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Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Development Projects (15 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. The Department of Health provides €1.5m per annum to community-based drug and alcohol services under the remit of the Bray Drug and Alcohol Task Force. The Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board (KWETB) and the HSE act as the channels of funding for these services. Of the above amount, KWETB administers in the region of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: I can inform you that I have appointed a clinical expert in nursing and addiction to the National Oversight Committee. This person was nominated for the position following a call for expressions of interest overseen by the Chief Nursing Officer in the Department of Health. The new appointee attended the meeting of the National Oversight Committee on the 9th of June. I appreciate the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1486 and 1487 together. The Report of the Working Group on Access to Contraception, published in October 2019, identified the barriers that exist to accessing contraception, which include accessibility, information, workforce capacity and, for a significant number of women who may be just above the eligibility threshold for a full GMS (medical) card, cost. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery emphasises a health-led, whole-of-government response to drug and alcohol use, based on providing person-centred services that promote rehabilitation and recovery To realise this vision, the strategy identified five strategic goals and 50 actions to be delivered over the initial four year period 2017-2020. The Department published the mid-term...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1500, 1501 and 1502 together. Social prescribing is a means of enabling healthcare professionals and other professionals to refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services provided by the voluntary and community sector. It is a key enabler and effective means of linking those with mental health difficulties to community-based supports and interventions...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1596, 1597, 1598, 1599, 1600, 1602, 1603 and 1607 together. 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: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: The Report of the Working Group on Access to Contraception, published in October 2019, identified the barriers that exist to accessing contraception, which include accessibility, information, workforce capacity and, for women who may be just above the eligibility threshold for a full GMS (medical) card, cost. In consideration of the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the 8th...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: 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: Health Services (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1830 and 1846 together. 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: Substance Misuse (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: The Health Research Board recently published an overview entitled ‘Alcohol and other drug use among children and young people in Ireland’. Using multiple information sources, this publication outlines the prevalence of alcohol and other drug use among young people in Ireland. With this data, it examines the risk and protective factors that may encourage or discourage young...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: The Health Research Board recently published an overview entitled ‘Alcohol and other drug use among children and young people in Ireland’. Using multiple information sources, this publication outlines the prevalence of alcohol and other drug use among young people in Ireland, examines the risk and protective factors that may encourage or discourage young people to begin using...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (14 Jun 2022)

Frank Feighan: The Governments response to addressing the drug problem is set out in the National Drug Strategy 'Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery 2017-2025'. Cooperation on international policing matters and regulation of supply chain issues fall under the responsibility and ambit of the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána. Under the National Drugs Strategy, the Department of Health in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: 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: Health Services (31 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Family Support Services (31 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: 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 Services (26 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: 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: Substance Misuse (26 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: The National Drug and Alcohol Survey (NDAS) collects information on alcohol and tobacco consumption and drug use among the general population. It also surveys people’s attitudes and perceptions relating to tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use and records the impact of drug use on communities. The 2019–2020 NDAS, published by the Health research Board in July 2021, collected...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: The National Sexual Health Strategy, 2015-2020, (NSHS) was launched in October 2015. It takes a life course approach, acknowledging the importance of developing a healthy attitude to sexuality in young people and of building on that foundation for positive sexual health and wellbeing into adulthood and older age. The Strategy has been extended to the end of 2022, in order to account for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (26 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: 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: Traveller Community (25 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: The Report of the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community was published in November, 2021. The report contains 21 recommendations relating to the health needs of Travellers. The report builds on and complements the existing 35 health actions in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (NTRIS). The Programme for Government commits to...