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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I fully acknowledge the distress and inconvenience for patients and their families when hospital appointments are cancelled, particularly in the case of clinically urgent procedures. While every effort is made to avoid cancellation or postponement of planned procedures, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that planned procedures and operations can be postponed or cancelled for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (2 Jul 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 Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In the public health sector, a temporary Special Scheme was put in place for 12 months in July 2022 to support eligible staff who were impacted by Long-Covid. At the request of my Department, approval to extend the Special Scheme was granted by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation a number of times, on the existing terms for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Jul 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 Health: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The role of the Minister for Health is primarily to deal with legislation, policy, overall budgetary allocation, and corporate governance. The HSE is a separate entity to the Department of Health and as such, the HSE has responsibility for matters relating to the staff within their employ or staff going through the process of recruitment with the HSE's National Recruitment Service. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Jul 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: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 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: Home Help Service (2 Jul 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 Appointments Status (2 Jul 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...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will repeat some of the things that have been said about recruitment. The numbers are up by 25% over that period. The pay and numbers strategy resulted in a net increase of 2,000 people into the health system, with 2,000 people who had temporary contracts made permanent, 2,000 vacancies and a net uplift of 2,000 people. I will be happy to provide the detail to the Deputy. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In the public health sector, a temporary Special Scheme was put in place for 12 months in July 2022 to support eligible staff who were impacted by Long-Covid. At the request of my Department, approval to extend the Special Scheme was granted by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation a number of times, on the existing terms for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Middle East (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputies for their queries in relation to the medical evacuations to Ireland of paediatric patients from Gaza. I can advise the Deputies that as an EU Member State, Ireland responded to a request from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to assist in addressing the current health needs in Gaza. On 18 September 2024, the Minister for Health announced that Ireland would receive...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Community Families Programme (formerly know as Community Mothers) is an HSE supported, home-visiting service. It aims to empower parents from pregnancy until their child's third birthday. It provides information and support and it builds friendships and connectivity in local communities. As your query regards an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Jul 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 Health: Eating Disorders (1 Jul 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: Health Services (1 Jul 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: Health Services (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is an operational matter regarding an individual case, I have asked the HSE to look into the matter and reply to the Deputy directly. I have also been advised that Children's Health Ireland has contacted the Deputy directly regarding this case to say that they are liaising with key colleagues for assistance and a response will be issued via the HSE system in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (1 Jul 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: Legislative Programme (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department of Health is committed to reviewing the Dentists Act 1985. The review and updating of the legislation is directly related to the wider implementation of the National Oral Health Policy, which envisages a fundamental reform of oral health services. As such, any new legislation will also be informed by this work. The implementation plan for the first phase of the National Oral...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Jul 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.