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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 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: Departmental Contracts (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: My Department's procurement and sourcing of IT equipment is carried out in accordance with public procurement policy and national and European Union law. The aim of these rules is to promote an open, competitive, and non-discriminatory public procurement regime which ultimately delivers the best value for money. My officials are responsible for ensuring that the Department's public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. The proposals in the Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill stem from the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee in 2022, a large-scale public consultation held in 2023/2024 and specific regulatory impact analysis, based on the available data and research regarding the prevalence of vaping in young people and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 to 192, inclusive, together. Firstly, I want to be absolutely clear on what the intention was with regard to the Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) initiative. Budget 2025 aimed to continue the excellent ongoing work to improve women’s healthcare and, in particular to support women on their menopause journey. It was originally intended that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (14 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: Medicinal Products (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Medicine shortages are, unfortunately, a feature of modern health systems worldwide and a global health problem. Issues surrounding security of medicines supply have been increasingly well characterised, both nationally and internationally, in recent years. The causes of such supply issues are multifaceted, ranging from pandemics, geopolitical events, perennial shortages of raw materials,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 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: Mental Health Policy (14 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: Hospital Appointments Status (14 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: Medical Inquiries (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Thank you, Deputy, for raising the important issue of the 'Non-Statutory Inquiry into the Historical Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate in Women of Child-Bearing Potential in the State’. Ms. Bríd O’Flaherty BL was appointed as the Chair of the ‘Non-Statutory Inquiry into the Historical Licensing and Use of Sodium Valproate in Women of Child-Bearing Potential...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Deputy for his question. As this is an operational matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE to provide further details on the roles and responsibilities of the HSCP regional integration development leads.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200, 203, 204, 205, 206 and 207 together. 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 and 202 together. 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: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the PQ relates to regulatory aspects of medical devices, I have reached out to the Health Products Regulatory Authority who are the agency in Ireland with responsibility of regulating medical devices for the benefit of people. The Department of Health engages with the HPRA regularity on their remit. Within the medical device regulatory framework, medical devices placed on the Irish or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (14 May 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: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There have been 64 applications to date under the Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP), all of which have been successful. Whilst the regulations are from 2019, the MCAP was operationalised by the HSE in November 2021 when products that satisfied the regulatory requirements became available. Year Number issued 2021 04 2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (14 May 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (14 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this relates to a HSE led service development initiative, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly as soon as possible with any pertinent information it may have.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 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: Primary Care Services (14 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.