189. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a new model of care for trans healthcare; the current timeline being worked towards; and the allocation provided for trans healthcare in Budget 2027. [72885/26]
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688. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding access to a treatment (details supplied); the engagements she has had with the HSE and clinicians about this; and the steps she is taking to ensure timely access to treatment. [71422/26]
861. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if CHI maintains a chronological waiting list for children awaiting follow-up appointments; if administrative and business management staff have access to information showing the length of time each child has been waiting and their expected timeframe for review; and, if not, the way in which CHI ensures that children requiring follow-up do not fall through gaps i…
172. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to completing and publishing a national model of care for acute and chronic pain services, together with a funded, time-bound implementation plan. [67494/26]
173. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will implement the ICD-11 chronic-pain classifications; and to outline her plans to improve national chronic-pain data on need, service capacity, access, waiting times and outcomes. [67493/26]
175. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason for a tender (details supplied); the cost and duration of same. [67491/26]
543. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the options available to her should there be no meaningful increase in the number of public only consultant consultants working evening and Saturday shifts (details supplied); the steps she intends to take if the situation does not improve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54536/26]
557. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of a proposal to introduce publicly funded pre-natal testing (details supplied); the date on which she received the initial proposal; the date on which she received the revised proposal; the timeline she is working towards in concluding the negotiations; the expected cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54604/26]
738. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the arrangements and protocols in place for medical emergencies on offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52818/26]
772. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the ratio of midwifes to births in each maternity hospital and unit (details supplied), in tabular form; to identify the sites classified as large units and small units under the Birthrate Plus methodology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52965/26]
773. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a decision in the United Kingdom to make a rapid endometriosis test (details supplied) available on the NHS in England and Wales; if there are any plans to make this test available through the HSE; if so, the steps taken to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52966/26]
458. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the plans to extend the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP) to include epilepsy; the assessments under way by the HSE to add epilepsy to the CDMP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50454/26]
459. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who have received appointments and the condition for which they were treated under the HSE's Chronic Disease Management Programme in 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50455/26]
460. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual cost associated with the implementation of the Chronic Disease Management Programme in 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50456/26]
461. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the supports available to residents in an independent living facility, given that they are no longer eligible for blister packs free-of-charge following reforms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50457/26]
463. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the completion and opening of a National Mother and Baby Unit for perinatal mental health care; the current status of the project; the estimated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50459/26]
464. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline for an expansion of the free contraception scheme to all people in reproductive age; to provide any costings that have been carried out by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50460/26]
483. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health her views on the proposed European Common Training Framework for physiotherapy; if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding their concerns to ensure that the standard of physiotherapy care in Ireland is safeguarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48583/26]
485. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all HSE-funded memory clinics in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48585/26]
486. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the dementia model of care recommendation to provide five regional specialist memory clinics (RSMCs) nationally has been delivered; the location of each of the RSMCs; the staff complement by grade in each RSMC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48586/26]
483. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 5 March 2026, the current status of the model of care for sexual health; if she still expects it to be completed in Q4 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46529/26]
484. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2263 of 13 January 2026, if the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services has been completed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46530/26]
1019. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if her Department is aware of other areas of medicine which are not available in Irish private hospitals (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45905/26]
1021. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the manner in which consultants on public-only consultant contracts (POCC) and those on the non-POCC are rostered in the Rotunda Maternity Hospital, the National Maternity Hospital and the Coombe Hospital during the week and at weekends; if separate rosters are in place during both the week and the weekend (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on …
1027. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the national governance and reporting framework that will be put in place to oversee implementation of the public only consultant contract, as recommended by a HSE internal audit; the oversight, reporting and accountability mechanisms that will be established; the timeline being worked towards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45941/26]