However, she said she felt there was “something wrong” with the cervical screening programme that needed to be identified and addressed.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said she had a meeting with the Pharmacy Union on February 11th

When asked for clarity on the figures, Minister Donnelly’s office replied that “as of September 27th, 362 spinal surgeries have been completed this year to date”.

The Minister for Health said he wanted to speak directly to the 16-year-old’s parents on the subject.

One in every four consultants working across the public health service is on the new contract

The proposed legislation would also bring new measures around advertising and establish a licensing system for retailers

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly made clear he set policy direction within the Department of Health

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly abstained from a vote on the second stage of the People Before Profit Bill in the Dáil on Wednesday

The family said they were "heartened" by a statement in the Dáil by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly as to the progress being made in advancing the legislation

The Irish Medical Organisation held its AGM in Kerry on Saturday

The data revealed there were 25.4 per cent more deaths in the Republic in December compared to the average number of deaths for the same month each year between 2016 and 2019

The Minister for Health itted "the literature is very clear that overcrowding increases patient risks"

The figure includes includes kidney transplants from 33 living donors.

A National Crisis Management Team has been established amid predictions the health service will come under the 'highest pressure' ever in the coming weeks

Sinn Féin is calling on the Minister for Health to buy up private hospital accommodation if necessary to prevent "chaotic" waiting lists in the coming weeks

The Government has approved new contracts for consultants which will include a pay increase in return for doctors being rostered Monday-Saturday

The unusual Cabinet rotation is due to take place on December 17th.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said 10,515 patients were left waiting for a hospital bed in September

Patients earning less than the median income of €46,000 will be eligible for a free GP visit card under the headline budgetary proposal in health, he said.

Killarney GP Gary Stack has warned that plans to give a GP visit card to 430,000 in the budget will lead to waiting lists for GP appointments and put pressure on primary care

In January, the Government announced a Covid-19 recognition payment of €1,000 for eligible frontline public sector healthcare workers to recognise their unique role during the pandemic.

It will be up to individual GPs to sign up to the scheme

Mr Donnelly had ed the rental property with the RTB in 2011 and 2015, however it was not ed in 2019.

Scoliosis operations for children were scheduled to take place over the next three weeks at Temple Street Hospital in Dublin.

The HSE has sufficient vaccines to treat only 10 per cent of the estimated 6,000 to 6,500 identified as at risk.

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly announced on Saturday he had accepted new recommendations from Niac

The Act will provide for the abolition of both overnight and day case public in-patient charges for children under 16 years in all public hospitals

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said an upsurge in both flu and Covid-19 is expected

The 4,577 terminations notified to the Department of Health in 2021 were ‘substantially lower’ than in previous years