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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy for the question. As it relates to an operational matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to your query.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My Department is aware of the stress that shortages of medicines can cause for patients and healthcare professionals alike, thusly managing and mitigating medicine shortages is the subject of several workstreams across the Department and wider health service. However, medicine shortages are, unfortunately, a feature of modern health systems worldwide and a global health problem. Issues...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The requirement for health warnings and health information on the labels of alcohol products was enacted at section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 on 17 October 2018. The Minister for Health made the Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 and commenced section 12 of the Act on 18 May 2023. The law will come into operation on 22 May 2026. The law will apply to all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ‘Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024-2030’ (Department of Health, published in May 2024) reflects the changing landscape of health and social care in Ireland, and sets out a roadmap to digitally transform health services and improve Irish citizens’ access to their health records digitally. The Programme for Government underlines the ambition...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 332 together. Ireland is still too dependent on paper records for delivery of care in Ireland. Paper records are a barrier to information sharing between healthcare professions who, collectively, are responsible for delivering the best possible treatment and care outcomes for patients. Sláintecare is based on the principle that more care...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 May 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, NDP and Reform (DPENDPR) a number of times, it was extended for a further 12 months at the end of June 2024 on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to thank the Deputy for allowing me to update the house on the new Primary Care Centre for Nenagh. Primary Care Centres (PCCs) provide vitally important infrastructure that act as a single point of access to community healthcare services for patients. Nenagh Primary Care Centre, which will serve a population of 22,500 in Nenagh and the surrounding areas is currently under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In 2016 a Capital Programme for Older Persons Residential Centres was developed in response to the introduction of HIQA’s National Residential Care Standards for Older People and the requirement that all facilities providing long stay beds be registered by HIQA. This is a programme to replace, upgrade and refurbish Community Nursing Units (CNUs), as appropriate, at 89 locations. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government is committed to the ongoing development of all regional hospitals including Monaghan. Cavan General and Monaghan Hospitals operate as a single hospital, with integrated managerial and clinical governance systems, care pathways and support functions. Monaghan Hospital has 80 beds. This is an increase of 26 beds, or 48% since 2020. The beds at Monaghan hospital are utilised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to publish the Strategic Review of General Practice, and bring forward a new, modern GP contract. It is worth noting that the current GMS Contract, while long standing, has been modernised in recent years under the 2019 and 2023 GP Agreements, both of which have provided in substantial additional investments in general practice and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Programme for Government contains a suite of measures on medicines, which we aim to progress over its lifetime. Access to medicines is the focus of a number of workstreams across my Department. A National Rare Disease Steering Group was established in December 2023. They were tasked with developing a new National Rare Disease Strategy. The Steering Group recently completed its work. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to thank the Deputy for allowing me to update the house on this matter. Portumna Primary Care Centre (PCC) is to be delivered through the Operational Lease model whereby the HSE advertises for a Primary Care Centre in a selected location and enters into agreement with a developer to build the centre and to lease the building for a fixed period. As the Deputy is aware, the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Gurteen Health Centre is located in the village of Gurteen in South Sligo. The centre houses a public health nursing service, a day centre for older person’s services, as well as the local GP practice. The local HSE Primary Care management are aware of the issue of restricted space within the building for the GP practice. A meeting was held on May 8th 2025 at Gurteen...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Timely and available access to GP services is critical to good healthcare. Measures have been taken to increase the number of GPs. The Government is committed to continuing this work, to increase the number of GPs practising across the country and increase access to GP services. Significant investment in general practice has been made under the 2019 and 2023 GP Agreements. The Agreements...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government has invested over €5 million for 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, the Coombe, the National Maternity Hospital, University...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This Government is committed to working with relevant stakeholders including the HSE and patient representatives to strengthen key services and supports for people with neurological conditions including Functional Neurological Disorders and made significant investments in Budget 2025 as well as committing to further measures in the new Programme for Government. Functional neurologic...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE has advised the total deliveries in January to March 2025 is as follows: Rotunda Hospital (2,010). National Maternity Hospital (1,666). Coombe (1,594). Cork University Maternity Hospital (1,581). University Maternity Hospital Limerick (911). Galway University Hospital (681). Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (669). Mullingar Regional Hospital Mullingar (431). University Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Waiting times for radiology and diagnostic services have been recognised as an issue for some time. This year the Productivity and Savings Taskforce published an action plan for 2025 which commits to a range of services being available 7 days a week, including diagnostics activity. It will also ensure that all publicly funded diagnostics are captured in the National Integrated Medical Imaging...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (13 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am pleased to update you on the progress of key capital developments at Beaumont Hospital. There are a number of significant proposals for capital investment, and all are progressing through the requisite design and planning stages. As this is a live hospital campus there is an added complexity in terms of planning, sequencing and enabling each of these projects. Our Model 4 acute...