Results 821-840 of 11,063 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Sep 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: Mental Health Services (17 Sep 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 Procedures (17 Sep 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 Services (17 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE South West region advised that a capital submission was made in 2021 for an interim modular building on the roof of the Palliative Care Unit and this was approved in February 2022 at an estimated total project cost of €9.38 million. That capital submission was developed in response to impacts arising from the covid pandemic and the limited available footprint resulted in a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (17 Sep 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 (17 Sep 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: Health Services Staff (17 Sep 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: Medicinal Products (17 Sep 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, I have asked the HSE for an update in this matter. The HSE has advised it is committed to providing access to as many medicines as possible, in as timely a fashion as possible, from the resources...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) can advise that Praziquantel is not presently authorised as a medicinal product for human use in Ireland. The HPRA cannot require companies to market medicinal products in Ireland, and we also have no role in relation to pricing and reimbursement. The HPRA would be willing at any stage to engage with and to provide regulatory guidance to any...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Sep 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: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This PQ has been referred to the HSE to respond.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (17 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1165, 1166, 1167 and 1168 together. Government is committed to the development of the new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) at Elm Park. It is a major infrastructural investment by the State for women’s health, providing much needed facilities for women and babies for generations to come. The extra capacity to be provided at the new NMH will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (17 Sep 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: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (17 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In Ireland, clinicians have two routes for access to medical cannabis-based products for their patients. The Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP) This is a 5-year pilot programme restricted to prescribing of cannabis-based products by medical consultants, for patients with certain medical conditions who have exhausted all other available medical treatment options. Those...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Sep 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 (17 Sep 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: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Health Research Board (HRB) invest more than €50M each year in research to inform health and social care practice and policy, which improves people's health and contributes to economic growth. HRB funding schemes are run as open, competitive calls and all eligible applications are internationally peer-reviewed by experts in the field. HRB typically do not ring-fence funding for...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (17 Sep 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 (17 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE Orthodontic Service is limited to those children with the most severe and complex orthodontic treatment needs. Referral for orthodontic assessment is usually made at the 6th Class oral health examination. The Modified Index of Treatment Needs (Modified IOTN) system is used in all regions to determine if a patient will be accepted for treatment. There are a number of categories within...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Sep 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.