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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: A Strategic Review of General Practice is currently underway, led by the Department of Health and supported by the HSE. With input from key stakeholders, the review is examining a range of issues affecting general practice including GP training, GP capacity, Out of Hours services reform, the eHealth Agenda, and the financial support model for general practice. The Review will identify the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I just want to observe with regard to UHL that over the bank holiday weekend in February, 140 people were waiting on trolleys but this weekend there were 79. That is a 56% reduction and it should be like that all the time. There is huge capacity going into Limerick in terms of the 96-bed block and a second one. There will be 582 new beds delivered. An interim report by HIQA was brought to...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There are many different issues and I want to try to respond to everybody individually. If I do not, I will do so when I come back in on a different section because I respect and appreciate all the important points people have raised. I do not simply want to read out speaking notes or anything like that. I want to try to address the points properly. It was very important to me to be...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I want to clarify Senator Ryan's position. From my reading of the amendment, she does not specify the time as ten weeks or 12 weeks but she alludes to the Sláintecare target times. Is that correct?

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The external quality review conducted by the Boston Children's Hospital contained 27 recommendations, 23 of which have been implemented. One recommendation has been partially completed but cannot be fully completed until the move to the new national children's hospital - we need to talk about the name. A further recommendation cannot be commenced until the transition to the hospital is...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Out of respect to the people who have been working on this, I wish to inform Senators that in 2024 a total of 513 spinal procedures were completed, a 10% increase on the 464 undertaken in 2023, and a 25% increase on 2019. As of 26 February this year, 87 procedures had been completed. Saturday outpatient clinics are taking place where new spinal outpatient referrals are being seen in...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Senator Boyhan.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In December 2023, the Minister for Health established the National Rare Disease Steering Group which was tasked with developing a new National Rare Disease Strategy for Ireland. The Steering Group are expected to finalise the Strategy in the coming weeks, following which it will be presented to me for consideration before the Strategy is officially launched.Following the launch of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Health and Social Care Professionals Council and Registration Boards, collectively known as CORU, are responsible for protecting the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training, and competence amongst the professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act (2005), which includes the speech and language profession. I am advised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Health and Social Care Professionals Council and Registration Boards, collectively known as CORU, are responsible for protecting the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct, education, training, and competence amongst the professions designated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act (2005). I am advised by CORU, that some pathways for recognition of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The World Conference on Tobacco Control 2025 is being organised and funded by the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease; my Department is not involved in either its organisation or its funding. I welcome that Ireland has been chosen as the location of the conference and look forward to the focus that it will bring to combustible tobacco smoking which remains the leading...

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Programmes (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union will take place during July – December 2026. My Department is pro-actively engaging with DFA and other Government Departments in the whole of Government approach to the preparations for the Irish Presidency. Coordination My Department is actively engaged in the Inter-Departmental Groups (IDGs) set up by DFA:IDG on Presidency...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Ireland is a member of the EU Expert Group on Tobacco Policy. The purpose of this group is to assist the Commission in the preparation of policy initiatives, to facilitate cooperation with Member States in this area and to act as a forum through which Member States' experts can be consulted on the preparation of reports, legislative proposals and delegated acts within the framework of Union...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: At this point, it is not possible to confirm whether or not officials from the Department of Health will be responsible for the advancement of a revised EU Tobacco Products Directive during the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2026. The timing of any legislative proposal to revise the Tobacco Products Directive is in the European Commission’s hands. If the European...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold contracts with the HSE for the provision of public health services. Information on the various GP contracts, and the services provided under those contracts, is available from the HSE website. The GMS contract, for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holder, sets out the obligations of GPs under that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (19 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, I have asked the HSE for an update on this matter. The HSE has advised that the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) Rapid Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of Continuous Glucose...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (19 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 Waiting Lists (19 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 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.