Questions

207. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of vigilance reports or device-related incident notifications which have been submitted by Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) or the HSE to the Health Products Regulatory Authority in relation to MAGEC rods since the implementation of EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) 2017/745; if she will publish a breakdown of the nature of adverse events or faults re…

208. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason MAGEC rods remain unapproved for general use in Ireland and are only accessible under compassionate grounds; if she will publish the clinical and regulatory rationale for this continued restriction, including any safety concerns identified by the Health Products Regulatory Authority or other regulatory bodies; the steps being taken to assess the safety…

209. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland and associated paediatric spinal services record and report deaths of children and young people following scoliosis surgery using internationally recognised postoperative timeframes, including 30-day and 90-day mortality and in-hospital death; if she will publish all available data on postoperative mortality following scoliosis surger…

212. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an all-island defibrillator registry (details supplied); if so, the timeline for same; the engagement she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland in respect of this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24720/25]

115. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a series of investigative reports into transgender healthcare in Ireland (details supplied); if she will commit to reclassifying trans healthcare as part of sexual health rather than mental health, in line with the World Health Organization; to provide an update on the new model of care currently being developed; and if she will…

118. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the date on which she will publish the new national sexual health strategy; the reason for the continued delay in doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24091/25]

123. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to design a statutory home care scheme, the timeline she is working towards, and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24093/25]

161. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to introducing health warning labels on alcohol products in May 2026; her views on her Cabinet colleagues’ comments in relation to delaying this measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24090/25]

171. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the Programme for Government commitment to explore the recruitment of HSE-employed GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24092/25]

230. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the HSE’s growing reliance on outsourcing radiotherapy services to private providers; the steps she is taking to reverse this trend; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24089/25]

1014. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details regarding the traction system referred to in HIQA’s review on governance of implantable medical devices at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), including use of non-CE marked springs in surgery at CHI Temple Street (details supplied); the number of children it was used on; if it was CE marked; and if she will make a statement on the matter…

1015. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline she is working towards in publishing the national treatment purchase fund review of the nursing home pricing system, given that the programme for Government commits to doing so in early 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23285/25]

1042. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide details regarding the private clinic located at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at Temple Street; the details of the contract with the private clinic; the rent per year and if that includes utilities or the use of other on site services; if the administrative staff in the private clinic are also employees of CHI on a part-time basis; if not, are said …

1043. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints Children’s Health Ireland received in 2024; the response time for complaints; the percentage of complaints which required additional time beyond 30 days; if all complaints unaddressed beyond 30 days were given updates every 20 working days until the process had concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23524/25]

1044. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if Children’s Health Ireland has a mechanism for measuring the effectiveness of its complaints process; if they publish complaint related data; and if so, to provide a copy. [23525/25]

1045. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of months Children’s Health Ireland has been operating an auto response email from its complaints office (details supplied). [23526/25]

1046. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if a number of required positions have been filled in Temple Street’s spina bifida multidisciplinary team service; and the number that remain vacant, in tabular form (details supplied). [23527/25]

1047. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm the number of spina bifida multidisciplinary team clinics held in Temple Street in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number at which a consultant spinal surgeon was present; and the number at which a consultant urologist was present. [23528/25]

1048. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if urological care at Temple Street’s spina bifida multidisciplinary team service is urology consultant led or delivered by a non-consultant hospital doctor; if patients who attend this clinic are discussed at urology rounds or multidisciplinary team discussion with a consultant urologist present; to outline the retention procedure for notes of discus…

1049. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to confirm if it is Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) policy to provide food to all mothers in the postpartum period or only those who breastfeed or pump breast milk for feeding; to confirm if all mothers who arrive in CHI sites by ambulance from maternity hospitals with infants requiring incubator care, high dependency unit care or intensive care are provided wit…

1142. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the number of amputees in Ireland is collated in a national database; if not, the reason; if she plans to establish a database of amputees to inform and improve service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24084/25]

1143. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if all amputees are guaranteed prosthetics following amputation surgery; the process for obtaining prosthetics following surgery; the funding and supports available to obtain more advanced prosthetics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24085/25]

1144. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the HSE Service Improvement Programme completed its review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services in 2024; if so, whether this review has been published; the actions that have been taken to improve provision of prosthetics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24086/25]

410. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of same sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [22998/25]

411. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [22999/25]