Results 481-500 of 11,434 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As Minister for Health, I am determined to support our screening programmes, which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. Currently, all babies (between 3 and 5 days old) are offered newborn bloodspot screening (generally known as the ‘heel prick’), which tests for nine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: HIQA published their independent and expert review of urgent and emergency healthcare services in the HSE Mid West Region on Tuesday 30th of September. The HIQA report clearly identifies that the lack of sufficient acute inpatient beds in UHL and the Mid West region is the core issue that needs to be addressed urgently. The report presents three options for how to best address the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Oct 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 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: Medicinal Products (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 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 Global Health Programme. In September 2024, a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (7 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 Staff (7 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 (7 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 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 (7 Oct 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 Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 Oct 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 Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of the surgical hubs to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In April 2023, the European Commission proposed an ambitious Revision of the EU General Pharmaceutical Legislation. On the 4th June 2025, after two years of negotiations on the file, the Council of the European Union agreed their Mandate to enter into negotiations with the Parliament and the Commission. The Council's mandate was agreed for both the proposal for a Directive on the Union...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I have asked the HSE, as Sponsoring Agency with day-to-day responsibility for the delivery of the surgical hubs to respond to you directly in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department of Health and its Women’s Health Taskforce are committed to improving health outcomes and experience of healthcare for all women in Ireland and this is reflected in the ongoing work in relation to the Women's Health Action Plan 2022 – 2023 - gov.ie/en/department-of-health/publications/womens-health-ac tion-plan-2022-2023/ - and Women’s Health Action Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 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: Healthcare Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken, commissioned, or funded any research into reproductive health outcomes for racialised migrant and ethnic minority women in Ireland (details supplied); if so, to provide details with specific reference to maternal health, menopause, gynaecological disorders, and reproductive cancers; if not, if her Department has considered...