Results 241-260 of 6,040 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Records (29 Apr 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 access for patients. The Programme for Government both underlines and commits to the ambition set out in the Framework to continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Register (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Non-alcohol products and the significant promotion of those products are relatively recent developments therefore the overall public health impact is as yet unclear. My Department monitors the emerging evidence on an ongoing basis and will conduct a specific evidence review on the public health impacts of such promotions in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: State Claims Agency (29 Apr 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 clinical claims and incidents, it does not publish a breakdown by individual hospital as to do so would effectively create a ‘league table’, which...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Procedures (29 Apr 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 Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This query has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Prescriptions Charges (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2098 to 2102, inclusive, together. The recently published Programme for Government (Securing Ireland's Future) contains a suite of measures on medicines which my officials will seek to progress over the lifetime of this government. The State is committed to providing timely access to new and innovative medicines to all patients. Budgets 2021 to 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Primary Care Centres (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Health Service Executive (HSE) provides hearing aids and associated maintenance free of charge to children under the age of 18 and to adults with a medical card. Further information regarding the HSE's audiology service can be found at: www2.hse.ie/services/audiology/ In accordance with the provisions of the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for a medical card is determined...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My Department is aware of the stress that shortages of medicines can cause for patients and healthcare professionals alike. Therefore, mitigating medicine shortages and strengthening security of supply is the subject of several workstreams in my Department, the wider health service and across Europe. However, medicine shortages are, unfortunately, a feature of modern health systems...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Following lengthy negotiations under the auspices of the Workforce Relations Commission (WRC) an unprecedented funding agreement was reached in March 2025 which provided for a 9.25% pay increase for up to 40,000 community and voluntary workers equivalent to the Public Sector Pay agreement 2024-2026, a deal that also included an automatic link to all future public sector pay agreements to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My Department is working with partners in Northern Ireland to improve cooperation in health and social care where there are clear benefits for both jurisdictions and for patients across the island. This includes the potential for developing perinatal and paediatric pathology services capable of serving both jurisdictions. Perinatal and paediatric pathology services are a challenging and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Following extensive engagement under the auspices of the WRC, the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA) announced the suspension of its industrial action on the 4th April 2025. An agreement was reached with the HSE that they would conduct a review process to set out the nursing numbers required to run mental health services. Local engagement between the PNA and the HSE continues on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Annualised rates of remuneration, as well as all allowances payable to all staff of the public health service, are as per those set out in the Department's Consolidated Salary Scales. There is currently no proposal to introduce an allowance as per the Deputy's question.