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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Patients are moving into that 96-bed block. The enabling works for the second 96-bed block, which is literally right beside it, are well under way and we hope for a positive planning decision on that. There are a further 66 to develop. We have to be very honest. That hospital needs more acute beds. There is no question about it. It is a constrained site. It is difficult in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I see the trolley figures every day and Limerick is under enormous pressure because of patient acute capacity but there has been such change and I pay tribute to Ms Broderick; Dr. Catherine Peters, the clinical director of the region; and Mr. Ian Carter, the manager, because there are a couple of things that show it is going well. Limerick, despite being under an awful lot of pressure, has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Although 73% of consultants have taken the public-only contract, I am sorry I am not able to tell the Senator the proportion working extended days and weekends in the same way I was able to in relation to Mullingar and other hospitals. However, I expect that when I meet that region in January, I will get more clarity and detail on what is happening there. Letterkenny is one of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No, it is not. Let me put it a different way. I said very clearly that the new manager in Tallaght University Hospital, Barbara Keogh Dunne, has done an exceptional job in turning around the patient flow in that hospital since the beginning of July this year, and I can track those hospital figures. Frankly, the manager and the IHA manger are responsible for patient flow in a hospital and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I want to add one thing regarding the patient flow in Letterkenny. As I said to Senator Boyle, there were 71 discharges on Friday and there were six people on trolleys on Saturday morning. There were ten discharges on Saturday and there were 16 people on trolleys on Sunday morning. There were six discharges on Sunday and there were 12 people on Monday morning and 20 people on Tuesday...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Similarly, in St. Vincent's University Hospital-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I can give the Senator details on where Letterkenny is on the red ranking, as it were, and the number of days it has been in red. It is not as bad as Mayo University Hospital, but not far off. I will get the Senator specifics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I want to point out Mayo University Hospital had an improvement last week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Regarding the HIQA report on Limerick, we are progressing with option A immediately. HIQA says very clearly the inpatient bed capacity is an absolute necessity, and that is the case no matter what else we do. The 96 beds are opening over the next days. We hope we will get positive planning permission for the second block of 96 beds, which is right beside it. We are progressing another 66...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We are dealing with the HIQA report, which has been recommended. I agree about the overall capacity that is needed. I want to prioritise inpatient capacity, obviously. I have suggested - and I appreciate that it was before the Deputy arrived - that HIQA give a detailed briefing to the committee on its report and analysis. I am firmly of the view that more hospital capacity is needed....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is 114 beds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Management of Hospital Waiting Lists and Insourcing and Outsourcing of Treatment: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There are a couple of things. First, a new dental school has been opened by the Royal College of Surgeons in Sandyford. It is a community-based “treat and train” model, which is bringing in 35 patients this year. That will continue to grow, and there is a plan for a similar model in Connolly Hospital. The Deputy is right that there are fewer dentists doing HSE work, and we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 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: Budget 2026 (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to acknowledge receipt of the Irish Lung Fibrosis Associations pre-budget submission. My Department will give this document due consideration as part of its ongoing and future engagements with the ILFA and will continue to work with all stakeholders to ensure the best outcomes for people living with Lung Fibrosis in Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 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: Vaccination Programme (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). NIAC considers the prevalence of the relevant disease in Ireland as well as international best practice in relation to immunisation when developing its advice. The current NIAC guidelines state that the shingles vaccine may be considered in those aged 65 years and older,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 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: Healthcare Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 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; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 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. The ages at which vaccines are recommended in the immunisation schedule are recommended by NIAC in order to give each...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 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.