525. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to address the concerns raised with respect to monitored dosage systems, or blister packs, as a result of changes agreed under the Community Pharmacy Agreement; if she intends to amend previously agreed changes in phased dispensing control mechanisms during the current pause; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5227/26]
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526. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been brought to an issue related to changes under the Community Pharmacy Agreement (details supplied); if an instruction was issued to pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5228/26]
549. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Strategic Review of General Practice; to provide a firm timeline for competition of the Strategic Review; the reason for the delay in its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5380/26]
301. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [4718/26]
302. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane, by grade, in tabular form. [4719/26]
303. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of people awaiting transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane, by prison and gender, in tabular from. [4720/26]
304. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a transfer from prison to the Central Mental Hospital, Portrane;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4721/26]
318. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to address matters raised in correspondence (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4800/26]
319. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the amount collected by all public hospitals in respect of car parking charges for visitors and patients in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and the amount collected by contracted companies to run and manage car parking facilities at each hospital for the same time period. [4801/26]
320. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the car parking fees charged at each public hospital, in tabular form. [4802/26]
321. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if any actions have been taken with respect to the surgeons identified in the Independent Audit on Hip Surgery Thresholds for Children with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, for whom there were concerns about the necessity of the surgeries they performed on children; if all of these surgeons are still carrying out surgeries in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) si…
322. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appropriateness of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out on children in private healthcare facilities will also be included in the external expert panel established following the publication of an independent medical audit (details supplied); if she has identified the private hospitals in which these surgeries took place during the period between January…
323. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has requested data on the number of children who underwent pelvic osteotomy procedures in a private healthcare facility (details supplied); if she has been provided with a list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4805/26]
324. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appropriateness of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out on children in a hospital will also be included in the external expert panel established following the publication of an independent medical audit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4806/26]
325. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the appropriateness of pelvic osteotomy procedures carried out on children in other public hospitals will also be included in the external expert panel established following the publication of an independent medical audit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4807/26]
326. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if planning permission is required for beds to be delivered in Cork University Hospital in 2026 (details supplied); if so, the status of said planning permission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4808/26]
914. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to clarify matters related to compensation for victims of the HSE cyber-attack (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3491/26]
915. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of the briefing provided to her, which is referenced in a media report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3493/26]
916. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants employed by the HSE, by contract type, principal clinical site and region, in tabular form. [3494/26]
917. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a summary of the key provisions of each of the contracts under which consultants are employed in the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3495/26]
949. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 991 of 16 December 2025, if matters raised previously will be subject to a review in due course (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3889/26]
1016. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will review the long-term illness scheme in light of the State’s commitments under the National Rare Disease Plan (details supplied); if the inclusion of many rare, genetic, and metabolic disorders which require lifelong and medically essential treatment is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4259/26]
1017. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Strategic Review of the Eligibility Framework which was due to be completed in 2025 (details supplied); the expected timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4260/26]
177. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her plan to standardise the opening hours of all injury units to provide a seven-day service from 8am to 8pm, including bank holidays; the injury units which are still not operating these standardised hours; the current opening hours of each site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2721/26]
180. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1080 of 18 November 2025, the status of the HSE’s engagements with Cork City Council with respect to the road access issue identified at the St. Stephen’s Hospital site; the proposed location for the elective hospital in Cork (details supplied); if a solution has been found; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27…