Results 661-680 of 11,434 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government is committed, as per the Programme for Government, to increase the number of GPs practising across the country and thereby improve access to GP services. Several measures have been taken in recent years to make working as a GP in Ireland more attractive and to increase GP capacity. Over €340 million in additional annual investment in general practice has been...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Deputy will be aware that there are many services that the HSE needs to support each year from within its Oireachtas approved Budget. Please note that the level of funding available to each Government Department is being considered as part of the national estimates and budgetary process for 2026, which is currently underway. Pending completion of this process, it wouldn't be...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024-2030 reflects the changing landscape of health and social care in Ireland and sets out a roadmap to digitally transform health services and improve access for patients. This framework, combined with the corresponding HSE implementation roadmap, sets out a very clear path for the full digitisation of healthcare records and...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Programme for Government: Securing Ireland's Future sets out this Government's commitment to delivering an ambitious programme for all people and all regions across our shared island over the lifetime of this Government. My officials are currently in the early phases of exploring options for delivering on our Programme for Government commitment to provide a comprehensive women's health...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, with any pertinent information it may have from a HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) perspective.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The 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. Following on from the successful Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Immunisation pathfinder programme in 2024/2025, an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 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 devices. The Act provides a rigorous process for the assessment of new medicines and devices for reimbursement. The Act specifies nine criteria which must be considered. These include the health needs of the public and the...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164, 204 and 404 together. The Long-Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 conditions to be covered by the Scheme. These are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis;...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Deputy will be aware, Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) provides emergency ambulance services in Dublin City on behalf of Dublin City Council (DCC). The National Ambulance Service (NAS) provides emergency ambulance and intermediate care services nationally, including emergency ambulance responses on behalf of the DFB in Dublin as and when requested. There is a high level of cooperation...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There has been an unprecedented level of investment by this Government in the health service workforce in recent years. Growth in the number of staff in our health service has never been so high, with the recruitment over the past 5 years being the highest since the foundation of the Health Service Executive (HSE). There are over 29,000 more staff working in the health service than...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the terms of the current GMS contract, GPs are required to provide eligible patients, persons who hold a medical card or GP visit card, with ''all proper and necessary treatment of a kind usually undertaken by a general practitioner...". Eligible persons are not subject to any co-payments or other charges in respect of such services including GP consultations. The HSE reimburses GPs...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am pleased to update you on the progress of key capital developments at Beaumont Hospital. There are a number of significant proposals for capital investment, and all are progressing through the requisite design and planning stages. All of these proposals are being managed through the HSE capital development process in line with the Infrastructure Guidelines. As a live hospital campus...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the GMS scheme, the HSE contracts GPs to provide medical services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. The General Practitioner (GP) Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Programme commenced in 2020 and has been rolled out on a phased basis to adult GMS (Medical Card and GP Visit Card) patients over a 4-year period. The CDM Programme represents a new approach in...

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In September 2023, a comprehensive patient safety review and assurance process was commissioned by the HSE into the paediatric orthopaedic surgery service. This review is being undertaken by Mr Nayagam. The HSE have advised that the risk assessment aspect of the review has been completed and is being considered. The first phase of the review took longer than anticipated mostly because of...