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- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Referral to Select Committee (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 103 and 188.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Deputy Healy-Rae has helpfully set out the difficulty with regard to hospital beds. Let us take Kerry hospital as an example. In the context of staff numbers, in the past five years, Kerry hospital has had an increase in staff of 43%. It has had a budgetary increase of 67% in the past five years also. To provide the breakdown of that staffing increase, Kerry hospital has had a 52%...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: You are right.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is not on my desk.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is a 32% increase in Mayo.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is a 32% increase.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We should have it.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is both.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I agree.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We can do that. I might speak to the Deputy about that matter again. Section 19 details the obligations of the Minister for Health, the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Deputy Foley, and the HSE in relation to the performance delivery plan, which will replace the service plan. The section also outlines the requirements for the preparation, timeline for submission and...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will reflect on it.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will certainly give a copy to the Clerk. I made available copies of prepared notes last night which I expressively said I would not depend on, but they were quoted back to me. I need to reflect on how I provide information. This is a technical Bill. That is one thing. I can certainly do that. At the same time, however, this is a matter arising from what happened last night. We can...
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As long as that is done accurately.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is a different matter, and it is the matter at hand.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: There is no need. I am not required to do so.
- Health (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Health (Amendment) Bill 2025, by means of which it is intended to enhance the oversight and accountability of the Health Service Executive to both the Minister for Health and the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality. The Bill addresses a number of goals arising from the Sláintecare...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We are very keen for them to work here. There are three aspects to that. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI, has done good work on improving its registration times and I am confident about that side of things. CORU, for the health and social care professionals more generally, has made very significant progress, although the Taoiseach and I are discussing how we can bring that...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It makes no sense.
- Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 16, to delete “Digital Health Record” and substitute “Electronic Health Record”. There are quite a number of amendments in this group. They are: amendments Nos. 1, 6 to 10, inclusive, 12, 14 to 17, inclusive, 19, 21 to 26, inclusive, 28, 29, 32 to 39, inclusive, 43, 45 to 49, inclusive, 52 to 54, inclusive, 68, 69 and...
- Select Committee on Health: Health Information Bill 2024: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2025)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is to simply align the terminology in the Bill with the language used in the EHDS regulation. We are trying to establish a European-wide ability to share data in a consistent way. This simple terminological change will enable us to do that and to avoid purposely create legislation that is linguistically at odds with the rest of Europe.