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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (26 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The position of the Department of Health on wind turbine noise and shadow flicker from a health perspective is informed by advice from the HSE. The most recent advice from colleagues in the HSE found that there is currently no robust evidence in the international scientific literature to show that wind turbines negatively affect people’s physical health once they are appropriately...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 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: Children in Care (26 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is not a matter for the Minister for Health it is appropriate to Department of Children who will provide a response to this PQ.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 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.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is so wrong.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Russia invaded Ukraine.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the ladies of the House so much for the invitation to speak on women's health, with International Women's Day this coming Saturday. It is wonderful. I also congratulate and thank Senator McDowell for coming into the Chamber. It was well commented on by the ladies present that there were quite a lot of men in the Chamber for the previous debate. There was not quite a stampede to...

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am aware of it.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: They are not included.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How much time do I have?

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I genuinely want to try to respond to everything I can. I will preface my remarks by saying that I do not know the answer to everything, but I will try to get better answers as I get further into the brief and things come more naturally to me. I will honestly try to give the best answers I possibly can. I will also try to give very honest answers because I do not think there is anybody in...

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Senator is right that the scheme needs to be reviewed. Everything has a cost so we have to work out the broad need across the board. Not everything will be possible. I thank the Senator for highlighting that. He is right that the scheme needs to be reviewed. Was there anything else?

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not know enough about that. I will need to look at it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The national review of adult specialist cardiac services is finalised. The review provides a detailed, evidence-driven analysis of cardiac services across the country. A wide range of stakeholders - clinical, patient and public - were consulted as part of the review. The review provides recommendations around cardiac health policy, specifically: patient-centred care integrated with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I cannot answer why it has not been done to date but I commit to the Deputy that it will be done and, naturally, I would welcome his engagement on it when it is published. I will be meeting the people involved when I come back from the St. Patrick's Day trip. I look forward to getting it published then because, as the Deputy says, it is incredibly important that it is done. Recent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I could not agree more about the need for a dedicated cardiovascular strategy and the multi-annual funding to facilitate that. With regard to Waterford, I have a small update. After an extensive recruitment campaign, we now have two labs open. One of those, from 18 March, will open with extended, albeit not 24-hour, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I know the Deputy is aware but I want to inform the House more broadly. The other lab will provide elective services five days a week and the two labs together will protect better against both emergencies and elective issues. That is a major step in what the Deputy correctly acknowledges is a long-standing need. With regard to 24-hour care, I am very open to providing the best care...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Following the Deputy’s question last week, and prior to that, my Department and the HSE have had extensive engagement with the organisation concerned. That engagement has focused on identifying ways the organisation can continue to deliver services, which is what we want, how it can be supported by the Department and the HSE, notwithstanding the tax treatment, and finding what other...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Deputy set out the different options that were proposed. They were proposed in good faith with a view to keeping the service open and working. At some point, there is a finite number of options that can be proposed and try to be supported. They are really trying to work to find a solution. The Department and the HSE are ready to continue to engage with the charity regarding the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not accept that no solution has been attempted. I know it is not quite what Deputy Sherlock is saying but for the benefit of the House, proposals have been presented to GP Care For All. One is a partnership model, which is a traditional model of service delivery within general practice and also works in other areas. Another proposal is a hybrid model where the HSE contracts individual...