

61. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeline he is working towards in progressing the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 through Dáil Éireann; if he expects the Bill to proceeded to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence before the summer recess in July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1787/25]

257. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure that noise level limits for car exhausts are adhered to; to outline the current process for monitoring adherence; if his Department has any further plans or proposals to address the continued flouting of these limits by some motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1531/25]

439. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has notified the European Commission of Ireland's opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade agreement since negotiations concluded in December 2024; if not, the engagements he has had with the European Commission in relation to this trade agreement since December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1369/25]

900. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the tools or metrics her Department uses to measure poverty in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1717/25]

901. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons living in poverty in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1718/25]

903. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a copy of the findings and costings produced by her Department officials in respect of abolishing the carer’s allowance means test (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1785/25]

904. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection to explain the Government’s intentions in respect of its draft Programme for Government commitment to progressively increase a number of welfare payments (details supplied); if these increases will be benchmarked against a particular measure, such as the minimum essential standard of living; if these increases will solely apply to those listed in the draft document or all welfare rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1786/25]

1269. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a letter to the editor of a national newspaper regarding assessment of need applications (details supplied); if so, his views on same; if he will engage with the HSE in relation to this short timeframe for response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1623/25]

1276. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to expanding statutory leave entitlements to those who experience pregnancy loss under 24 weeks; the steps his Department has taken to progress policy in this area since the publication of ‘PLACES | Pregnancy Loss (under 24 weeks) in Workplaces: Informing Policymakers on Support Mechanisms’ in January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1661/25]

1586. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to introducing a tiered payments scheme for all student nurses and midwives (details supplied); if any similar proposals are being advanced to improve pay or bursaries for student nurses and midwives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1624/25]