Results 201-220 of 1,044,359 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Trevor Sargent OR speaker:Darren O'Rourke OR speaker:Bríd Smith OR speaker:Verona Murphy OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:Duncan Smith) in 'Committee meetings'
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2024)
Jack Chambers: It is high spending. This is a policy to protect children, to protect their mental health and well-being in schools. It is disappointing to see Sinn Féin attack an initiative that will make a difference.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: As the Deputy said, pharmacists are highly trusted and skilled. They did an incredible job during the Covid pandemic. There was resistance to expanding their scope and that is why it has not happened in a very long time. I do not subscribe to this thinking. Expansion will make a big difference to ordinary punters in the community in that they will not have to go to a GP with minor...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (3 Oct 2024)
Question No. 12 taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
Ambulance Service
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
James O'Connor: 13. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss the HSE capital plan project to develop a new ambulance training college in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39428/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
James O'Connor: Once again, I take the opportunity to raise a constituency matter with the Minister. It relates to Youghal, County Cork, my home town and new capital developments there. I am really delighted with the progress that has been made under the HSE capital development plan. I worked very hard with the Minister and Minister of State, Deputy Butler, on delivering a new community nursing unit and a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Deputy for his powerful and relentless advocacy of healthcare services for the people in his constituency, including Youghal. He has raised the ambulance training college with me probably every week over the past few years. I am delighted to be able to confirm in the Dáil today that the St. Raphael's site in Youghal is the preferred location for the permanent ambulance...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
James O'Connor: I welcome that. I am delighted there has been progress since we last spoke about this matter. I met the Minister in his office with departmental officials about this, and it is something we have been working on together. Youghal, as a town, has taken a hammering historically. There were 4,000 people directly employed in traditional industries there and Kodak flash cameras were made there....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I would be delighted to join the Deputy in Youghal and very happy to look at the site. The ambulance service is working with HSE estates to identify an interim solution for 2025 because we want this up and running. That is good news because it means the HSE can begin hiring the staff. We have a preferred site, St. Raphael's, and there is a final process and work that goes on; however,...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
James O'Connor: I am very pleased with that information. I am delighted to hear that the Minister will be in Youghal and about the difference the capital development will make. I recognise the contribution the ambulance service makes to our community. It is under huge pressure, as its staff tell me. Above all else, the new facility will bring a new generation of young people into the service, making a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I call the Aire.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I think we are good.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)
Is féidir teacht ar Cheisteanna Scríofa ar www.oireachtas.ie. Written Answers are published on the Oireachtas website.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I agree with a lot of that. To be clear, it is not the case that we are telling people things will get better in the future. I am saying clearly that our healthcare professionals have made remarkable progress already. For example, with regard to cataract services, when this Government came in, the average waiting time for cataract treatment in Dublin, in the Deputy’s constituency...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (3 Oct 2024)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister is aware and understands this issue. He is at the coalface of it, as are the patients. It is about bringing the two sides closer together. I am aware the Minister realises the urgency of the situation. I know a patient who had cataract problems and was on a waiting list but could not wait because he was blind. He lived alone and he was blind. He could not drive,...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (3 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: First, I absolutely do not have an issue with using private care as a short-term means to get public patients faster care. We have used the NTPF as part of our waiting list action plan for the past four years and it has been highly effective in getting public patients care. While we should be building a public health service which does not rely on private care, I have no issue with using...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (3 Oct 2024)
Question No. 10 taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (3 Oct 2024)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Bogfaidh muid ar aghaidh go dtí an chéad ceist eile as na Teachtaí atá i láthair, is í sin Ceist Uimh. 11 in ainm an Teachta Duncan Smith.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (3 Oct 2024)
Pharmacy Services
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pharmacy Services (3 Oct 2024)
Duncan Smith: 11. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on negotiations to increase fees for dispensing for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39357/24]