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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Act 2018 was enacted on 26 December 2018 and came into effect immediately from that date. The Act provides for an increase in the compulsory retirement age of most standard public servants recruited prior to 1 April 2004 to age 70.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2270 and 2271 together. Regarding a regulatory framework for Physician Associate/Assistant, a number of representative bodies for unregulated professions have approached the Department seeking to be regulated. It is important in this context to point out the issues to be considered regarding the proportionate degree of regulatory force required to protect...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2272 and 2422 together. The requirement for health labelling of alcohol products was enacted in 2018 in the Public Health (Alcohol) Act with the detail of those requirements finalised in 2023. It will come into effect in May 2026. The legislation provides for health warnings in relation alcohol consumption while pregnant. along with liver disease and...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the management of the public healthcare property estate, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you in relation to this matter.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

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: 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: Hospital 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: Health Services Staff (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: Health Services Waiting Lists (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: Health Services Staff (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 Appointments Status (29 Apr 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. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health 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...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: General Practitioner Services (29 Apr 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. Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. As of the 1st...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: General Practitioner Services (29 Apr 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. Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner and not requiring special skill or...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Irish Government established ‘The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes” and certain related Matters in 2015. A collaborative forum was established in 2018 by the then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, comprising former residents, academics and advocates. One of the recommendations made concerned a package of health, wellbeing and social care...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Prescriptions are currently valid for a maximum of 12 months, with some exceptions. As per S.I No. 73/2024 www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2024/si/73/made/en/ which came into operation on 1 March 2024, a prescriber may prescribe up to 12 months of certain medications, if they deem it clinically appropriate. Prescribers are under no obligation to prescribe medications for longer than they...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Staff (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.