Questions

863. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the CHI scoping inquiry process was appropriately balanced between the voices of children and families whose care is to be investigated and the clinicians, management and organisations whose actions may themselves fall within the scope of that investigation. [72285/26]

864. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that children and families were genuinely at the centre of the scoping exercise in to the CHI inquiry when the final report identifies only two individual parents of children with scoliosis who spoke directly with the facilitator; and to provide the evidence on which she bases that view. [72284/26]

865. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the final report into the proposed public inquiry into CHI provides extensive detail on the engagement, correspondence and concerns of SAN and SBHPAG, while providing significantly less detail on the nature and extent of engagement with other stakeholder groups; and if she is satisfied that the report presents stakeholder participation in a balanced an…

867. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of individual parents who engaged directly with the facilitator (details supplied), broken down between scoliosis and spina bifida; and the number of affected children and young people who were directly consulted. [72281/26]

868. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the five clinicians who met the facilitator (details supplied), the specialties of each, the hospitals and-or sites each clinician represented, and whether any had direct involvement in the services or matters subsequently recommended for investigation. [72280/26]

1020. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a consultant is still performing certain surgeries in a hospital (details supplied); if the clinical director nominated an appropriately qualified individual to the Independent Expert Review commissioned by the Serious Incident Review Team (SIRT) committee; if the Independent Expert Review has commenced; the timeline being worked towards; and if she will make…

554. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 8 September 2025, if he will meet and engage meaningfully with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66069/25]

860. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to an audit into spinal services and urology referred to at a recent meeting of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (details supplied); if she is still expecting this audit to be completed at the end of November or December 2025; if she will commit to publishing that audit when she receives it; and if she will make a state…

1276. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 26 February 2025, if his position has changed in respect of conducting an investigation into the sale and transfer of 44 homes in Cork (details supplied); if he has received and reviewed correspondence; if he will meet with the group concerned; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

558. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the mistreatment of horses in Glanmire, Cork (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that those who are responsible for this cruelty are held accountable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/25]

181. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish an independent investigation into the trading of 44 homes for profit in Cork in view of the fact that they were grant aided under section 20 of the Housing (Amendment) Act 1948 on the condition that they would not be sold (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8331/25]