Results 261-280 of 8,239 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Deputy may be aware from my previous replies on this issue, psychology has been a uniquely challenging profession to regulate due to the diversity of its specialisms and the fact that there is no common education pathway or standards for entry to the profession. CORU, which is Ireland's multi-profession health regulator responsible for regulating health and social care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There are a number of proposed capital developments at Beaumont Hospital, including a new Emergency Department (ED), a 95-bed Ward Block, a 64-bed Critical Care Unit (CCU) Block, and an extension to the Radiation Oncology Department. The process for these proposals is being managed through the HSE capital development process rather than requiring direct submission to the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE continues to operate within an increasingly competitive global landscape for healthcare talent, where the international mobility of healthcare professionals presents growing challenges across all disciplines. This dynamic is further compounded by evolving workforce expectations, which demand greater flexibility, agility and innovation in how we attract and retain staff. In response,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department of Health is committed to building a demand and capacity modelling capability, necessary for any modern health system. The Department commissioned the ESRI as part of the Department of Health-ESRI ‘Joint Research Programme in Healthcare Reform’ to develop this modelling capability and support the Department through a new Capacity Review to inform longer-term...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) encompasses a range of conditions including heart attack and stroke. It remains a leading cause of death in Ireland and significant hospital bed days. CVD claimed the lives of almost 10,000 people in Ireland in 2023 and is estimated to cost the Irish state €1.7 billion annually, with 46% of this being direct healthcare costs. Ireland has made progress...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The National Oral Health Policy, Smile Agus Sláinte, sets out the vision for oral healthcare services in Ireland and has two key goals: 1. To provide the supports to enable every individual to achieve their personal best oral health; and 2. To reduce oral health inequalities across the population, by enabling vulnerable people to access oral healthcare and improve their oral...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In 2016 a Capital Programme for Older Persons Residential Centres was developed in response to the introduction of HIQA’s National Residential Care Standards for Older People and the requirement that all facilities providing long stay beds be registered by HIQA. This is a programme to replace, upgrade and refurbish Community Nursing Units (CNUs), as appropriate, at 89 locations. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My current legislative priority is our proposals, approved by Government on 10 September, to further regulate nicotine inhaling products. These measures are now being drafted with the Office of the Attorney General with the objective of reducing youth use of nicotine inhaling products and include: - a ban on point-of-sale display and advertising of these products in most shops,-...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Sexual health is a priority for this Government. The National Sexual Health Strategy, 2025-2035 and the first National Sexual Health Action Plan, 2025-2028 were approved by Government on the 10th of June, 2025 and published on 25th June, 2025. The drafting process for the National Sexual Health Strategy, 2025-2035, commenced in 2023, following a review of the previous Strategy. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Clinical Trials (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy for creating this opportunity for me to provide an update on the ongoing work within my Department to increase Clinical Trials in Ireland. The National Clinical Trials Oversight Group (NCTOG) was set up in July 2024 to investigate the challenges of undertaking clinical trials in Ireland, and to formulate solutions to meet those challenges. The Group published its interim...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The clinical follow-up and care for patients who have undergone pelvic osteotomy surgery will be in accordance with best practice and the recommendations of the Thomas Audit Report. Clinical follow up to skeletal maturity in CHI Crumlin is already underway for patients, many of whom are almost at skeletal maturity and will likely need just one appointment. Clinical follow up is also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 334 together. The Strategic Review of General Practice is currently underway, led by the Department of Health and supported by the HSE. With input from key stakeholders, the review is examining a range of issues affecting general practice including GP training, GP capacity, Out of Hours services reform, the eHealth Agenda, and the financial support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ireland needs one digital health record for every citizen that can be accessed by health professionals across the service. The path to a one digital health record that covers the full health journey of every person living in Ireland consists of three key initiatives under Digital for Care (and the Programme for Government) proceeding concurrently and in parallel to achieve this for patients...