Results 41-60 of 5,012 for speaker:Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1146 and 1147 together. The Programme for Government ‘Securing Ireland’s Future’ reaffirms the Government’s commitment to a health led approach to drugs use. It commits to divert those found in possession of drugs for personal use to health services. I and the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, have agreed that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Minister for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor, has established a steering group to oversee the drafting of the successor National Drugs Strategy (NDS), as well as a two-year action plan to support its delivery. The group has a limited time period of December 2025 to complete its work. The work of the steering group will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible. Matters relating to An Garda Siochana fall under the remit of Department of Justice, the deputy may wish to contact Department of Justice directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 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 (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: National Mental Health Promotion Plan The first National Mental Health Promotion Plan for Ireland was launched in December 2024. It was informed by national and international evidence and provides the foundation for the programme of work that will be required to deliver on the high-level goals and objectives aimed at promoting positive mental health and wellbeing for the whole population....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: It is of vital importance that people living with HIV (PLHIV) are promptly linked to care, for prevention of onward transmission and for clinical benefit. It is also vital that those at risk are encouraged to access regular testing and preventive programmes such as PrEP and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). These measures are key elements towards achieving UN and WHO aims of ending the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the homeless figures both nationally and in county Carlow; and the number of homeless persons accessing services both nationally and in county Carlow. [45774/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1952. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons with a disability both nationally and in county Carlow registered and the number accessing services both nationally and in county Carlow to date in 2025. [45775/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Department of Health actively monitors data on the nature and extent of drug use, so that policies can be put in place to provide appropriate services and treatments. The National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) is the national surveillance system that records and reports on cases of drug and alcohol treatment in Ireland. It is compiled annually to provide data to inform...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Under the 2025 Programme for Government there is a commitment to ‘Explore ways to ban commercial sunbed use’. Minister of State, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor, has established a cross departmental Working Group which has been tasked with assessing the feasibility and implications of a ban, evaluating public health, economic and regulatory considerations in order to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Dear Deputy Smyth, Thank you for your recent correspondence regarding the limited availability of gluten free products in local shops and restaurants. I thank you for bringing to my attention the challenges that living with a chronic disease can bring to individuals and their families. I understand that coeliac disease, as an autoimmune disease carries with it potential further health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2295, 2296 and 2297 together. I am committed to improve access and to increase capacity in drug treatment services, including community-based services, on an equitable basis across the HSE health regions. Details of any additional funding for drug services will be announced, as usual, on Budget day.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Sexual health is a priority for this Government. The National Sexual Health Strategy, 2025-2035 (NSHS) and the first National Sexual Health Action Plan, 2025-2028 (NSHAP) were approved by Government on the 10th of June 2025 and published on 25th June 2025. The new NSHS includes significant measures to support STI and HIV awareness, prevention, testing, early detection, diagnosis and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In 2016, the Department of Health indicated its intention to introduce a food reformulation strategy for Ireland. The strategy was published in 2021 and is outlined in A Roadmap for Food Product Reformulation in Ireland. To implement the Roadmap, The Food Reformulation Task Force, a strategic partnership between the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and Healthy Ireland, was established in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP) - A Healthy Weight for Ireland - Obesity Policy and Action Plan - was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland Framework (Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a coordinated policy response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am referring this to the HSE for direct response as the question relates to a service matter, specifically regarding the HSE's Homeless Discharge Protocol.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 1026. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeframe for commencement of a new school building (details supplied). [41076/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (29 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 2267. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when funding from TUSLA of €28,000 will be provided to an organisation (details supplied). [40977/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Homeless Persons Supports (29 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The Department of Health is committed to strengthening integrated care pathways to meet the chronic health needs of people who are homeless, based on an inclusion health model. In line with this, the HSE capital plan 2025 will provide funding to expand healthcare facilities for people experiencing homelessness. HSE South West has developed a business case for an integrated inclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (29 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2571 and 2572 together. There is an interactive map of publicly-funded drug treatment and drug-related family support services, which can be accessed at www.drugsandalcohol.ie/services_map . The online tool is a partnership between the Department of Health and the Health Research Board and marks the first time a visual database of services has been...