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Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (26 Apr 2018)

Róisín Shortall: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a sexual health website that has been promoted in HSE advertising and literature does not exist (details supplied); the steps he will take to rectify the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18454/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (19 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: ...from the applicant to conduct this assessment. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) currently has marketing authorisation in the EU and as such is available from pharmacies with a private prescription. The HIV PrEP group continues to work towards the goal of ensuring that everyone in Ireland has access to adequate and effective HIV prevention and remains focused on making recommendations in...

Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Bríd Smith: ...correct way. It would also curtail the rising levels of sexually transmitted diseases among young people. I learnt today from a group that represents the LGBT+ community that the biggest rise in HIV among men is in teenage young men who are not being educated about protection or about their own sexuality and who face the sort of mental and personal crises Deputy Paul Murphy has talked...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (17 Apr 2018)

Simon Harris: ...from the applicant to conduct this assessment. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) currently has marketing authorisation in the EU and as such is available from pharmacies with a private prescription. The HIV PrEP group continues to work towards the goal of ensuring that everyone in Ireland has access to adequate and effective HIV prevention and remains focused on making...

HPV Vaccine: Motion [Private Members] (28 Mar 2018)

Brendan Howlin: ...not have a vaccine that is 100% effective yet, but we can reduce it in so many cases. Earlier, I referenced the 2008 Nobel Prize. That same year, the scientists who discovered the link between HIV and AIDS were also awarded the Nobel Prize. As of yet, science has not been able to develop a vaccine for that dreaded disease and it remains a serious health challenge. We can hope that a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (7 Feb 2018)

Leo Varadkar: ...of the world population who suffer from extreme poverty is rapidly falling. Some interesting information was produced on that issue. Measures being taken such as action against disease, whether HIV, vaccine programmes or the elimination of polio and smallpox, life expectancy and access to literacy and education are going in the right direction globally. It is a hard truth to hear for...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...person, with whom I have had the pleasure of working and campaigning. I have been on panels with him. He brings his own unique style and also a keen intellect to many issues, including the issue of HIV–AIDS in this case. Those who questioned his participation should consider what he has actually done and to where he travels. Whether it is in Mozambique, South Africa or other...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Jan 2018)

Regina Doherty: ...the disregard of certain compensation awards when assessing the means of a person for social assistance schemes. This includes all income derived from compensation awarded by the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal, by the Residential Institutions Redress Board and in relation to disability caused by thalidomide. Any payment made by the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (5 Dec 2017)

Simon Coveney: ...and 2017, Irish Aid provided €240,000 from its Civil Society Fund to the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) for a project to provide sexual reproductive health services (i.e. contraception, HIV and STI tests and counselling) and training in Bolivia through IFPA’s local partner. The focus of the project is on migrant youth in the cities of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz who...

Seanad: World AIDS Day: Statements (30 Nov 2017) See 6 other results from this debate

Catherine Byrne: I thank the House for providing me with the opportunity to speak to Members on this important topic in advance of World AIDS day tomorrow, 1 December. HIV is one of the most stigmatised conditions of our time. In September, I opened the national HIV conference hosted by HIV Ireland which focused on this stigma. The conference examined how the stigma of HIV/AIDS is an additional burden on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2017)

.... Millions of children in Kenya are alive thanks to the control of measles and other vaccinations. Hundreds of thousands more lives have been saved thanks to international co-operation to fight HIV-AIDS and malaria through Irish Aid funding. In Kenya's case, targeted aid seems to work better in the provision of mosquito nets, vaccines, cash transfers to the poor, education subsidies,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues - Crisis Pregnancy Management: Ms Janice Donlon, HSE (15 Nov 2017)

.... We fund the ICGP to claim for long-acting reversible contraceptives, LARC. We also fund a national condom distribution service that distributes condoms to groups working with those at risk of HIV or STIs.

Seanad: Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)

Fintan Warfield: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, for coming to the House. I wish to talk about sexual health. In 2016 HIV transmission rates in the State rose to more than 500 new cases in a year for the first time this century. We are going in completely the opposite direction to our European counterparts. As part of the Department of Health's national sexual health strategy from 2015 to...

Topical Issue Debate: Infectious Diseases (8 Nov 2017)

Kate O'Connell: ...is especially at risk. As I have stated at the Committee on Health, if there is a measles outbreak in this country, trolleys will be the least of our worries. We will have sick people with HIV and autoimmune diseases dying from a disease that had effectively been wiped out in this country. Trying to control the condition should be a priority for the Department.

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Oct 2017)

Billy Kelleher: .... If one takes the research conducted across the globe in recent years into cancer, we can now treat some cancers that were untreatable only a few years ago. The same is true of treatments for HIV, hepatitis and so forth. Profound changes have been brought about by pharmaceutical companies interacting with colleges and research institutes across the globe. Such interactions have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV Incidence (17 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 367. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIV infections detected per year since 2011; the number of new HIV infections detected to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43844/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: International Developments in the Provision of Health Care Services in the Area of Termination of Pregnancies: Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and World Health Organization (11 Oct 2017)

...including post-abortion contraception; and meet the particular needs of women belonging to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, such as women of lower socioeconomic status, adolescents, single women, refugees and displaced women, women living with HIV, and survivors of rape. We have provided copies of several documents for every member of the committee. These include the policy brief on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

...there and dies there people think that scientific medicine kills. We need to think about innovative ways to encourage women to get into those systems. Ironically, some of the work we have done on HIV has been very important in health system strengthening and in getting young women who might be at risk to get into the conventional medicine system. Some of the logistic chains we have...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2017)

Fintan Warfield: ...away from home for me while on the road in the United States. I spoke last week about my hope for a national AIDS memorial. Citizens mobilised today outside the Four Courts to demand access to HIV prevention and a measure called pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP.When taken daily, PrEP can stop transmission of HIV, with an effective prevention rate of almost 100%. Senators may be surprised...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Fintan Warfield: ...by Senator McDowell between gambling and alcohol with voting. One has a negative impact while the other has a positive impact. I rise today to say that we need a national AIDS memorial. Today, HIV Ireland marks its 30th anniversary. Since 1987, the organisation has championed sex education and focused on improving services and conditions for people who live with HIV and their...