Results 1-20 of 50 for carers speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (10 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: Middle East (8 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., Irish Aid humanitarian and development assistance programme, and the HSE Global Health Programme 12 WHO paediatric patients have been medical evacuated to Ireland so far, along with 12 mother/carers and 21 accompanying family members. All 45 family group members are receiving treatment for illnesses incurred as a result of living conditions in Gaza. Planning is ongoing with the...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Middle East (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., Irish Aid humanitarian and development assistance programme, and the HSE Global Health Programme. 12 WHO paediatric patients have been medical evacuated to Ireland so far, along with 12 mother/carers and 21 accompanying family members. Including the 12 WHO patients, all 45 family group members are receiving treatment for illnesses incurred as a result of living conditions in Gaza. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...card for those aged between 8 and 69 years of age is primarily based on a qualifying financial threshold. All children under 8 years of age and persons aged 70 years and older, as well as persons in receipt of Carer's Benefit or Allowance, are automatically eligible for a GP visit card. The 2023 ESRI report Extending Eligibility for General Practitioner Care in Ireland: Cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., Irish Aid humanitarian and development assistance programme, and the HSE Global Health Programme. 12 WHO paediatric patients have been medical evacuated to Ireland so far, along with 12 mother/carers and 21 accompanying family members. Including the 12 WHO patients, all 45 family group members are receiving treatment for illnesses incurred as a result of living conditions in Gaza. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (1 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ..., Irish Aid humanitarian and development assistance programme, and the HSE Global Health Programme. 12 WHO paediatric patients have been medical evacuated to Ireland so far, along with 12 mother/carers and 21 accompanying family members. Including the 12 WHO patients, all 45 family group members are receiving treatment for illnesses incurred as a result of living conditions in Gaza. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (25 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...xsLCJvcmRlciI6Imxhc3R1cGRhdGVkIERFU0MiLCJmaWx0ZXIiOiJBbGwifQ %3D%3D. The webpage is updated daily as the HPRA receives new information. In the event that patients or their carers are unable to source a medicine, they are advised to discuss possible alternatives with their doctor pending the resumption of normal supply. The HPRA is not currently aware of any supply issues with Somatuline...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Carer's Leave (11 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Family carers are key enablers for Government policy to support people to live with dignity and independence in homes and communities for as long as possible by providing vital care to some of our most vulnerable citizens, including older people and people with disabilities. Census 2022 found that 5.8% of the total population (299,128 people) provide unpaid care in Ireland, an increase...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Middle East (10 Jun 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...programme and the HSE Global Health Programme. 12 paediatric patients arrived in Ireland between December 2024 and May 2025 to receive healthcare treatment. The patients were accompanied by 12 carers and 21 immediate family members. The patients and family travelled from Cairo to Dublin Airport on medical transport planes provided by the Slovakian and Norwegian Governments and were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I propose to take Questions Nos. 550 and 551 together. I would like to acknowledge the burden of care on families and carers of children with life limiting conditions. The government will continue to prioritise our children’s palliative care services, working towards the highest possible quality of end-of-life care and support for children with life limiting illnesses across the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...any notification of a current shortage of products branded as ‘Atrovent’. The dedicated shortages webpage is updated daily as the HPRA receives new information. In the event that patients or their carers are unable to source a medicine, they are advised to discuss possible alternatives with their doctor pending the resumption of normal supply. The latest shortages...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...Questions Nos. 848, 850 and 851 together. The Government is committed to enhancing palliative care services to provide the best end of life and bereavement support for patients, families and carers. The total national palliative care budget in 2025 is over €184 million – a 15% increase on 2024 and a 50% increase on 2020. The Irish Hospice Foundation received...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...programme and the HSE Global Health Programme. The first 12 paediatric patients arrived in Ireland to receive healthcare treatment between December and May. The patients are accompanied by 12 carers and 21 immediate family members. The patients and family travelled from Cairo to Dublin Airport on medical transport planes provided by the Slovakian and Norwegian Governments and were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 May 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ....hpra.ie/regulation/human-medicine/patients-and-healthcar e-professionals/medicines-shortages The webpage is updated daily as the HPRA receives new information. In the event that patients or their carers are unable to source a medicine, they are advised to discuss possible alternatives with their doctor pending the resumption of normal supply.

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

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...xsLCJvcmRlciI6Imxhc3R1cGRhdGVkIERFU0MiLCJmaWx0ZXIiOiJBbGwifQ %3D%3D . The webpage is updated daily as the HPRA receives new information. In the event that patients or their carers are unable to source a medicine, they are advised to discuss possible alternatives with their doctor pending the resumption of normal supply. The HPRA is not currently aware of any supply issues with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...xsLCJvcmRlciI6Imxhc3R1cGRhdGVkIERFU0MiLCJmaWx0ZXIiOiJBbGwifQ %3D%3D. The webpage is updated daily as the HPRA receives new information. In the event that patients or their carers are unable to source a medicine, they are advised to discuss possible alternatives with their doctor pending the resumption of normal supply.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Apr 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...Cancer Society and Irish Hospice Foundation, the HSE also delivers Night Nursing care to patients receiving specialist palliative care. The service enables people to die at home and provides respite to carers during end-of-life care. In 2024, 2,674 patients received Night Nursing care in their own homes, utilising an average of three nights of care per patient. This amounts to a total of...

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...when we consider where we go best on furthering eligibility, that we look to the scientific evidence of where we are likely to get the best outcomes first, rather than looking to our constituents or our hearts in the first instance. Some Senators raised the issue of carers. It is really important to highlight carers. Senator Tully and I were co-chairs of the Oireachtas family carers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Feb 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: ...when determining whether undue hardship exists for an individual accessing general practitioner or other medical services. Since September 2018, individuals in receipt of either a full or half-rate Carer's Allowance or Carer's Benefit are automatically eligible for a GP visit card. Furthermore, GP visit card eligibility was expanded under the GP Agreement 2023 to all those earning up...