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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: Hospital Services (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I acknowledge that it is very disappointing and disruptive for families when a child’s surgery is cancelled or rescheduled. Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has advised that every cancellation is taken seriously and acknowledge the stress and logistical challenges this creates for children and their families. Unfortunately, some cancellations are unavoidable, particularly when...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2371, 2372 and 2373 together. I can confirm that the HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) are currently working on the development of a new Strategic Plan. The new Strategy will build on the achievements of its predecessor "Vision 2020" in continuing the NAS's reform from a traditional patient conveyance service to an agile and mobile urgent and emergency...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under Budget 2025 the National Ambulance Service (NAS) has been allocated a total of €285 million. This year's budget includes €8m for new service developments - translating into a full year cost in 2026 of €16million - to deliver 180 additional posts. These additional posts will support:Essential frontline emergency services,Expansion of NAS alternative care pathways and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 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 I have asked the HSE to provide an update on this matter. The HSE has advised that it is committed to providing access to as many medicines as possible, in as timely a fashion as possible, from the...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2376 and 2390 together. Safeguarding adults who may be at risk of abuse is a key objective of my Department, every statutory body under its aegis and every relevant service that interacts with such adults. A framework of standards, policies and procedures for safeguarding adults in the health and social care sector is in place, and further measures are...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Dentists Act 1985 establishes the Dental Council as the regulatory body for the dental profession in Ireland. As such, issues concerning the registration of dentists are a matter for the Dental Council to consider. Temporary registration is only available to persons not eligible for full registration. The Dental Council advises that it only grants temporary registration in limited and...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Dentists Act 1985 establishes the Dental Council as the regulatory body for the dental profession in Ireland. As such, issues concerning the registration of dentists are a matter for the Dental Council to consider. The Dental Council introduced a registration pathway for refugees in response to the EU Commission’s request to assess the qualifications from refugees from the war...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Dentists Act 1985 establishes the Dental Council as the regulatory body for the dental profession in Ireland. As such, issues concerning the registration of dentists are a matter for the Dental Council to consider. The Dental Council advises that it is continuing to look at the potential to further increase capacity for the Dental Council examination for non-EEA dentists. For the 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care 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, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care 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, 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, as soon as possible.

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: Ambulance Service (29 Apr 2025)

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

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I referred the question to the HSE for direct reply to the deputy.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2387, 2388 and 2389 together. I recently announced that from the 1st June 2025, the provision of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) products for the treatment of the symptoms of menopause will be provided free to women at the point of dispensing. The implementation of this measure will now include a dispensing fee for pharmacists. This is step forward from...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE funds and operates the public healthcare system in Ireland. Private Hospitals and healthcare providers are independent organisations. In general, patients use their private health insurance when accessing healthcare in the private sector, while some patients who do not have private health insurance may opt to pay privately for the treatment. Treatment accessed in the independent...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The National Cancer Registry (NCRI) was established in 1991 with a statutory obligation to collect and classify information on all cancer cases that occur in Ireland and has been collecting such data since 1994. This information will typically only be made available two to three years after the year of incidence, in keeping with international standards. This means that the data in this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Cards (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.