Results 441-460 of 8,239 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am aware of efforts by a small number of retailers to use the tobacco price list in a manner that resembles an advertisement. The Deputy previously raised this issue during the passage of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023. Price lists are provided for in section 43(5) of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 and are prescribed in the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Insurance Coverage (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In Ireland we have a voluntary, community rated private health insurance market. This market operates under four key principles – community rating, open enrolment, lifetime cover and minimum benefits. Minimum Benefit Regulations, made under the Health Insurance Acts, require insurers to offer minimum benefits to every insured person regardless of the plan they purchase. Every plan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194, 204 and 207 together. The Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS) provides oral healthcare, free of charge, to medical card holders aged 16 and over. Services available annually and on demand include an examination including preventative elements, two fillings, extractions, and a scale and polish. More complex care, such as dentures, additional fillings...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195 and 234 together. To progress Government Ambulatory Care policy, the construction of the Surgical Hub at Cork University Hospital is progressing well and due to commence operations in 2026. This new facility will play an important role in separating scheduled and unscheduled care, reducing waiting times and improving care for patients. In relation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Programme for Government contains a suite of measures on medicines, which we aim to progress over its lifetime. Access to medicines is the focus of a number of workstreams across my Department. Budgets 2021-2024 allocated €128 million for new drugs which has allowed the HSE to approve 194 new medicines. Seventy four (74) of these drugs were for treating cancer and forty-nine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Continuous patient registries are evidenced to improve quality of care and patient outcomes. As set out in the National Service Plan 2025, the HSE’s National Heart Programme (NHP), in collaboration with the Irish Cardiac Society (ICS) and the Coronary Heart Attack Ireland Register (CHAIR), is developing EuroHeart in Ireland. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has developed the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Enhancing North-South cooperation is a priority for the Government. The Government is committed to working with partners in Northern Ireland to improve cooperation in health and social care where there are clear benefits for both jurisdictions and for patients across the island. North-South Collaboration on health is recognised in ensuring equitable access, shared expertise and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (25 Jun 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (25 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: Medical Cards (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government is firmly committed to ensuring our healthcare system is supported by a steady and sustainable pipeline of highly skilled graduates. One of the priorities of the National Oral Health Policy, Smile agus Sláinte, is to expand and maximise the oral healthcare workforce capacity in Ireland. As part of this, my Department regularly engages with colleagues in the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jun 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Jun 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of the surgical hubs to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Period Poverty (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Provisions to mitigate period poverty have been included in the Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future. Commitments include: • Developing a plan to make free period products accessible in more locations (Women’s Health).• Provision of free period products in schools to ensure no student is held back due to period poverty (Education). The Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The national immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. It makes recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department. NIAC continues to revise recommendations to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together. The requirement for health warnings and health information on the labels of alcohol products was enacted at section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 on 17 October 2018. The Minister for Health made the Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 and commenced section 12 of the Act on 18 May 2023. The law will come...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Medicine shortages are, unfortunately, a feature of modern health systems worldwide and a global health problem. Issues surrounding security of medicines supply have been increasingly well characterised, both nationally and internationally, in recent years. The causes of such supply issues are multifaceted, ranging from pandemics, geopolitical events, perennial shortages of raw materials,...