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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 May 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 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; diabetes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 May 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: Disease Management (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Medical card and GP visit card provision is primarily based on financial assessment. In accordance with the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for a medical card and GP Visit Card is determined by the HSE, which assesses each application on a qualifying financial threshold. This is the amount of money that an individual can earn per week and still qualify for a card. It is specific to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Hospitals that charge parking fees are very cognisant of the financial implications of parking costs for patients and their families, particularly for those suffering with chronic illness, who may require ongoing hospital treatment. Consequently, many hospitals have some form of exemptions or allowances in place such as the option of flexible day passes or multi-trip entry passes for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There has been an unprecedented level of investment by Government in the health service workforce since 2020. As of April 2025, there were 29,232 more staff working in our health service than there were at the beginning of 2020 which includes an additional 10,184 nurses and midwives. As a result of continued investment in advanced practice, the percentage of the total nursing and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Question Heading for question(s) 375 (28 May 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 (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376, 377, 382 and 390 together. As recently announced, the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) arrangement will commence on 1st June 2025, with the full support of the Irish Pharmacy Union (IPU). Pharmacies have until the 1st June to sign up and, with the IPU's endorsement, it is anticipated that the vast majority of pharmacies will sign up. The Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Following the publication of the Terms of Reference for a Review of Diabetes Policy and Services, a Steering Group made up of representatives of the Department of Health, the Health Service Executive (HSE), and Diabetes Ireland has drafted a report which has now been submitted to the Department of Health for consideration. Decisions on the next steps in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Preparations for the development of a National Diabetes Registry are currently underway. The development of the registry will have a long-term benefit on patient care by facilitating the provision of reliable data regarding diabetes in the population. This will enable health service planners and frontline staff to develop and deliver future services in the most efficient manner within...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My Department is aware of the stress that shortages of medicines can cause for patients and healthcare professionals alike, thusly managing and mitigating medicine shortages is the subject of several workstreams across the Department and wider health service. Shortages are a global issue experienced by all countries regardless of size or economic status. There has been intermittent supply...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 384 and 385 together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible. Please note that GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold at least one contract with the HSE for the provision of medical services on its behalf, such as the GMS contract for the provision of GP...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My Department is aware of the stress that shortages of medicines can cause for patients and healthcare professionals alike, thusly managing and mitigating medicine shortages is the subject of several workstreams across the Department and wider health service. Shortages are a global issue experienced by all countries regardless of size or economic status. There has been intermittent supply...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (28 May 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. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Regrettably children can still experience a long waiting period for spinal procedures, and I am very aware of the burden this brings on them and their families. Several initiatives are underway to help improve access to services including a ringfenced theatre, additional outpatient clinics, and national and international outsourcing to maximise capacity. The dedicated Paediatric Spinal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 May 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: Sexually Transmitted Infections (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The National 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. NIAC make recommendations on vaccination policy to my Department. NIAC revise recommendations on an ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (28 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Once the new children’s hospital is ready to open, staff, patients, equipment and services will transfer from the existing children’s hospitals. Following this migration, decommissioning of the current sites will occur. It is estimated that the decommissioning of the Temple Street and Crumlin sites will take approximately six months. After the decommissioning of Temple Street...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 May 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 Infrastructure Provision (28 May 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 Infrastructure Provision (28 May 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.