Results 601-620 of 11,434 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is no barrier to them in the context of the funding side of it. The bigger issue is the planning side but we will work through it together. I had the good fortune to be in Waterford, a really excellently run hospital. I was in the CAT labs and got to see the different theatre configuration, which, of course, has been delivered. It is the case that the cardiologists have been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There was a recruitment process, and there you go. I stood, as I am sure the Deputy has done, and his party colleagues were there with me, outside the pretty magnificent surgical hub that is being completed there. We would very much like to see that. If anybody is going to run that well, I am confident that Waterford will do it. Those projects are being delivered and I look forward to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy. The Government is obviously committed to improving cancer care generally. As the Deputy is aware, a total of €105 million has been invested in the strategy since 2017, including €23 million in budget 2025. Under the national plan for radiation oncology, state-of-the-art radiation oncology centres have opened in Cork and Galway in 2019 and 2023,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Inquiries (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Again, I agree with the Deputy. On the Dickson report I will provide a note to Deputies on this. There is a follow-up process with those families. I do not have the details to hand but I would like to provide that information to them. Deputy Cullinane is absolutely right about developing services now. An inquiry should not prohibit or preclude that. He will be aware that I have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government is of course, as is everybody else, committed to improving cancer care, ensuring better prevention, maintaining improvements in cancer survival rates, and timely access to treatments. The national cancer control programme, NCCP, has a number of metrics for breast cancer services. They are consistently reviewed to guide service advancements and to make improvements. Since...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The five-year net survival rates for breast cancer grew from 71% in the 1990s to 87.5% for the 2019 to 2022 period. We are going in the right direction. The Deputy is absolutely right to highlight it. We have had more people through the system and demand is increasing year on year. More than 56,000 patients were seen in clinics in 2024, up from 50,000 in 2019. From my analysis, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I would be very grateful for the specifics of what the Deputy is asserting. I will check that out. It is very much the opposite to what we are trying to do. Considering the number of vacancies we are desperately trying to fill, I would be very concerned about that. I would appreciate if the Deputy could help me out with more information on that. Several cancer centres have plans for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Inquiries (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy. He is correct. On Monday, the Tánaiste and I met with the parents of Harvey Morrison Sherratt, along with other advocates who were there to support the family. The Tánaiste and I listened carefully to what his parents said. It must have been a particularly difficult time, as all of this period has been for them, but also recognising it has been two months...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Inquiries (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Yes, it would be my intention, irrespective of the form of investigation or inquiry, that it would be comprehensive in the way the Deputy has outlined, that it would be transparent and that it would be an inquiry that is also capable of making recommendations, as the parents and advocates have looked for. As he will be aware, in some forms of inquiry where information is presented during the...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Mater Hospital is one of eight designated cancer centres and has a range of services for cancer patients, including rapid access clinics for Lung, Prostate and Symptomatic Breast Disease, also providing surgical and medical oncology. While the Mater is meeting the national targets for its lung rapid access clinics and is improving waiting times for patients accessing systemic therapies,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question. I recognise the importance of providing the best care possible to patients with this condition. Women’s Health has been and will be a focus of mine since taking this office. We have made real progress in improving the healthcare available to women in Ireland. Veoza (Fezolinetant) is a treatment for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I would like to thank the Deputy for his question. There are currently 15 injury units in operation nationally which can be accessed by the general public. They treat injuries that are not life-threatening and are unlikely to need admission to hospital. They can help with many of the injuries people go to the emergency department for. For example, broken bones, dislocations, minor burns,...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Demand for health services and emergency department (ED) attendances is at an all-time high, driven by population growth and changing demographics. While we’ve invested heavily and increased health system staffing by over 24% since 2020, our focus must now shift to maximising that investment—delivering care efficiently, where and when it’s needed. People do not just...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Opening the National Children’s Hospital Ireland (NCHI) is a top priority for Government. Everything possible is being done to achieve this. Substantial completion of the hospital is informed by BAM’s programme of works and its delivery against that programme. It is for BAM to clearly state when it will complete this hospital. On 28 August, BAM provided the National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 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. I firstly want to acknowledge the substantial work undertaken for this review by HIQA, the ESRI, the Expert Advisory Group and all the stakeholders who contributed to the various workstreams, in particular to the public consultation. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy for this question, and I recognise his tireless efforts and close engagement with stakeholders on the provision of healthcare services in Gorey. The Health Service Executive (HSE) Capital & Estates, in collaboration with the National Ambulance Service (NAS), have identified and agreed on a suitable facility for use as a NAS ambulance base, and are in the process...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A number of measures have been taken in recent years to increase the number of GPs practising across the country, thereby increasing access to GP services. As per the Programme for Government, the Government is committed to continuing this work. Under the 2019 and 2023 GP GMS Agreements, over €340 million in additional annual investment into general practice has been provided for....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Investigation (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I want to state from the outset that the abuse of trust and attack on the dignity of patients by Mr. Michael Shine was a terrible betrayal by Mr. Shine of his patients. Government has the deepest of sympathy and concern for all victims of Michael Shine. I met with the Dignity4Patients support Group on 30 April 2025. I was grateful to the victims of Michael Shine for meeting with me and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A central objective of the Programme for Government is to deliver increased levels of integrated health care with service delivery reoriented towards general practice, primary care and community-based services to enable a “home first” approach. Primary Care Centres play an essential role in the delivery of that objective and significant progress has been made in the delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant public health concern both globally and in Ireland. While Ireland is a low-incidence country, recent figures show a rise in cases. There were 226 cases reported in 2023 and 289 in 2024. So far in 2025, 218 cases have been notified. My Department and the HSE continue to monitor the situation closely. The HSE works with partners and communities to raise...