Results 561-580 of 8,051 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Jun 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 (17 Jun 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: Departmental Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 846 and 847 together. The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicines under the community drugs schemes, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. Therefore, I have asked the HSE to provide an update in relation to treatments for SMA patients over 18 years of age. The HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 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 devices; therefore, I have asked the HSE for an update in this matter. The HSE has advised that there is a National Application, Assessment & Decision Process for new medicines which is underpinned by Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE CEO is commissioning an audit of governance and equity in patient access and waiting list management at Children's Health Ireland (CHI). This audit will aim to assess governance and equity in access to care within CHI, and in particular the balance between public and private patient management. This will include a range of factors including methodologies of payments by private...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached table, which provides a breakdown of HIQA inspectors on 1 January each year between 2019 & 2025, and the latest figure for June 2025. The inspectors are provided by division between designated centres for children, older persons, disability, Regulatory Practice Development Unit, healthcare (including permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The information requested by the Deputy, which has been provided to me by HIQA, is set out in the attached table. HIQA - Breakdown of Agency Staff Expenditure by Area of the Organisation - 2019 to 2025 2019 Information Technology 512,189 Regulation Support 233,258 Health Technology Assessment ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Jun 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 Services (17 Jun 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: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This Government remains committed to increasing capacity in the public system and until that capacity is in place to meet the increased levels of demand, it’s appropriate that we make use of additional capacity in the public and private systems to ensure that patients have access to the care they need. Accordingly, the Waiting List Action Plan approach includes targeting the delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The national immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The committee's recommendations are based on the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland and international best practice in relation to immunisation. It makes recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department. NIAC continues to revise recommendations to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 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 (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Deputy is aware, CORU is Ireland's multi-profession health regulator responsible for regulating health and social care professionals. It includes the Health and Social Care Professionals Council and the Registration Boards established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (as amended). CORU has established registers for designated professions incrementally, as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The CervicalCheck Tribunal was established on 27 October 2020 under the CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019. No. of claims received by the CervicalCheck Tribunal No. of claims processed 26 25 (two claims were combined) Due to the possible identification of individual claims, a yearly breakdown of claim numbers is unavailable. The number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (17 Jun 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 (17 Jun 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 (17 Jun 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: National Treatment Purchase Fund (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is an independent body established under Statutory Instrument (S.I.) 179 - National Treatment Purchase Fund (Establishment) Order, 2004 as amended by S.I. No. 125 of 2007, the Health (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 2007 and the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act (2009). The NTPF Board is responsible for ensuring good governance and compliance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (17 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 872, 919, 920 and 921 together. I understand that complications from a mesh implant are very distressing and painful for those women involved and since the emergence of this matter, the ongoing priority focus for the Department of Health has been to ensure that all women experiencing mesh related complications receive high quality, multidisciplinary and...