Results 701-720 of 11,434 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 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: Suicide Incidence (2 Oct 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department of Health is not responsible for the publication of statistics on the number of suicides. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) publishes Vital Statistics for the Minister for Social Protection in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of the Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952 and Government Order SI 831 of 2007. Vital Statistics include...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 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: Health Services Staff (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: Patient Transport (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: Hospital Staff (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: 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: Medical Records (2 Oct 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The preliminary business case for a national electronic health record programme represents a very significant investment by the state and as such, is currently subject to the Infrastructure Guidelines (IG) established to assess proposals of this scale. The business case is well advanced and in accordance with IG has been subjected to the external assurance process where it was deemed...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer 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: Health Service Executive (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: 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 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 Appointments Status (2 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: Online Safety (2 Oct 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Funding to support programmes for schools is the responsibility of the Minister for Education and Youth. Separately, and as part of its public health remit, the HSE provides funding to a number of organizations that offer digital support services, including online safety supports. As these are operational matters I have referred the question to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (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: Hospital Appointments Status (2 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: Disease Management (2 Oct 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 430, 431, 433 and 435 together. The HSE’s National Women and Infants Health Programme has led on the development of the National Endometriosis Framework and on the expansion of existing endometriosis services. The Framework formalises a defined clinical pathway for women with endometriosis. Following extensive engagement with a wide range of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (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: Health Services Waiting Lists (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: Disease Management (2 Oct 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I met with the Asthma Society of Ireland on 4 September, where we had an opportunity to discuss their 2026 Budgetary Submission, including maintenance and reliever therapy inhalers, national reviews of asthma deaths, patient registries, and advanced nurse practitioners. As the Deputy is aware, funding for all service developments is considered in the first instance as part of the annual...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Oct 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 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. Where a vacancy arises in a practice with a GMS contract, the HSE becomes actively involved in the recruitment process to find a replacement GP....