Results 3,641-3,660 of 6,207 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have a constituent who was told his young son has an unknown and indefinite estimated waiting time for therapeutic services in CDNT 3's area. He says the family cannot afford to wait any longer. The witnesses do not need me to go on. Do people get a specified waiting period or an indefinite one?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That applies in emergencies, in other words, there is a mechanism when there is a crisis. Okay, so on 1 January-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will continue if Mr. O'Regan does not mind. I begin on 1 January and hear back by the end of March and then we are not sure about waiting times on the CDNT. I appreciate they vary. I would argue my area is less efficient than others but I still do not have any estimated timeline. Is it on average six months, nine months, 12 months or 24 months? What are we working towards here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: From all of the parents that I speak to in my area, it is easily three years. I understand that the problem is lack of therapists.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How many is the HSE short and how many does it need?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is funding for 836 posts. How many of those will be filled in 2023 and 2024?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There are two streams or mechanisms of delivering people. How many new entrants does Mr. O’Regan think they will deliver in 2023 and 2024?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Approximately.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is broadly within the HSE.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How many in Mr. O'Regan's area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In 2023?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A couple of hundred. I struggle with Mr. O’Regan not having an answer. How is the HSE supposed to plan for the allocation of that staff around the different areas in 2023 and 2024? He talked to the committee about reducing the waiting times for assessments. However, I do not know how many staff will be there next year. Is a couple of hundred 100, 300 or 600? Where will the HSE...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not wish to be unfair - absolutely not. Will Mr. O’Regan please tell me how many there will be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes. I am aware of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How many does the HSE lose each year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There are 700 funded posts vacant plus funding for another 136. How many are working in total? What is the vacancy proportion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There are 836 funded vacancies, so the money is there. I would rather the HSE got 200 of them than two. I would rather that it got 40 of them than four. However, in any process, there has to be a target and an outcome. I recognise that it is probably unrealistic to hire 836 people next year. However, I would like to know what the management target is. If the HSE does recruitment and has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Health: Health Service Executive (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is fine. Broad is better than nothing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: May I have members' agreement to suspend the sitting briefly in order that we can bring in our witnesses? Is that agreed? Agreed.