Results 261-280 of 11,434 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to reply to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This government is also committed to improving services for people with Epilepsy through the implementation of the HSE Epilepsy Model of Care (2016). DOH officials engage with the HSE National Clinical Programme for Epilepsy who are responsible for implementation of the Epilepsy Model of Care. We understand that key priorities for the HSE include strengthening and training for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Oct 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 and medical devices; therefore, I have asked the HSE for an update in this matter. The HSE has advised that there is a National Application, Assessment & Decision Process for new medicines which is underpinned by Primary...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 351 and 352 together. The EU Tobacco Products Directive regulates all tobacco products, including novel tobacco products, as well as electronic cigarettes containing nicotine and herbal products for smoking. It does not currently apply to novel nicotine products, and as such these products are not regulated by EU or domestic tobacco control legislation. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (15 Oct 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: Laboratory Facilities (15 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: MedLIS is a national programme that underpins Ireland’s broader investment in digitising the health system and is a national laboratory system intended to serve the needs of all laboratory sites well into the future. Our legacy of different laboratory information systems deployed across different sites is not conducive towards delivering consistent digital health records for all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Qualifications Recognition (15 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Officials in my Department have been in touch with CORU on the matter raised. CORU does not have a policy which directly addresses recognition of degree programmes from universities in illegal settlements. Each recognition application is considered on a case-by-case basis by the relevant CORU registration board based on its own merits.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Regulation 7 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2017 (Statutory Instrument 173/2017) provides the statutory guidelines for the administration of controlled drugs to patients and only applies to those controlled drugs with a marketing authorisation as a medicine. Departmental officials continue to consider the matter of the administration of controlled drugs which are not medicines with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: School Funding (14 Oct 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: Departmental Staff (14 Oct 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: Dental Services (14 Oct 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: Hospital Equipment (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are available in many locations across society under the management of various organisations. AEDs are among the various items eligible for funding under the Community Sport Facilities Fund. The Community Sport Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital & Equipment Programme) is operated by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Oct 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical items, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. In line with the 2013 Act and the national framework agreed with industry, a company must submit an application to the HSE to have a new medicine added to the formal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Oct 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 (14 Oct 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 (14 Oct 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: Dental Services (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Dentists Act 1985 establishes the Dental Council as the regulatory body for the dental profession in Ireland. Its general concern is to promote high standards of professional education and professional conduct among dentists. The Dental Council's main functions are assigned under the 1985 Act, and this includes establishing, maintaining and publishing a Register of Dentists and a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Details of National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) expenditure for each year are available in the Annual Financial Statements laid before the Oireachtas, which can be viewed at www.oireachtas.ie/en/publications/docs-laid/ The Annual Financial Statements are also incorporated into the NTPF Annual Reports which are published on the NTPF website. Annual Reports from 2007 to 2023 can be viewed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Oct 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.