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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Kieran O'Donnell: ...are available to the local authority in order to satisfy itself of the situation. The Deputy is correct that different local authorities adopt different means. Some local authorities no longer accept a GP letter but instead look for a letter from a consultant. The issue falls very much within the domain of the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, but it is something of which I am conscious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024) See 8 other results from this debate

...in new investment in child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, enhanced community care, ECC, and health promotion. Workforce and reform will see progress. Some €29.1 million of new investment is being allocated in respect of GP places, non-consultant hospital doctor, NCHD, training, nursing and midwifery and health and social care professionals, with a focus on student...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Inquiries (20 Mar 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ...of the impacts long covid can have. The HSE interim Model of Care for Long COVID is being implemented, building on existing service provision, in addition to establishing new services across GP, community services and acute hospitals, to ensure a national service is in place for all who need it. The HSE and the Department of Health continue to monitor international data and research to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...brief for the large scale capital project, involves the amalgamation of two schools. The total accommodation post-contract will be 24 classrooms comprised of a new school to include 12 classrooms and a GP Hall and the refurbishment and extension of one of the existing school buildings. The Department’s planning and building unit is currently assessing its work programme and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...in the area. A request for a PE Hall does not come within the remit of the ASA scheme. Investment and expenditure on PE Halls is an element of the overall School Building Programme. The provision of GP rooms and PE Halls, at primary and post primary level respectively, and outdoor hard play areas, form part of the accommodation brief for all new school buildings. This is also the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 Mar 2024)

Norma Foley: ...was devolved to the school authorities for delivery and it is currently at stage 4, construction stage. The school in question also requested funding for a new sports hall. However, provision for GP/PE halls does not fall within the remit of the ASA scheme. The purpose of my Department's Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Patricia Ryan: ...and Youth if, with regard to the accommodation for people seeking temporary international protection in south Kildare, he can set out clearly what plans are in place for the provision of GP services to these people in circumstances where there is already a huge shortage of GPs in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13161/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Mar 2024)

Ivana Bacik: 1250. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include pharmacists in the MMR catch-up programme, given the current GP shortage, which may delay the provision of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11705/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: GPs are private practitioners, most of whom hold a GMS contract with the HSE for the provision of GP services without charge to medical card and GP visit card holders. Where a person that holds a medical card or GP visit card, experiences difficulty in finding a GP to accept them as a patient, the person concerned having unsuccessfully applied to at least three GPs in the area (or fewer if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Mar 2024)

Martin Kenny: 1292. To ask the Minister for Health if he will retain GP services in the Swanlinbar primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11916/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: .... These standards will cover all health and social care services working with children including hospital services, disability services, mental health services, children’s social services, and GP and primary care services. In parallel HIQA have also developed National Standards for Children’s Social Services which are more specific in focus and are aligned and will sit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...;1050 for a couple. This increase helps to ensure that a greater proportion of those aged 70 and over qualify for a medical card. Furthermore, the Deputy may be aware that, since 2015, every individual aged 70 and over has automatic eligibility for a GP visit card.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Alan Kelly: 1377. To ask the Minister for Health when the GP streaming service for UHL Hospital that was announced by the CEO of the HSE recently will commence operating; the way in which it will work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12368/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Mar 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to the HPRA. Reports can be submitted to the HPRA through their online reporting system available at the following link. The HPRA advises anyone who has health concerns relating to dermal fillers to contact their GP. The Department of Health advises members of the public to refer to the HPRA website for information in relation to buying medical devices online.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Sorca Clarke: ...number of WTE general practitioners based in the accident and emergency department in Mullingar Regional Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the hours and days of the week where the GP is on site within the accident and emergency department, in tabular form. [12605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (20 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Eoin Ó Broin: 1475. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the serious shortage of GP availability and GP appointment availability in the Dublin mid-west area; the steps that are being taken to increase GP provision in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12825/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Fergus O'Dowd: 1480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to the new thresholds for GP cards and associated childcare costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12876/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Emer Higgins: 1511. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the policy on blood tests as part of monitoring a medical condition for patients holding a medical card or GP visit card; the steps that can be taken to ensure that blood tests necessary for diagnosis and monitoring are covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13069/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Closures (7 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...dhéanamh an Ghaeilge a bheith mar phríomhtheanga theaghlaigh. Is cuid ríthábhachtach lárnach den phictiúr seo iad seirbhísí. Má táimid dáiríre faoi chosaint ár bpobal Gaeltachta, caithfimid a chinntiú go bhfuil seirbhísí ar fáil sna pobail sin trí mheán na Gaeilge. Is minic nach mar sin a...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Tom Clonan: ...essential. I just wanted to put my concerns and how they flowed from lived or personal experience on the record. Many of the people in question who are seeking the services of medical practitioners, including GPs in their local communities, are in extremisand at a particularly vulnerable point in their lives. This can be the case for many reasons. Healthcare is messy and not easy. In...