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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The ESRI report on future GP capacity requirements provides a welcome contribution to our general practice workforce planning. The report highlights that as our population grows and ages, and as we continue to provide more services in the community, we need to continue to increase our general practice workforce to meet the resulting additional demand on general practice. A number of...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 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 to the proposed elective hospital for Cork in Sarsfield...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It was expected that the final report regarding HIQA’s review of urgent and emergency care in the Mid West region would be provided to me by the end of May 2025. However, HIQA has recently updated me of a revised timeline for completion of the final report, which is now expected to be September 2025. Overall, the HIQA work on the review of urgent and emergency healthcare services in...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Injury Units are to provide unscheduled emergency care to patients with non-life-threatening or limb-threatening injuries outside of the emergency department of the acute hospital facility. Injury Units are not intended to treat complex medical conditions, pregnancy-related or gynaecological problems, injuries to the chest, abdomen or pelvis, and serious head and spine injuries. There are...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government has invested over €5 million in specialist endometriosis care since 2021. This has funded 2 supra-regional tertiary centres and five supporting regional hubs. The supra-regional centres are managed from Cork University Maternity Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital. Regional hubs operate from the Rotunda Hospital, the Coombe Hospital, the National Maternity...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the case referred to by the Deputy is before the High Court and is subject to in-camera proceedings I am limited in the information that I can provide. The Department has, however, been advised that the process is nearing completion. While I have every sympathy for the patients affected by this situation, consumer law is the responsibility of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A key policy objective of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 (No. 12 of 2014) is to protect children and those under 18 years of age from the risk of skin damage, in view of their increased risk of developing skin cancer. Section 4 of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 provides for a prohibition on permitting the use of a sunbed by a person under 18 years of age on a sunbed premises;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (26 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Significant work has been completed by my department to develop a model for a vaccine damage scheme. It is my intention to bring the model to Cabinet for discussion and consideration shortly. Until the model has been considered and approved by Government, it is not possible to provide any further information in relation to the scheme's implementation.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is an operational matter this PQ has been referred to HSE, kindly copy HSE response for this PQ to both Finance_Business_Support_Unit@health.gov.ie and Accounts@health.gov.ie.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Galway University Hospitals (GUH) comprises Merlin Park University Hospital and University Hospital Galway (UHG). UHG is the Model 4 hospital for the HSE West and Northwest region and is one of eight national designated cancer centres. Some localised cancer services operate out of smaller hospitals in the HSE West Northwest region and UHG also supports a satellite centre for breast cancer at...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My current legislative priority, approved by Government on 10 September, is the further regulation of nicotine inhaling products. These proposals are now being drafted with the Office of the Attorney General. The General Scheme for a Bill contains a range of proposals to reduce youth use of nicotine inhaling products including a ban on disposable vapes. Once drafting is completed, the...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My current legislative priority on tobacco and related products, as approved by Government on 10 September, is the further regulation of nicotine inhaling products. These proposals are now being drafted with the Office of the Attorney General. The General Scheme for a Nicotine Inhaling Products Bill contains a range of proposals to reduce youth use of nicotine inhaling products including:...

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 to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Deputy is aware, CORU is Ireland’s multi-profession regulator for health and social care. Its primary role is to protect the public by regulating professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended). This includes setting the standards required for registration and maintaining professional registers for those who meet these standards. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (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: Departmental Data (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: Departmental Data (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: Departmental Data (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.

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