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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 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.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputies for raising this important matter. On behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, I reaffirm the Government's commitment to children with disabilities and their families. As Minister of State with responsibility for disabilities, Deputy Rabbitte is fully committed to the development and enhancement of services for children with disabilities. She...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: Once again, I thank the Deputies for their contributions and for their concerns about this matter in their counties. Deputy Ó Murchú referred to workforce planning. That is quite a reasonable suggestion. Progressing children's disability services is the policy underpinning children's disability services. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, believes in the overarching aim...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy for articulating the details relating to this very difficult issue. As stated, progressing children's disability services is the policy underpinning children's disability services. All 91 CDNT teams are now established and while I know they are challenged with recruitment and retention issues, they are in place and the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is continuing to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: Deputy Flaherty has again outlined the fact that businesses, retailers, citizens and communities need to keep safe. Tackling organised criminal activity remains a key priority for this Government. The Minister, Deputy McEntee, and I are very conscious of the repercussions such criminal behaviour can have on the quality of life of residents and local communities. It is important that people...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I the Deputy for raising this important matter for discussion. On behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, I restate this Government's commitment to children and young people with disabilities, as well as their families. The Deputy talked about Leo Dixon and the fact that a letter spent nine weeks on a desk. That is simply unacceptable. The Deputy was involved in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: On behalf of the Minister for Justice, I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I am very familiar with the disturbing news that has come from Longford in recent months. As he acknowledged, the allocation of Garda resources is an operational policing matter for the Garda Commissioner. Section 33 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, provides for the Commissioner to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue in the House. The Deputy will appreciate, of course, that Garda training is an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner. Under section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including the training of Garda members and staff. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (12 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy again for raising this very important issue. As I outlined, tackling organised criminal activity remains a key priority for the Government. The Minister, Deputy McEntee, and I are very conscious of the repercussions such criminal behaviour can have on the quality of life for residents in local communities, as the Deputy has outlined. It is important people feel safe and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to provide an update to the House on this very important matter. The ongoing development of both community and primary care is core to the Sláintecare vision. The Government is committed to ensuring local people are provided with the care they need as close to home as possible and have access to a wider range of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (11 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I will raise that issue again. The Senator makes a lot of sense. In the eight years since 2014, that title should have been investigated. We should not be in this situation and I will raise it with the Minister. Good progress continues to be made in the development and roll-out of primary care centres and 150 are now operational. Some 12 of these opened in the last 12 months despite the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (11 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: The Government has establish two concurrent citizens' assemblies; one dealing with biodiversity loss and the other with the type of directly elected mayor and local government structures best suited for Dublin. It is proposed that a Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use will directly follow these two assemblies, with the intention of running it concurrently with the Citizens’ Assembly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (11 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: The World Health Organisation European Regional Obesity Report 2022 was launched on May 3rd. It examines the prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among adults and children in the WHO European Region between 1975 and 2016. The report finds that levels of obesity in the region have increased by 138% in that period, and the levels of overweight (including obesity) by 51%. It notes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: The Department is fully committed to promoting and supporting breastfeeding. Healthy Ireland and Sláintecare have made a significant investment towards implementing the National Breastfeeding Action Plan. We all know how important it is that our children get the best possible start in life and this is something all Government partners have prioritised in the Programme for Government. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: Discussions were held in 2021 relating to expansion of the membership of the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group (OPIOG) to include service user and/or patient representation. These proposals have not been further progressed but will be considered at future meetings of the OPIOG. The Department has engaged with service users in relation to specific issues, and this will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ukraine War (11 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: The responsibility of providing emergency accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and others seeking international protection rests with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) is focusing on the medium and long-term accommodation challenges for persons arriving in Ireland as a result of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (11 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 (10 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 705 and 706 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: Health Services (10 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 (10 May 2022)

Frank Feighan: I understand the Deputy is referring to the stabilisation facility funded through the additional €4 million announced in Budget 2021. €2m of which was allocated to increase residential treatment services for people with severe drug and alcohol dependency across the country, including a step-up stabilisation facility in CHOs Cork/Kerry, Mid-West and South East and a low...