Monday 15 August, 2022
Thousands of women across the world who had these surgeries have suffered life-changing complications.
The Secretary General of the Department of Health appeared before the Oireachtas Health Committee this morning.
Ireland’s abortion law makes anyone who aids or abets abortion outside the specific terms of the Act liable for criminal prosecution.
Controversy has surrounded the salary payment of for his new professorship in Trinity College.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health is set to sit later today.
Over 1.5 million people will be added to the waiting lists this year, the Oireachtas Health Committee will hear.
Senior NPHET members fielded questions from TDs and senators at a Health Committee meeting today.
There are currently an average of 0.69 GPs per 1,000 population, when it should be between 1.02 and 1.1.
Over 34,000 calls were made to the new Digital Covid Certificate helpline yesterday alone.
“There has been a real issue there, it is arguably the most important time,” Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said.
Stephen Donnelly is appearing before the Oireachtas Health Committee to answer questions from TDs.
Walsh stepped away from her role at the CervicalCheck patient steering committee in October.
Concerns were also raised about the overuse of antibiotics on children waiting for dental treatment .
Minister for Health Simon Harris appeared before the Health Committee this afternoon.
The final project cost is €1.4 billion – €450 million higher than the 2017 figure.
The Health Minister also said he wants the Bill to be inclusive of members of the trans community.
A number of TDs have put down amendments ahead of the three-day discussion of the proposed abortion legislation next week.
A number of TDs have put down amendments ahead of the three-day discussion of the proposed abortion legislation next week.
Dr Gabriel Scally told an Oireachtas Committee that an initial review to identify women involved was flawed.
Dr Peter Boylan told an Oireachtas Committee that there is ‘no evidence’ for the wait time.
John Connaghan said women in Ireland had been “understandably frightened and concerned” by what they had read and heard.
Health committee member Kate O’Connell said that an opportunity was lost to make cannabis a medical product.
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health was told today there is an urgent need for the link between ill health and homelessness to be recognised.
The Oireachtas Health Committee has made several recommendations in its report on medicinal cannabis.
Gerard Craughwell said he would like medical experts as well as parents concerned about their daughters to attend.
An Oireachtas Health Committee is hearing submissions in relation to medically supervised injecting centres.
“We simply cannot ignore this anymore. We have to be honest and ask ourselves, ‘Truly are we doing enough?’”
The “worrying” levels of HIV diagnoses have been discussed at the Oireachtas Health Committee. There are set to be more cases of HIV in Ireland in 2015 than in any other year.
Michael McNamara’s not having a great week.
Calls have been made for HSE Chief Tony O’Brien to resign.
A health committee was looking at the government’s proposed new alcohol laws today.
Both of Tony and Mary Heffernan’s children died at the age of 5.
The Oireachtas Health Committee has been told the industry is largely unregulated here.
It won’t be a Hollywood apocalypse, politicians heard today.
The Health and Children Committee launched a report on end-of-life care based on submissions from stakeholders, experts and the public.
One particular investigation showed that a child had been moved to 11 different residencies in 4 months.
The Oireachtas Health Committee is seeking to change the rules that currently prevent any other Oireachtas committee from investigating matters that are already being probed by the powerful Public Accounts Committee.
The group of TDs will travel to north Dublin to visit the HSE’s medical card centre.
The issues were discussed at a Health Committee this morning.
