Results 1,481-1,500 of 11,063 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 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, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 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 (8 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 Data (8 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 Data (8 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 (8 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 (8 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Shingles vaccination is not currently provided as part of the national immunisation programme. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) recently carried out a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on the herpes zoster vaccine which protects against shingles. A HTA is a multidisciplinary research process that collects and summarises information about a health technology. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On 1 June 2024, a package of targeted amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) were adopted by consensus under Resolution WHA77.17 by the Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly. This marked the conclusion of almost two years of intensive Member State-led negotiations, of which Ireland was supportive and played an active role. The Government approved the amendments to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 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 Data (8 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has advised my Department that it only collates and reports on overall Dermatology waiting lists and not by subspecialty, therefore it cannot provide details on the number of patients waiting for treatment for Alopecia. The NTPF has also advised that it does not currently outsource Dermatology treatment, and it has not provided any funding for...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 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 Programmes (8 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, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety (8 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Department for Social Protection are the lead Department on the School Meals Programme. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are responsible for operational matters related to food safety of the programme and therefore I would invite the Deputy to contact the FSAI directly on this topic.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Referred to HSE as this is an operational issue.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 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 (8 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My current legislative priority is the comprehensive regulation of e-cigarettes including a ban on disposable vapes. I am considering possible approaches to the regulation of nicotine pouches. The regulation of these products has already been discussed at EU level in the context of a revised Tobacco Products Directive. Recognizing that EU wide measures would be the most effective, I have on...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (8 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My current legislative priority on tobacco and related products is the further regulation of nicotine inhaling products and the prohibition on single-use vapes. The drafting of this legislation is now at an advanced stage. Once finalised, the draft legislation will require notification at EU level for assessment under the Technical Standards Directive (Directive 2015/1535) and the Tobacco...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 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, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) arrangement commenced on 1st June 2025. There is only one month of claiming data available under that arrangement which is insufficient to make definitive claims about the impact on trends in the use of HRT. In addition, the Health Service Executive (HSE) does not have data on the private access and use of HRT prior to the commencement of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (8 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.