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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Regarding the proposal that was put together, the HSE did consult various stakeholders, including included service users, nurses, health and social care professionals and the Irish Cancer Society. I have also met fitters and suppliers and they asked that their views be considered, which is fine. Of course, we should listen to them and I am sure they will have something to add....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (2 May 2024)
Colm Burke: Most of the funding for section 39 and section 56 organisations comes through the HSE. The funding for some of the programmes that employ people did not necessarily come through the HSE and therefore they fell outside the agreement that was reached under the WRC. It is my understanding there are further discussions on that issue and every effort is being made to resolve it. It affects a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (2 May 2024)
Joan Collins: Where does the funding come from to pay these workers, if not the HSE?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (2 May 2024)
Colm Burke: It is not necessarily from the HSE. It comes from different sources, which is one of the problems.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (2 May 2024)
Joan Collins: I thank the Minister of State.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Dental Services
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 8. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no orthodontic treatment in Carlow; when he expects it to be provided; and when it will be implemented. [19782/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: There is currently no orthodontic treatment service available in Carlow. When does the Minister expect this service to be provided and when will it be implemented?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for her ongoing representations, made on behalf of the good people of Carlow, on the health services they deserve. I will provide some good news on the orthodontic lists. For people in Carlow, rather than getting the service in Carlow, the priority is getting the service for these children. I will report to the Deputy and the House some very good news. Over the last...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister for that positive news. It is important. Carlow town is bigger than Kilkenny city. Central Statistics Office figures for the most recent census show that the population of Carlow town has grown by nearly 9% to nearly 28,000, while Kilkenny city has a population of 27,500. The Minister has given me good news, which I welcome, but we need to have our own services. I...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: There might be some competition with Kilkenny but I take the Deputy's point. She can rest assured that this Government will continue to invest in health services for the people of Carlow. I was delighted to be able to visit, with Deputy Murnane O'Connor, the upgraded ambulance base in Carlow in the last few days. We now want to continue with that progress of the permanent ambulance base in...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the reduction in the numbers on the treatment lists and I am aware of the Minister's commitment. He was in Carlow last week and we were delighted to have him down. Carlow needs to have the services it does not have at the moment. While she was not giving out to me, a constituent spoke to me about having to go to Kilkenny for orthodontic treatment. As the Minister said, some...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: We are currently drafting the implementation plan for the next three years of the national oral health policy. There will be a regional view but with something as specialist as orthodontic care, the priority is making sure children get the care. We all want care provided as close to us as possible and we must always strive to do that. While orthodontic treatment is, hopefully, one of a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We will move on now to Question No. 10.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Richard Bruton: I understood that Question No. 9 in the name of Deputy David Staunton was next and I could take it on his behalf.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Catherine Connolly: On a general point, I am faced here with late requests, which means that Members with questions down will not be reached. Deputy Ó Murchú submitted his request in plenty of time yesterday. There may have been a breakdown in communications somewhere. I was aware that Deputy Ó Murchú was substituting. He did everything right and notified us yesterday. I will proceed to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Richard Bruton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Dental Services
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
David Cullinane: 10. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand public dentistry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19778/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dental Services (2 May 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: What are the Minister's plans to expand public dentistry services? I have spoken to the Minister previously about orthodontic care. I refer in particular to the hundreds of under-18s who are on the waiting lists for orthodontic treatment. In my area, I refer to the centre based in Louth County Hospital. Category four cases are being dealt with privately and huge amounts are being spent on...