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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (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.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As Minister for Health, I am committed to the implementation of the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) measure announced in Budget 2025 and reaffirmed in the new Programme for Government: Securing Ireland's Future. My Department and the Health Service Executive (HSE) has engaged extensively with the Irish Pharmacy Union in relation to the practical rollout of this measure. When operational,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (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: Cross-Border Co-operation (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: Cancer Services (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department of Health is developing the Policy on Advanced Practice in Health and Social Care Professions. The development of an evidence-based policy is progressing, with work underway by officials in the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Health Service Executive (HSE) National Health and Social Care Professions (HSCP) office. HSCP Advanced Practice involves the creation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have forwarded your query to the HSE and asked that they respond to you directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There are currently 40 radiation therapy student places available annually across Trinity College Dublin and University College, Cork. All HSCP educational programmes require a combination of academic teaching and clinical practice placements. The Department of Health is engaging with the HSE National Office for HSCPs regarding the provision of clinical placements to support expansion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: At the end of February 2025, HSE employment levels show there were 220 WTE Radiation Therapists directly employed by the HSE and Section 38 hospitals and agencies. There are currently 40 radiation therapy student places available annually across Trinity College Dublin and University College, Cork. The most recent validated graduate numbers from the Department of Further and Higher...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 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 Health: Cancer Services (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The implementation of the National Cancer Strategy is a Programme for Government commitment and is part of the implementation of Sláintecare. We have seen significant progress on the implementation of the Strategy over the past eight years, with clear evidence-based policy direction from my Department and strong implementation by the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP). The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (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: Legislative Measures (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Act 2024 was enacted in February 2024. The Act is a composite piece of legislation that includes provisions around donation and transplantation of organs, tissues, and cells, post-mortem practice and procedures, anatomical examination, and public display of bodies after death. Crucially, it embeds...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (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 this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (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: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 303 and 304 together. As the questions raised relate to service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy questions regarding GP services in County Louth and East Meath directly, as soon as possible. Please note that GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold at least one contract with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: GPs are independent practitioners who hold contracts with the HSE for the provision of health services on its behalf. Most GPs hold a GMS contract for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Under the terms of the GMS and GP Visit Card contracts the maximum number of medical card or GP visit card patients that a GP can have on their GMS panel...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (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: Care Services (2 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.