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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: A key policy objective of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 (Number 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: Health Service Executive (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Ireland has adopted a whole-of-Government approach to achieving the State’s domestic and international commitments in respect of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and becoming more climate resilient, both to 2030 and beyond. The policies and measures which will enable the achievement of these goals are set out in the Climate Action Plan 2025, which places a particular focus on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Patient Transport (20 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Deputy. What he raised this evening highlights an issue of concern. I want to give him an update on the patient transport service in County Tipperary. The patient transport service, which provides non-emergency patient transport for some patients in the south-east region, was set up in 2013. It was set up on a discretionary basis by the HSE for the region. Hospitals there...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Patient Transport (20 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue and giving me the opportunity to update him on transport in County Tipperary. The Deputy mentioned the Red Cross, Order of Malta and Civil Defence, and it is important we pay tribute to the great work they do. They are excellent. It is important the Deputy recognised them and that we all recognise them. I assure the Deputy the HSE and Tipperary...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Procedures (20 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Deputy for raising this very serious issue. I have spoken to families and I see the concern and hurt. It is important this is raised in the House. A clinical audit has been conducted by an external international expert on surgery for children with developmental dysplasia of the hip across CHI and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh, NOHC. The clinical audit involved a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Procedures (20 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I assure the Deputy that the Minister and the Department are taking this very seriously. This is very serious, and we know that. Nobody wants anyone, particularly those children or their families, to be in this position today. I can guarantee that the Minister is very conscious of the concern that will be felt by all the patients and families affected. The audit process is nearly complete...

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank everyone for the opportunity to address the House on the issue raised by the Deputies who tabled this motion. I begin by echoing the opening remarks of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, and thank the Deputies for their constructive and positive contributions to this important motion on the issue of fair and sustainable funding for carers, home support and nursing...

Biodiversity Week: Statements (21 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: We can all see how passionate the Minister of State is about National Biodiversity Week. I am pleased to follow my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan, and to join this important discussion as we mark National Biodiversity Week. It is a key moment in our national calendar when we reflect on, celebrate and, most important, act to protect and restore Ireland's...

Independent External Medical Audit for Children's Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh: Statements (27 May 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I begin by acknowledging the anxiety that many young patients and their families will be feeling this week as they read the report's findings on surgery for children with developmental dysplasia of the hip across CHI and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh. I can only imagine the distress and upset the families are experiencing. There is clearly an urgent need to establish why so many...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Deputy for highlighting such a serious case for the child and her family. I am taking this question on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. Scientifically advanced machines such as PET-CT scanners play a significant role in the diagnosing of cancers and other conditions. A PET scan shows how tissues and organs are functioning by detecting radioactive...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: As I said, the Deputy might give me the particular case and the details of what he has said today. If he could send it to the Department of Health, I will make sure we get back to him. I thank everyone here today for the attention they have given to this really important matter. I reiterate that the PET-CT scanners are an invaluable tool in the diagnosis of a variety of conditions, but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: And the services. I thank the Deputy for highlighting this very serious issue today.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1387, 1388, 1389 and 1401 together. Encouraging mothers to breastfeed is a priority, both for the Department of Health and for the HSE. The Healthy Ireland Framework, Healthy Ireland Strategic Action Plan, the National Maternity Strategy, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan, and the National Cancer Strategy, all emphasise the importance of supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 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 (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 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 (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 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 Promotion (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The OSMR Act 2022 amended the Broadcasting Act 2009 to establish Coimisiún na Meán and dissolve the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“BAI”). Section 46N (7) under the Media Service Codes section of the OSMR Act 2022 allows for “Provision made for the purpose referred to in subsection (2)(d)(ii) may prohibit or restrict, in accordance with law, the inclusion in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 757 and 758 together. The free contraception scheme was launched in September 2022, initially for those aged 17-25. It has been gradually expanded and now includes women aged 17-35 from July 1st, 2024. The scheme is open to women, girls and other people identifying as transgender or non-binary, who are ordinarily resident in Ireland and for whom...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond direct to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The protection of children and those under 18 years of age from the risk of skin damage, in view of their increased risk of developing skin cancer is one of the primary policy objectives of the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014. Under this legislation, it is an offence for an owner, manager or employee to: sell or hire a sunbed to any person under 18 years of age; permit a person under 18...