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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 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 Health: General Practitioner Services (2 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 Health: Tobacco Control Measures (2 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 Health: Ambulance Service (2 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 Health: Hospital Staff (2 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 Health: Health Strategies (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 334, 335, 336, 337, 338 and 342 together. Uro-gynaecological (transvaginal) mesh is used in the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) in women and such mesh devices have been widely used for this over the past two decades. However, in late 2017, in line with emerging international evidence, concerns were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme commenced on 8 December 2022 with the opening of the HSE’s online registration portal for the programme. In 2023, the Laura Brennan HPV Vaccination Catch-Up Programme offered free HPV vaccines to: • females who are 24 years of age or younger .• males who are 21 years of age or younger. Approximately 11,000 people...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Cannabinoids are a diverse group of chemical compounds, primarily found in the cannabis plant, that interact with the body's endocannabinoid system. The most well known of these is the psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol THC, a cannabinol derivative responsible for the high and is a schedule 1 drug and subject to the strictest level of control under the Misuse of Drugs legislative...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have two points to add to the comments made by my Government colleagues. The first is that we are temporary custodians of the processes and standards that were built before our time in the House. The Ceann Comhairle is a constitutional officeholder who was elected by the Dáil. It is disproportionate to have a motion of confidence if the only issue is the way in which she took a...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That word.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No, you used the word "lies".

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Really?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Deputy is aware, there needs to be an amendment to that legislation. There is considerable engagement between the Department of children, the Department of Justice and my Department on it and there has been intensive work. It is on the priority list for the spring legislative programme. I expect that amending legislation to be published in June. My own target is that it will be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The commitment in the budget last year was to provide for HRT medication to be free. That has been available to be implemented since January. The Deputy is correct to say that there had not been enough dialogue with pharmacists in the context of the implementation of the scheme. I met the Irish Pharmacy Union twice - in early February and again last week - in order to try to resolve the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I updated the House last week to the effect that I had received the interim report. It has since been published. The report outlines the process that HIQA is going through, including in the context of the submissions that have been made and that are being collated. In the report, HIQA indicates that it will publish the final report in May. We will need to see what that is going to say.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Deputy is correct that the programme for Government contains a commitment in respect of the establishment of six surgical hubs. We are examining a business case for an additional hub in the north west. I am going through the detail of that. It is extremely important to recognise how additive a surgical hub can be and the support it can provide to a local acute hospital to try to remove...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Programmes (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The clinical review of the MCAP not yet commenced. Departmental officials are currently working on membership of the review group, including a Chair. This is expected take several weeks following which the review can commence.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (1 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 (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.