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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: This is an issue for enterprise, social protection and health. GPs are private practitioners. Many of them have contracts with the HSE to provide public services. Services provided outside of these are a private matter. The Medical Council is there to protect the public. Part of this is registering doctors as quickly as may be, and part of it is making sure that doctors operate to a very...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It was very important to conduct the national assessment of insourcing, which I commissioned at the beginning of April because of my concerns, and to publish it. The Deputy has had an opportunity to consider it today. We have to use every lever to implement Sláintecare, including rostering for five over seven days, the public only consultant contract and making the best case possible...

Nursing Homes: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for his comments on abolishing the means test for carers. We are systematically trying to get to the point where it has been abolished. I recognise the changes that have been made because what we want to see, as the Deputy said, is people staying in their own homes for as long as possible for their dignity, comfort and connection with their families and because that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Senator Ní Chuilinn for raising this important topic and again apologise for the problem last week. The Government remains committed to providing continued investment in the health workforce, including public health nurses, and ensuring this incredibly important service is available for those who need it. Public health nurses are employed by the HSE to deliver safe, quality...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I know that the Senator has been a very strong advocate for this area. It is my privilege to be able to provide this update to her. I thank her for raising this so that I could provide this update to her very publicly and her constituents. Perhaps we might have a further conversation a number of months into their work from September 2025. I will certainly bring the Senator's suggestion...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Senator O’Reilly for raising this matter and for the opportunity to discuss this very important issue for Cavan but for people more generally. As we know, at a higher level, primary care therapy services generally, such as speech and language therapy, play an absolutely central role in enhancing the health and well-being of both children and adults in the community....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Of course we will look at the organisation of services more generally. It is very important to me that every hour a therapist works delivers therapeutic services. I do not want to see therapists in cars. That is one of the reasons the Minister, Helen McEntee, is doing such strong work to make sure there are therapists based in schools, where they can have the most effective and efficient...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank all Senators who have spoken. I know that many more spoke on earlier Stages of the Bill and that there is a very strong interest among them all, correctly, in making this the easiest pathway for children to get the surgery they need when they need it. I really welcome the Bill. It is fantastic to have this collaboration here, and I totally appreciate the purpose, logic and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Jul 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: Hospital Procedures (2 Jul 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: Nursing Homes (2 Jul 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 Services (2 Jul 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: Food Labelling (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. My Department has responsibility for food safety legislation, including Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers. As mentioned in a response to a previous parliamentary question, this Regulation provides that mandatory food information shall appear in a language easily understood by consumers and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Medical Card provision is primarily based on financial assessment. In accordance with the Health Act 1970 (as amended), eligibility for a medical card is determined by the HSE, which assesses each application on a qualifying financial threshold. This is the amount of money that an individual can earn a week and still qualify for a card. It is specific to the individual’s own financial...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Jul 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 Schemes (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) provides for the refund of the amount by which expenditure on approved prescribed medicines or medical and surgical appliances exceeds a named threshold in any calendar month. The DPS is not means tested and is available to anyone ordinarily resident in Ireland. The DPS threshold was reduced twice in 2022:From €114 to €100 per month on 1 January...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Product Labelling (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 and 234 together. The requirement for health warnings and information on the labels of alcohol products was enacted at Section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 on 17 October 2018. The Minister for Health made the Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 and commenced Section 12 of the Act on 18 May 2023. That law will come into...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 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 primary purpose of this complex and far-reaching legislation is to regulate fertility clinics providing treatment such as IVF (in-vitro fertilisation), ICSI (intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection) and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (2 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Funding for digital has steadily increased since 2018, but the current level of investment, representing about 2.6% of the overall health budget, would need to increase to 4.4%, for us to deliver Digital for Care, including electronic health for all. These figures are based on independent research and insights internationally, but would result in Ireland comparing favourably with countries...