Results 8,121-8,140 of 8,568 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jul 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: General Practitioner Services (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 770 and 771 together. 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 (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines therefore I have asked the HSE for an update in this matter. The HSE has advised that it must provide access to as many medicines as possible, in as timely a fashion as possible, from the resources available (provided) to it. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (1 Jul 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: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 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: Hospital Facilities (1 Jul 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: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 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: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 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: General Practitioner Services (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. As GPs are private practitioners, the HSE does not hold data regarding the number of day-time GP visitations provided on an annual basis. The annual Healthy Ireland survey may be of assistance in providing estimated visitation...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Inpatient Charges were abolished in 2023. Emergency Department (ED) charges are recorded by the HSE as out-patient income. In 2023, the latest year for which finalised, audited figures are available, the HSE reported out-patient income of €26 million.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Over the last number of years, several pieces of detailed policy analysis have been undertaken to assess various aspects of expanding eligibility for near or full universal access to primary care and other care sectors and the associated additional costs for the Exchequer. These include the Expert Group Report on Resource Allocation and Financing of the Irish Health System (2010), the White...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) provides for the refund of the amount by which expenditure on approved prescribed medicines or medical and surgical appliances exceeds a named threshold in any calendar month. The DPS is not means tested and is available to anyone ordinarily resident in Ireland. Currently, no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost of approved...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The estimated full-year cost of abolishing all prescription charges is €69m. This costing does not take account of changes in demographics, in eligibility (e.g., changes in the number of medical card holders), or how the removal of prescription charges may impact claimant behaviour.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (1 Jul 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 (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A precise costing for the provision of free hormone replacement therapy based on clinical need cannot be provided without the following information:What conditions and products would be included in such an arrangement.Would the State provide payments to GPs for consultations to non-GMS patients. Therefore, it is not possible to provide a costing without further clarification on the scope and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Dental Council is responsible for the registration of dentists in Ireland, which is the regulatory body for dentists in Ireland. The Dentists Act 1985 established the Dental Council which provides for the registration and control of persons engaged in the practice of dentistry. According to the Dental Council there are now 3,888 dentists on the register as of June 2025. This is an...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Jul 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: Product Labelling (1 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The requirement for health warnings and 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. That law will come into operation on 22 May 2026.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Jul 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: Hospital Appointments Status (1 Jul 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.