Results 341-360 of 11,063 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. The Minister for Health is prohibited from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to the particular query raised, as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Online Safety (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Funding to support programmes for schools is the responsibility of the Minister for Education and Youth. Separately, and as part of its public health remit, the HSE provides funding to a number of organizations that offer digital support services, including online safety supports. As these are operational matters I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (2 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: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. The Minister for Health is prohibited from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to the particular query raised, as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 430, 431, 433 and 435 together. The HSE’s National Women and Infants Health Programme has led on the development of the National Endometriosis Framework and on the expansion of existing endometriosis services. The Framework formalises a defined clinical pathway for women with endometriosis. Following extensive engagement with a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 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 Waiting Lists (2 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: Disease Management (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I met with the Asthma Society of Ireland on 4 September, where we had an opportunity to discuss their 2026 Budgetary Submission, including maintenance and reliever therapy inhalers, national reviews of asthma deaths, patient registries, and advanced nurse practitioners. As the Deputy is aware, funding for all service developments is considered in the first instance as part of the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: GPs are self-employed practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients, and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. Where a vacancy arises in a practice with a GMS contract, the HSE becomes actively involved in the recruitment process to find a replacement GP....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (2 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: Hospital Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 463 together. The Deputy will be aware that there are many services that the HSE needs to support each year from within its Oireachtas approved Budget. Please note that the level of funding available to each Government Department is being considered as part of the national estimates and budgetary process for 2026, which is currently underway. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstruation. Menopause occurs with the final menstrual period and thus is known with certainty only in retrospect, one year after the event. Menopause can be natural or induced – induced menopause may be due to surgical removal of the ovaries, or may be due to medication, chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Recruitment and retention of healthcare workers including physiotherapists is a key priority for the Government. Every effort will be made to assist Irish students studying Physiotherapy in the Netherlands to secure clinical placements, enabling them to register with CORU and take up positions within the Irish health service. Officials in my department are engaging with the HSE regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Humanitarian Aid (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 442 and 444 together. I thank the Deputy for his question in relation to medical evacuations from Gaza to Ireland. I can advise the Deputy that Ireland continues a strong tradition of providing humanitarian assistance including through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Irish Aid humanitarian and development assistance programme, and the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government is actively working to increase elective care capacity in Ireland, ensuring that high-quality and timely scheduled care is available to all. New elective facilities will support the separation of scheduled (elective) and emergency care. This can lead to improved care for patients with fewer cancellations and delays for elective care caused by seasonal surges, localised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 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: Official Engagements (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I can confirm that I have not spoken formally with Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the UK, Wes Streeting, in the past three months. Officials from my Department however continue to engage regularly with their counterparts in the Department of Health and Social Care in the UK.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 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: Cancer Services (2 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.