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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 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: Medical Cards (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health Act 1970, eligibility for a medical card is based primarily on means. The Act obliges the HSE to assess whether a person is unable, without undue hardship, to arrange general practitioner services for himself or herself and his or her family, having regard to his or her overall financial position and reasonable expenditure. However, every effort is made by the HSE, within...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This PQ is a matter for The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and should be directed to them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Dermal fillers are classified as medical devices under the European Union (EU) medical device legislation and the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is the competent authority for medical devices in Ireland. Dermal fillers are typically regulated under the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) as Class III medical devices (the highest risk class). In the EU, medical devices are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The provisions in the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 were first proposed and consulted on in 2014 and 2015. The General Scheme of the Bill and accompanying Regulatory Impact Analysis were published in 2019. The General Scheme of the Bill was subject to pre-legislative scrutiny by the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee in 2021 and 2022, and as a result...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (4 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 Appointments Status (4 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: Hospital Appointments Status (4 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: Hospital Appointments Status (4 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 (4 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: Dental Services (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The HSE Oral Healthcare Service aims to provide an oral examination and necessary treatment for children at ages approximating to second and sixth class and, in some cases, fourth class. Emergency care is provided for children of all ages up to 16. The HSE’s child oral health examination programme has been impacted by capacity challenges in recent years and I acknowledge that we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 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 Appointments Status (4 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: Hospital Appointments Status (4 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: Disabilities Assessments (4 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: Dental Services (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 678, 679, 680, 681, 682, 683, 684, 685, 686, 756, 758, 759, 760 and 762 together. There are challenges in the provision of dental services, including for children, and patients are waiting longer than they should have to, to access care. Therefore, in addition to the over €200m that the Government invests in public oral healthcare services annually,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The level of management consultancy contracts in the HSE for 2023 was reported as €104 million and the equivalent unaudited figure for 2024 was €71 million. As this latter figure is unaudited, and as is normal in these circumstances, it remains subject to change until the audit opinion is finalised over the coming months.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Deputy’s question relates to a service area, I have referred this question to the HSE for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (4 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Community Ophthalmic Services Scheme (COSS) is a national fee-per-item scheme which was introduced in 1979. Under the COSS, medical card holders aged over 16 years can be seen by ophthalmologists, optometrists or dispensing opticians. Eligible patients can receive an eye examination and be provided with prescribed optical appliances in accordance with a national schedule of approved...