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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I cannot answer why it has not been done to date but I commit to the Deputy that it will be done and, naturally, I would welcome his engagement on it when it is published. I will be meeting the people involved when I come back from the St. Patrick's Day trip. I look forward to getting it published then because, as the Deputy says, it is incredibly important that it is done. Recent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I could not agree more about the need for a dedicated cardiovascular strategy and the multi-annual funding to facilitate that. With regard to Waterford, I have a small update. After an extensive recruitment campaign, we now have two labs open. One of those, from 18 March, will open with extended, albeit not 24-hour, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I know the Deputy is aware but I want to inform the House more broadly. The other lab will provide elective services five days a week and the two labs together will protect better against both emergencies and elective issues. That is a major step in what the Deputy correctly acknowledges is a long-standing need. With regard to 24-hour care, I am very open to providing the best care...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Following the Deputy’s question last week, and prior to that, my Department and the HSE have had extensive engagement with the organisation concerned. That engagement has focused on identifying ways the organisation can continue to deliver services, which is what we want, how it can be supported by the Department and the HSE, notwithstanding the tax treatment, and finding what other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am committed to improving access to hospital care and reducing waiting times for patients through a range of initiatives. This includes measures aimed at increasing capacity such as the establishment of elective hospitals and surgical hubs. I want to ensure we have a public health service where everyone has timely access to high-quality care, where and when they need it. The Waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I recognise that menopause is an important health and well-being issue affecting many women in Ireland. Budget 2025 allocated €20m to assist with the cost of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) products prescribed to women to help manage the symptoms associated with menopause. This represents another step to widen access to and reduce costs associated with menopause related...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: In May 2024, HIQA was requested by the then Minister for Health to conduct a review of urgent and emergency care in the mid-west region with the primary objective of ensuring safe quality acute care in the region. As part of this review, HIQA was requested to consider the case for a second emergency department within the region in the context of the population changes in recent years and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I wish to thank the Deputy for allowing me to update the house on this matter. I am happy to inform the Deputy that Primary Care Centres for Galway City West and Claregalway were advertised on the eTenders platform in Q4 2024. The tenders for Galway City West primary care centre have been assessed. The next step is to seek HSE Property/Board approval. Tenders were received for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE’s annual Pay and Numbers Strategy (PNS) sets out the HSE's recruitment targets and staffing ceilings each year. These recruitment targets reflect the service commitments outlined in the HSE’s annual National Service Plan, and include the significant increase in funding received by the HSE as part of the last Estimates process. Budget 2025 provided €11.7...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 121 together. As Minister for Health, I am very aware of concerns raised in relation to the use of the synthetic cannabinoid Hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) that are being used by people for recreational purposes. Department officials have been in regular contact with the HSE Addiction Services in relation to the negative effects on users of the use of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The budget for Primary Care (excluding Palliative Care and Social Inclusion) in 2025 as set out in the HSE’s National Service Plan 2025 is €1,443 million. This represents 6.1% of the Department of Health's overall budget allocation to the HSE for 2025 of €23,705 million, and an increase of €113 million (8.5%) on the Primary Care budget for 2024 of €1,331...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Safeguarding adults who may be at risk of abuse is a key objective of my Department, every statutory body under its aegis and every relevant service that interacts with such adults. A framework of standards, policies and procedures for safeguarding adults in the health and social care sector is in place, and further measures are being developed to strengthen this framework. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (6 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 (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104, 134, 149 and 423 together. Menopause is an important health and well-being issue which has been prioritised as part of the Government’s commitment to improved women’s health outcomes. Much important work has been done in this area, driven by the Women’s Health Taskforce and the Women’s Health Action Plans. Budget 2025...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 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 (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for the administration of the community drug schemes; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Officials in my Department have contacted HSE West and North West in regard to your query re Galway University Hospital and the following outlines the current position. Galway University Hospital has experienced a period of sustained escalation over recent months, not only affected by the winter surge and associated high incidences of respiratory virus & winter vomiting outbreaks,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive (HSE) holds responsibility for the provision, along with the maintenance and operation of Primary Care Centres, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (6 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 131 together. As the Deputy is aware, the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 was signed into law by the President on July 2nd 2024, having passed all stages in both Houses of the Oireachtas. The 2024 Act encompasses the regulation for the first time of a wide range of practices undertaken in Ireland, including: the use and donation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (6 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.