Results 961-980 of 11,063 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (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: Departmental Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: General practitioners who hold a GMS contract are reimbursed for the services they provide to medical card and GP visit card holders on behalf of the HSE. GMS GPs are remunerated through capitation payments and fee-per-item payments for certain services. Practices also receive a range of financial supports under the GMS scheme. The financial supports available to eligible GMS GPs/GP...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1327, 1328, 1329 and 1330 together. 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 Strategies (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Programme for Government 2025 outlines this Government’s commitment to improving public health, including building on the existing National Cardiovascular Policy. On April 8th, the National Review of Adult Specialist Cardiac Services was published. The Review provides a detailed, evidence-driven analysis of cardiac services across the Country. A wide range of stakeholders -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am committed to supporting our population screening programmes, which are a valuable part of our health service, enabling early treatment and care for many people, and improving the overall health of our population. It is important to highlight that any decisions about changes to our national screening programmes, or the introduction of new programmes, will be facilitated through...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ireland has made progress in tackling CVD. Today, CVD mortality is about half of the levels of 1995, however, CVD still accounts for a large percentage of all deaths in Ireland. The absolute number of CVD cases has increased due to the rise in population and Ireland’s ageing demographics. CVD imposes significant social and personal costs for patients including reduced quality of life,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: 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: Health Strategies (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Government agreed to the establishment of the Interdepartmental Working Group on the Rising Cost of Health-Related Claims in January 2023 and the previous Minister for Health published the Group’s Report on the 19 September 2024, along with two ancillary reports, ‘Plaintiff experiences of the medico-legal environment in Ireland (UCC)’ and ‘A Comparative analysis of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In relation to the particular query raised, 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 (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: Health Services (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Health Service Executive (HSE) has statutory responsibility for medicine pricing and reimbursement decisions, in accordance with the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE also have responsibility for the administration of the Community Drug Schemes, including the Drug Payment Scheme (DPS). Under the DPS, no individual or family pays more than €80 a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (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: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht operates a number of grant schemes aimed at supporting rural development, community development and the Gaeltacht. In general these grant schemes provide supports to local authorities or to community and voluntary groups throughout the country, rather than individuals. Policy responsibility for air quality matters rests with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My immediate priority following the publication of the Thomas Audit was to ensure that there was clinical follow-up and care for patients who had undergone pelvic osteotomy surgery. This is a once-off review to assess complications and determine current clinical state. After this, patients enter the recommended normal follow up process. These multi-disciplinary team clinics have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a Health Service Executive Commissioned Review, the HSE has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The timely completion of the National Children’s Hospital Ireland (NCHI) is a Government priority. Everything possible is being done to ensure this world-class hospital will open as quickly as possible, on behalf of children, young people, and their families. At the St. James’s campus site, work towards substantial completion of the hospital is in its final stages. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

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: Departmental Reviews (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: Departmental Programmes (17 Sep 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...