HSE under pressure over health agency staff as Opposition claims spending is rising
Health service spent more than €900 million on personnel recruited through external agencies last year
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
GP shortages are most acute in rural and commuter belt areas, data shows
Causes include population growth outstripping rate of increases in provision of family doctors
Pharmacists’ powers to prescribe contraception expected to be in place by year end
Women will be able to get monthly repeat prescriptions at chemists after initial GP consultation
A close look at one of the new surgical hubs in Ireland: ‘Low complexity, high volume’
Purpose-built complex with four operating theatres and two minor procedures rooms is a much-needed extension for five hospitals
Head of HSE gender healthcare to step down at end of year after drafting new model of care
Minister of State Mary Butler praised Icelandic model and sought funding for HSE gender clinic in Drogheda, letter released under FOI shows
Miriam Lord’s End-of-Dáil-term awards: Holly Cairns still getting under Taoiseach’s skin
Hissy fits, bust-ups, mortification and demonstrations of backbone as TDs and senators go toe to toe
Minister ‘hopes’ Shine inquiry will uncover why abuse went unchecked
Former surgeon and paedophile was convicted of assaulting nine boys, accused of abusing hundreds more
Rotunda allowed 17 consultants on public-only contracts to give private care
Seventeen consultants on public-only contracts received written permission by Dublin hospital’s master to carry out private care
Preventive healthcare and ‘upscaling’ of free contraception part of latest Women’s Health Action Plan
Government extends scheme for remediation of homes damaged by defective concrete to parts of Meath and all of Carlow
Go-slow or proper scrutiny? The divide over Bill scrapping three-day wait for abortion
Proponents say proposal has had plenty of examination - but opponents may play for time
Patient safety risks remain at Limerick hospital despite improvements, Hiqa warns
Watchdog says overcrowding and capacity pressures continue despite opening of new 96-bed block
TDs seek extra scrutiny of Bill removing three-day wait for abortion over fear of backlash
Some Government TDs argue at Oireachtas health committee that pushing Bill through rapidly could cause divisions
Pharmacists in Ireland would be allowed prescribe contraception under proposed new law
Increased borrowing limit for Housing Finance Agency and plans for AI Gigafactory also on Cabinet agenda
Court refuses to release transcripts from trials of sex offender Michael Shine
Shine was convicted of sexually assaulting young boys in course of his work at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
Spinal-patient families shun Coalition-sponsored talks on inquiry into Children’s Health Ireland
Proposals advanced by Jennifer Carroll MacNeill will not deliver a ‘thorough examination’ of treatment
What does division over abortion within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael mean for Government?
Possible leadership contenders O’Callaghan and Calleary vote against removing three-day waiting period
Process under way to halt ‘nixers’ by public-only consultants, Tánaiste says
Government and Minister for Health have insisted contract breaches ‘simply won’t be tolerated’, Simon Harris tells Dáil
Recent hospital budget increases ‘not fiscally sustainable’, Minister for Health warns
Pay costs from over-recruitment contributing to hospitals’ financial pressures, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tells PAC
Sinn Féin Bill on abortion services passes crucial Dáil vote with help of Ministers
Proposal will abolish compulsory three-day wait for access
Carroll MacNeill plans in-house HSE ‘agency’ staff to reduce payouts to outside companies
Health service’s expenditure on agency workers reached €903.4 million last year
With abortion reform looking likely, Sinn Féin seems set to achieve rare feat
Abortion may not be the defining social and political issue it once was, but securing a change to reproductive rights would still be significant
Some of those who added the three-day wait to Irish abortion law look set to abandon it
Little explanation of Coalition support for Opposition’s bid to remove key clause from draft law Harris said ‘has to count for something’
Taoiseach preaches compliance as Dáil hears latest on private practice stork at Rotunda
‘Breach’ deliveries of bonuses also occurring at other hospitals, Social Democrats TD reveals
Idea that some babies and mothers only survived because they went private is a myth
Many women most in need of continuity of care never see it in an unfair system
Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Health to back SF Bill ending mandatory three-day abortion wait
Micheál Martin says Bill should go to committee stage; Government TDs will have free vote as a ‘matter of conscience’
If Jennifer Carroll MacNeill means what she says about women’s choice, she needs to fund it
It’s very difficult to have a conversation which begins with a threat to the hospital’s funding
Evening and Saturday work levels among hospital consultants ‘really disappointing’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tells senior doctors to ‘remedy’ situation relating to public contracts next month
‘I felt nobody had my back’: What the Rotunda row says about public v private maternity care
Mothers and medical professionals share their views as differences between public and private maternity care in the State are brought into sharp focus
Tensions come to fore over drive towards single-tier healthcare
Inside Politics: Meanwhile, political focus on controversial Ireland-Israel matches as, elsewhere, the World Cup kicks off
Consultants bring legal challenge to ban on private care in new public surgical hubs
HSE has said new hubs, designed to reduce waiting times in acute hospitals, were for public patients only
Private healthcare and public hospitals
We need a single national health fund if we want to create a health system based on need not income
Leaked CHI report states consultants ‘prioritising private over public’ child patients
One child waited seven years for routine urology surgery, TD tells Dáil
Public or private? Share your experience of maternity care in Ireland
Tell your story: did you choose public or private maternity care – and why?
Rotunda consultant row is just the tip of the iceberg
Majority of voluntary hospitals still restricting state access to their financial information
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