204. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the report referenced in a media report is the audit of governance and equity in patient access and waiting list management at CHI, commissioned by the HSE CEO (details supplied); if a copy of the report referenced in the media report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46100/26]
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2346. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the current status of the equity of access audit relating to paediatric spinal surgery services; the date on which the audit commenced; the reasons for ongoing delays in its completion and publication; if interim findings or recommendations have been provided to her Department, HSE or CHI; the expected publication timeline; and if she will make a statement on th…
508. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if children being reviewed by the External Expert Panel Review will also have their full clinical pathways reviewed; if there is one single body responsible for reviewing the full clinical pathway of these patients; the way in which different processes will interact (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23470/26]
218. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each of the recommendations from the National Review of Adult Specialist Cardiac Services in Ireland; the work carried to date in implementing each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6839/26]
220. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of her Department’s review of the Primary Care Centre Programme; the aims of this review; if work has commenced; the timeline she is working towards for completion of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6841/26]
2514. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the National Office for Trauma Services’ review of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service; if a final draft was issued to the HSE’s chief clinical officer and national director for services and schemes by the end of October 2025, as had previously been indicated; to provide a timeline for publication; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
2515. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the National Office for Trauma Services’ review of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) examined a proposal to change the HEMS crewing model to a physician inclusive service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2313/26]
563. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a nationwide review of long and short-stay community beds, given the urgent need to increase capacity in community hospitals, community nursing units and long-stay facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70969/25]
567. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the implementation of each of the recommendations from the Review of Nursing Homes Complaints Policies Report, published in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70973/25]
258. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the planned review into baby and maternal deaths; if this review has begun; if not, if it will begin before the end of 2025; the timeline for competition of the review; the role that experts in the area and parent groups will have in this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68317/25]
259. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the 52 recommendations from the seven completed reviews into the care provided to women and their infants in Portiuncula Maternity Service; the timeline being worked towards for implementing these recommendations in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68318/25]
260. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of all five ongoing reviews into the care provided to women and their infants in Portiuncula Maternity Service; if any have been completed; the timeline for completion of each review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68319/25]
1076. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 26 June 2025, if she has received the clarification she sought as to whether there are issues relevant for the Medical Council following publication of the audit of surgeries on children with developmental dysplasia of the hip (details supplied); if so, the actions taken since that clarification was received; and if she…
1099. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a cohort of children are now included in the External Expert Panel review established following the independent audit of hip surgeries at CHI and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63605/25]
1100. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children included in the external expert panel review established following the independent audit of hip surgeries at CHI and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital; the number with unstable hips; and the number with stable hips, in tabular form. [63606/25]
1773. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of the long-term illness (LTI) scheme, as committed to under Sláintecare; if her Department has begun this work; if she is conducting a standalone review of the LTI scheme, or if it will form part of the wider review of the eligibility framework, as committed to in the ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare and the Programme for Gove…
823. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2570 of 8 September 2025, if she will publish the 2017 Dickson Report regarding paediatric urology; if she is still seeking assurances from the HSE and CHI that matters raised in the report have been addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57138/25]
2570. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to PQ No. 254 of 9 July 2025, if her Department has concluded its review of the 2017 Dickson Report regarding Paediatric Urology; if it has received the initial assurances and additional information sought from the HSE; if she will publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46791/25]
2732. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the review of QQI Level 5 awards for healthcare assistants and pre-nursing students in the further education sector; the work carried out to date; the timeline for completion of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46801/25]
2904. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on implementation of the National Review of Specialist Cardiac Services; if she will commit to implementing all recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42589/25]
1394. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will conduct a review of the system of clinical directors (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29490/25]
1455. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the review into urgent and emergency care in the mid-west region has been completed; if she has received a copy of this review; if not, the date at which she expects the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to finalise this review; if she will commit to publishing the review when she receives it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [297…
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…
935. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 8 April 2025, when the review of the Department Circulars 0061/2017 (teachers) and 0062/2017 (SNAs) are set to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19834/25]
1581. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to a media report in respect of an audit into osteotomies at three Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals (details supplied); the engagements she has had with CHI in respect of this audit; if the parents of children who underwent these surgeries have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11038/25]