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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cancer Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is really important to look at where we are versus the rest of Europe in terms of the impact of the investment we deliver. The most important impact is that people are living longer and recovering from cancer and living with and beyond cancer. When we talk about investment, that is what we are trying to achieve. Of course we want to use the resources we have in a way that will deliver...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am anticipating that report but I have not received it yet. I have not been presented with it yet. Of course, I will look at it immediately. There are a number of different issues that are not the same thing. One is the report, and we will look at the issues that are particular to that. The others are the resources and the increase in the number of consultants, which is quite...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, but-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Over €200 million is invested in public oral healthcare services annually. The dental treatment services scheme provides oral healthcare, free of charge, to medical card holders aged 16 and over, as the Deputy is aware. Services are provided by dentists and clinical dental technicians who hold a contract with the HSE. It is not mandatory for a dental practitioner operating in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Deputy set out the different options that were proposed. They were proposed in good faith with a view to keeping the service open and working. At some point, there is a finite number of options that can be proposed and try to be supported. They are really trying to work to find a solution. The Department and the HSE are ready to continue to engage with the charity regarding the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I do not accept that no solution has been attempted. I know it is not quite what Deputy Sherlock is saying but for the benefit of the House, proposals have been presented to GP Care For All. One is a partnership model, which is a traditional model of service delivery within general practice and also works in other areas. Another proposal is a hybrid model where the HSE contracts individual...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is a significant ongoing programme of work to prepare for the opening of the new hospital, including integration of the three hospitals and operational commissioning. This operational commissioning includes the clinical fit-out for the entire hospital, total digital integration and staff training to ensure the hospital can open and accept patients safely and also that the workforces...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Children's Hospital (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am advised that there is active engagement between the HSE and CHI to further revise the workforce plan. The question of staffing in all the specialisms has to come within the workforce plan. I appreciate that between now and the opening of the hospital, we might get several such letters from different specialists who are, understandably, trying to make the best case they can for the best...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The national review of adult specialist cardiac services is finalised. The review provides a detailed, evidence-driven analysis of cardiac services across the country. A wide range of stakeholders - clinical, patient and public - were consulted as part of the review. The review provides recommendations around cardiac health policy, specifically: patient-centred care integrated with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I cannot answer why it has not been done to date but I commit to the Deputy that it will be done and, naturally, I would welcome his engagement on it when it is published. I will be meeting the people involved when I come back from the St. Patrick's Day trip. I look forward to getting it published then because, as the Deputy says, it is incredibly important that it is done. Recent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I could not agree more about the need for a dedicated cardiovascular strategy and the multi-annual funding to facilitate that. With regard to Waterford, I have a small update. After an extensive recruitment campaign, we now have two labs open. One of those, from 18 March, will open with extended, albeit not 24-hour, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I know the Deputy is aware but I want to inform the House more broadly. The other lab will provide elective services five days a week and the two labs together will protect better against both emergencies and elective issues. That is a major step in what the Deputy correctly acknowledges is a long-standing need. With regard to 24-hour care, I am very open to providing the best care...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Following the Deputy’s question last week, and prior to that, my Department and the HSE have had extensive engagement with the organisation concerned. That engagement has focused on identifying ways the organisation can continue to deliver services, which is what we want, how it can be supported by the Department and the HSE, notwithstanding the tax treatment, and finding what other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am committed to improving access to hospital care and reducing waiting times for patients through a range of initiatives. This includes measures aimed at increasing capacity such as the establishment of elective hospitals and surgical hubs. I want to ensure we have a public health service where everyone has timely access to high-quality care, where and when they need it. The Waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I recognise that menopause is an important health and well-being issue affecting many women in Ireland. Budget 2025 allocated €20m to assist with the cost of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) products prescribed to women to help manage the symptoms associated with menopause. This represents another step to widen access to and reduce costs associated with menopause related...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In May 2024, HIQA was requested by the then Minister for Health to conduct a review of urgent and emergency care in the mid-west region with the primary objective of ensuring safe quality acute care in the region. As part of this review, HIQA was requested to consider the case for a second emergency department within the region in the context of the population changes in recent years and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to thank the Deputy for allowing me to update the house on this matter. I am happy to inform the Deputy that Primary Care Centres for Galway City West and Claregalway were advertised on the eTenders platform in Q4 2024. The tenders for Galway City West primary care centre have been assessed. The next step is to seek HSE Property/Board approval. Tenders were received for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE’s annual Pay and Numbers Strategy (PNS) sets out the HSE's recruitment targets and staffing ceilings each year. These recruitment targets reflect the service commitments outlined in the HSE’s annual National Service Plan, and include the significant increase in funding received by the HSE as part of the last Estimates process. Budget 2025 provided €11.7...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 121 together. As Minister for Health, I am very aware of concerns raised in relation to the use of the synthetic cannabinoid Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) that are being used by people for recreational purposes. Department officials have been in regular contact with the HSE Addiction Services in relation to the negative effects on users of the use of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The budget for Primary Care (excluding Palliative Care and Social Inclusion) in 2025 as set out in the HSE’s National Service Plan 2025 is €1,443 million. This represents 6.1% of the Department of Health's overall budget allocation to the HSE for 2025 of €23,705 million, and an increase of €113 million (8.5%) on the Primary Care budget for 2024 of €1,331...