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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: General Practitioner Services (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: GPs are self-employed practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. As of the 1st...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: General Practitioner Services (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Irish Government established ‘The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes” and certain related Matters in 2015. A collaborative forum was established in 2018 by the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, comprising former residents, academics and advocates. One of the recommendations made concerned a package of health, wellbeing and social care...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Pharmacy Services (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Prescriptions are currently valid for a maximum of 12 months, with some exceptions. As per S.I No. 73/2024 www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2024/si/73/made/en/ which came into operation on 1 March 2024, a prescriber may prescribe up to 12 months of certain medications, if they deem it clinically appropriate. Prescribers are under no obligation to prescribe medications for longer than they...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Budget 2025 allocated €2m for 2025, increasing to €4m in 2026, to continue the implementation of the National Oral Health Policy. The National Oral Health Policy 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cross-Border Co-operation (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027 aims to modernise and reform stroke services in line with Sláintecare policy and address the challenges facing Ireland from population ageing and the predicted increase in the total number of strokes right across Europe, including Ireland. The strategy provides a blueprint for required investment in stroke services over the five-year period from...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Dental Services (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Facilities (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In relation to the particular query raised, adult and child waiting list information by hospital and specialty is published monthly by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) on its website: www.ntpf.ie. The information is now being made available through an interactive visual tool which provides users with a much-improved way of accessing and analysing waiting list information. I...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Dental Services (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Human Reproduction (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Due to the timing, and the need for verification to ensure an accurate figure is provided, we will follow up directly with the Deputy's office.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Please find below breakdown, from the Department of Health, the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form. Year: Employees with a Disability (%) 2015 3.3 2016 3.8 2017 4.6 2018 4.4 2019 7.4 ...