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Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Sorca Clarke: ...;il's first sitting, I got a phone call from the community psychologist to tell me that my daughter's referral had landed back on her desk and there was nothing she could do except send it back to my GP. Finally, after a third referral, she was seen in 2022, having been on the list for around three months. These figures go nowhere near explaining the sheer scale of this issue in our...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Seán Crowe: ...you can see people driving around in big cars. They are making huge money out of this, and I think that is one of the causes of resentment. There are also challenges with people getting access to a GP or dentist. Again, people fleeing these countries have skills and medical backgrounds. We need to be quicker in that regard too. There needs to be a recognition that communities are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Brendan Smith: I am very anxious that the HSE has without delay an open recruitment campaign to enable the appointment of a permanent GP in Swanlinbar, County Cavan. Since the retirement of the previous permanent GP, a locum doctor has fulfilled the role of the doctor in charge on a four day per week basis. This contract is due to end on Thursday. The communities served by this medical practice in...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (27 Feb 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...bus transportation capacity to link rural villages in Fingal with urban centres such as Swords and Lusk. Senator Sharon Keogan - The need for the Minister of Health to re-open the recruitment campaign for a full-time GP and other healthcare professionals at the Swanlinbar Health Centre in order to retain and strengthen the capacity and resilience of the GP services within this district of...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024) See 4 other results from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: ...clinic. Believe it or not, the healthcare workers there, by means of this new approach, have reduced the waiting list for women to access gynaecology services from four years. Imagine that from the initial referral by a GP to seeing a hospital-based gynaecologist there was a waiting list of four years. It is now four weeks. That is our ambition in women’s healthcare. Of course,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (27 Feb 2024)

Norma Foley: ...;s existing accommodation or by available accommodation at other schools in the area. 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. Almost 95% of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Scheme threshold to €80 per month, and the introduction of free contraception for women aged 17-25. Additional measures in 2023 continued to expand eligibility. These included an expansion of GP care without charges to children aged 6 and 7, and to people earning no more than the median household income, the abolition of all public in-patient hospital charges for adults, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (27 Feb 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 576. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid to an out-of-hours GP service by his Department under a service level agreement in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Feb 2024)

Claire Kerrane: 595. To ask the Minister for Health if a process is under way to replace a GP who is leaving an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9196/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Feb 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 597. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will reinstate the five-days-a-week doctor-GP service at the Churchill Health Centre, County Donegal. [9203/24]

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Mary Butler: ...in line with an approved clinical protocol, which is the important piece. I also want to put this on record about medical cards. Currently, 43% of the population hold either a medical card or a GP visit card. Some 50% coverage is available if all eligible people take up the cards, especially the GP cards. For these reasons, the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and I are committed to...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (22 Feb 2024)

Bernard Durkan: ...- To discuss the provision of school transport within Youghal town. Deputy Bernard Durkan - To discuss the protection of Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare. Deputy Dessie Ellis - To discuss GP and other medical services in Finglas. The matters raised by Deputies Martin Browne, Michael McNamara, Jennifer Whitmore and Paul McAuliffe have been selected for discussion.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

...short supply, there can be dozens of other strengths of the exact same medicine available. Some of these products may be generically interchanged, often without the need for the involvement of a GP or prescriber. In most cases patients can still access the medicines they need. We have a medicines shortage framework in place which is operated by the HPRA. I will come back to the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (22 Feb 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...them in assessment, including medical evidence of costs and certain expenses. In circumstances where an applicant is still over the income limit for a medical card, they are then assessed for a GP visit card, which entitles the applicant to GP visits without charge. The Drug Payment Scheme (DPS) ensures that no individual or family pays more than €80 a month towards the cost...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Howlin: 275. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that it is now virtually impossible for any new patient in Wexford town to be accepted by any of the existing GP practices, which are at capacity in terms of service delivery; the plans he intends to put in place to address this critical health issue, which is having a significant impact both on the health and well-being of the existing...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eileen Flynn: ...lived in a halting site in Dublin ended up in hospital with hepatitis. That should not happen in this country. Again, no accountability was taken for what happened. We are talking about sewerage, and people and the GP who looked after some of the kids believe the hepatitis came from dirty water from the pipes. That should not happen to children on sites, not in the Ireland of 2024. I...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024) See 9 other results from this debate

Alan Farrell: ...changes includes the all-important change to income earned from the rent-a-room relief scheme being disregarded for the purposes of a means test as it relates to applying for a medical card or GP visit card. This is an important step in removing a barrier to people engaging with the rent-a-room relief scheme. Individuals can currently rent out a space in their homes and not be taxed on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

John Brady: ...refugees? As far as I can see, none are being carried out. In my own constituency of Wicklow, there are more than 100 Ukrainians now in the small rural village of Carnew, which has a part-time GP service, and it currently takes two to three weeks for people to get an appointment. The local secondary school is at capacity. They are relying on Portakabins which are stacked high and...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024) See 20 other results from this debate

Mattie McGrath: ...earlier and said that spending has increased by €800 million, or 40%, since 2019. It might be true but this is not about money. It is about mismanagement and pure neglect of rural and urban areas. GPs are not valued or respected. They have an ever-increasing workload. In my county, there are advertisements on Tipp FM and other radio stations asking people not to attend Limerick...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Reviews (21 Feb 2024)

James Browne: ...income thresholds for those aged 70 and over were increased to €550 per week for a single person and €1,050 for a couple. Since 2015, every individual aged 70 and over has automatic eligibility for a GP-visit card. The HSE is required to ensure that all applications for new medical cards and all renewals of existing medical cards are issued in accordance with the Health Act...