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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Feb 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: Medicinal Products (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Regulation 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017 (Statutory Instrument 173/2017) provides the statutory guidelines for the administration of controlled drugs to patients and only applies to those controlled drugs with a marketing authorisation as a medicine. Departmental officials are currently examining the recommendations of the Cork City Coroner’s office in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Feb 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: Tobacco Control Measures (18 Feb 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: State Bodies (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 823 and 824 together. Primary responsibility for the effective delivery of Sláintecare rests with the Sláintecare Programme Board, co-chaired by the Secretary-General of the Department of Health and CEO of the HSE. Membership of the Board also joint leads of the reform projects from the Department’s Management Board and the HSE’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Health Information Bill 2024 is part of a suite of legislative measures to deliver on national health information policy and meet our obligations under the European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation. It will provide a legislative basis for the introduction of digital health records for all patients in Ireland and facilitate appropriate sharing of patient information across healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Cabinet approval was given on 10 September to proposals for a Bill to further regulate nicotine inhaling products, including a complete ban on disposable vapes. Those proposals are now being drafted with the Office of the Attorney General. Once completed, the draft legislation will require notification at EU level under the Technical Standards Directive (Directive 2015/1535). At this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy for this question. Menopause is an important health and wellbeing issue which has been prioritised as part of the Government’s commitment to improved women’s health outcomes. Much important work has been done in this area, driven by the Women’s Health Taskforce and the Women’s Health Action Plans, launched in 2022 and 2024. The new Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Men's Sheds (18 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Awaiting reply from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in Ireland, with 4,500 people dying each year from tobacco-related diseases. Smoking related deaths are mainly due to cancers, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and heart disease. The cost to society from smoking due to healthcare costs, welfare and loss of productivity is estimated to be in excess of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (19 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. I am conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families. I published the Waiting List Action Plan (WLAP) for 2025 on February 12th, representing this Government’s commitment to reducing waiting times for patients and improving access to hospital care. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the Elective Hospitals Programme to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (19 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. I am conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families. I published the Waiting List Action Plan (WLAP) for 2025 on February 12th, representing this Government’s commitment to reducing waiting times for patients and improving access to hospital care. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Feb 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: Hospital Complaints Procedures (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The State Claims Agency (SCA) has a statutory remit to manage personal injury claims on behalf of State Authorities including the Health Service Executive. The SCA has advised me that while it publishes aggregate information on claims, it does not publish a breakdown by individual hospital as to do so would effectively create a ‘league table’, which could lead to an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ms. Bríd O’Flaherty BL was appointed as the Chair of the ‘Non-Statutory Inquiry into the Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate in Women of Child-Bearing Potential in the State’ last year. Since then, significant work has been carried out to put in place the necessary arrangements to operationalise and establish the inquiry. It is anticipated that the public facing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 340 together. As the Deputy is aware, the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 was signed into law by the President on July 2nd 2024, having passed all stages in both Houses of the Oireachtas. The primary purpose of this complex and far-reaching legislation is to regulate fertility clinics providing treatment such as IVF (in-vitro...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Feb 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: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (20 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Creating ring-fenced elective-only capacity will achieve the planned separation between emergency and elective care. This will release existing hospital capacity for acute care and will get us closer to the 12 weeks Sláintecare access targets. The development of a national network of four Elective Treatment Facilities (Cork, Galway and 2 in Dublin) is provided for in the Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Feb 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...