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Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he is developing interventions to address gender and cultural specific risk factors for not taking up treatment for drug addiction. [52339/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the assessment being made of the need for the development of specialist services to meet the needs of older persons with long-term substance use issues. [52340/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional detoxification, stabilisation and rehabilitation beds provided to date in 2019. [52342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 238. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which needle exchange programmes have been expanded to date in 2019. [52343/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 240. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of an overdose prevention strategy. [52345/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he has taken to date in 2019 to build capacity within drug and alcohol services to develop a patient safety approach in line with the HIQA National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare 2012. [52346/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 242. To ask the Minister for Health if each hospital emergency department includes the monitoring of attendances as a result of alcohol and drugs use in its electronic patient system. [52347/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Data (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug treatment episodes provided to date in 2019 across services (details supplied); and the equivalent figures for 2017 and 2018, in tabular form, [52328/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to provide drug liaison midwives and specialist medical social workers in maternity networks has been assessed to date in 2019; and if so, the outcome of the assessment. [52333/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the specific actions taken to date in 2019 to improve outcomes for persons with co-morbid severe mental illness and substance misuse problems. [52341/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if the uptake of hepatitis C treatment has been increased to date in 2019. [52344/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Data (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons outside prisons in receipt of opioid substitution treatment to date in 2019. [52348/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Data (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the number of service users admitted to homeless emergency accommodation hostels and facilities to date in 2019 whose health needs were assessed within two weeks of admission. [52349/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Data (12 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that attended pharmacy needle exchanges to date in 2019. [52350/19]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

John Curran: I thank the Minister for his concluding remarks, in which he quite clearly indicates he is prepared to work and develop this Bill. Two things are clear from the debate in the House today. The issue of problem drug abuse is a national one; it is not a Dublin issue any more, and we heard contributions from right around the country. This phenomenon of children being exploited, while it has...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

John Curran: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Deputies Cahill and Butler. As Members of the House are aware, the quantity of illicit drugs on our streets and in our communities is at a level we have not previously seen. They are having a devastating effect on the lives of individuals and families and on communities. These are not just words; the evidence...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (11 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting one week, one, three, six and 12 months, respectively, to be discharged from each hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52006/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Car Parks (11 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation plan of his Department and the HSE to accompany the review report by the HSE of hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (11 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the cycling design office planned to be operational during quarter 4 of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52008/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (11 Dec 2019)

John Curran: 295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the social inclusion strategy 2019-25 roadmap for social inclusion, which was due for publication in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52009/19]