Results 681-700 of 11,434 for speaker:Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government is actively working to increase elective care capacity in Ireland, ensuring that high-quality and timely scheduled care is available to all. New elective facilities will support the separation of scheduled (elective) and emergency care. This can lead to improved care for patients with fewer cancellations and delays for elective care caused by seasonal surges, localised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Government is committed to ensuring adequate and safe staffing across our health service, ensuring that the workforce keeps pace with population and demographic changes. Mayo University Hospital (MUH) has had an increase of over 30% of its overall staffing levels, an additional 352 staff since December 2019. The Framework for Safe Nurse Staffing and Skill Mix provides an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has advised my Department that 11,486 procedures were carried out in Northern Ireland from 2019 to end September 2025.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025 does not remove phased dispensing. Phased dispensing was introduced in 1996 for patient safety reasons. The supply of medication in instalments can support patients prescribed certain high-risk medications who are at risk of medication misadventure if these medications were to be supplied on a monthly basis, as is the norm under the community drug...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is important to recognise that overall activity within the eight core primary care therapies is significant. Almost 1.4 million patients were seen in 2024. However, I fully acknowledge that waiting lists for primary care therapies have increased significantly. I am very conscious of the vital role that primary care therapies play for children and adults. I am acutely aware of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive (HSE) to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the delivery of public healthcare infrastructure projects, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Louth County Hospital Dundalk and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda are part of the HSE Dublin and North East Health Region. Both hospitals operate conjointly, with an integrated managerial and clinical governance system, care pathways, and support functions. These hospitals are planning for the future to safeguard against the increasing demand of their growing catchment area....

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: GPs are self-employed practitioners and therefore may establish practices at a place of their own choosing. There is no prescribed ratio of GPs to patients, and the State does not regulate the number of GPs that can set up in a town or community. Where a vacancy arises in a practice with a GMS contract, the HSE becomes actively involved in the recruitment process to find a replacement GP....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Medical Card provision is primarily based on financial assessment. In accordance with the Health Act 1970, eligibility for a medical card is determined by the HSE, which assesses each application on a qualifying financial threshold. The issue of granting medical or GP visit cards based on having a particular disease or illness was previously examined in 2014 by the HSE Expert Panel on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is acknowledged that many patients are still waiting too long for hospital appointments and treatments. I am conscious of the burden that this places on patients and their families. I published the Waiting List Action Plan (WLAP) for 2025 in February, representing this Government’s commitment to reducing waiting times for patients and improving access to hospital care. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As this is an operational matter for the Health Service Executive (HSE), the HSE has been asked to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, the HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical devices; therefore, the matter has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. The Minister for Health is prohibited from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to the particular query raised, as...