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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Mar 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: General Practitioner Services (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Any qualified doctors, including GPs, wishing to practise medicine in Ireland are required to first register with the Medical Council and the Council is obliged to ensure that all doctors it registers meet the necessary standards to practise medicine here. Doctors from Ukraine, depending on their qualifications and experience, may apply for registration in the General, Specialist, or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In addition to monitoring the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Commission (DPC) also promotes awareness of data protection compliance and assist organisations through the consultation function. Under data protection legislation, the Department is required to consult with the DPC during the preparation of a legislative measure that relates...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department of Health has no remit in the administration of Justice. An Garda Síochána, the DPP and the courts services are under the remit of the Department of Justice. As such, this question should be directed to the Minister for Justice for response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Mar 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 (26 Mar 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: Hospital Appointments Status (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In relation to the particular query raised, adult and child waiting list information by hospital and specialty is published monthly by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) on its website: www.ntpf.ie/home/nwld.htm The information is now being made available through an interactive visual tool which provides users with a much-improved way of accessing and analysing waiting list information.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Given the unprecedented investment and growth in the number of staff working in our health service over the last 5 years, it is difficult to understand why some health sector unions believe that taking industrial action is justified. Recruitment of staff over the past 5 years has been the highest since the foundation of the HSE, with over 28,500 staff now working in the health system than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (26 Mar 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (26 Mar 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: Disability Services (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this relates to a Local recruitment issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this relates to a local service matter I have asked the HSE to reply to the Deputy Directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this relates to a local service matter, I have asked the HSE to reply to the deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Weather Events (26 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: No additional funding has been allocated to my Department following Storm Éowyn.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (26 Mar 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 (25 Mar 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 Staff (25 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: An unprecedented agreement was reached at the WRC on 10th March to fund Health and Social Care, and Homeless sector employers give a 9.25% pay increase to their workers – an increase equivalent to the current Public Sector Agreement 2024-2026. The agreement also includes an automatic link to match any future pay increases that may arise in future public sector pay agreements. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Mar 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 (25 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Minister for Health established the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group in August 2024. The Hearing Care Plan Working Group is jointly chaired by the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive. Membership of the Working Group is drawn from relevant stakeholders, including the Irish Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists, the Irish Academy of Audiology, and the Department of...