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Easing of Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (2 Feb 2022)

Frank Feighan: I am sharing time with the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I very much welcome this opportunity to update the House on the Government's easing of the Covid-19 restrictions. I am joined by the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Rabbitte. Ireland has reached a major crossroads in our management of the Covid-19 crisis and, as we reflect on our journey to this point, we should...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputies for their contributions on this very important issue, and Deputy Ward in particular, who tabled the motion, which the Government will not oppose. We all have children and young people in our lives, whether as part of our family, among our friends or in our community. Along with our relatives, friends and community, we take special care of them and attend to their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Feb 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.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and giving me the opportunity to outline to the House the position on capital commitments at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe and Sacred Heart Hospital in Roscommon. Portiuncula Hospital is an acute general and maternity hospital that delivers a patient-centred, quality-driven and quality-focused service and provides a wide range of diagnostic...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: As the Senator knows, the Government is committed to ensuring that Portiuncula Hospital can continue to deliver patient-centred, quality-driven and quality-focused service and provide a wide range of diagnostic and support services to meet the needs of its catchment area. The construction of the 50-bed ward is good news for the people of east Galway, Roscommon, the midlands and the mid-west....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (27 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank Senator Kyne for raising this issue and giving me the opportunity again to outline to the House the position regarding the new emergency department at University Hospital Galway. I will also convey his concerns to the Minister. University Hospital Galway provides regional services for a wide range of specialties. It serves a catchment area in the region of 1 million people along...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments (27 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I will convey Senator Kyne's concerns to the Minister, the Department and the HSE. As he knows, the project is of a huge, significant scale and it is progressing through the stages outlined in the public spending code. The preliminary business case, as I said, is under review with the HSE and pending board approval. I hope that we will get board approval as quickly as possible. This...

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I am pleased to address the House on this important subject and to outline the work being done in the area of public health and well-being and the national drug strategy to support our young people. Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025, which was launched in March 2013, is a national framework action to improve the health and well-being of the country over...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (26 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: Consideration is being given to the appropriate methodology for future citizens' assemblies, including one on drugs use. Decisions will be guided by the experience of the Gender Equality Assembly which completed earlier this year. An independent researcher was appointed by the Assembly to monitor and record, amongst other things, the perceived deliberative quality of the Assembly. This...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (26 Jan 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: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (25 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 518 and 653 together. Government policy in relation to addressing Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV) is set out in the National Strategy on DSGBV, which outlines a whole of Government approach to delivering on the actions in the Strategy. The Department of Justice coordinates the implementation of the strategy. The Department provides annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 521 and 572 together. The Department of Health provides €2.2m for the provision of community-based drug and alcohol services in the north inner city, in association with the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force. The task force has informed funded services that it is no longer in a position to function. This follows the resignation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. While significant work continues to positively impact on waiting times and improve pathways to elective care, acute hospitals have been impacted by operational challenges arising from surges in cases related to the Delta and Omicron variants. At present the acute...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579 and 580 together. The process for allocating funding for current expenditure processes currently operates as an annual budget cycle with the current expenditure allocations for each Government Department being confirmed for the following year at Estimates time in October each year. The detailed allocations for each Vote across Government are then...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: The Department of Health provides funding to the HSE for initiatives targeted at improving health outcomes for the Traveller community.I understand that the HSE funds the Traveller Primary HealthCare Projects via section 39 funding. Voluntary Agencies funded under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004, are managed by the application of either a Grant Aid Agreement (S39- GA) or a Service...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: In closing, I thank the Deputies for tabling their motion. I fully recognise the importance of Government and the Opposition thoroughly scrutinising the issues under consideration. The level of interest in the development of the new national maternity hospital is a clear reflection that everyone, right across politics and across our health service, shares the same goal when it comes to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (20 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank Senator Kyne for raising this important issue. Approximately €616 million of Exchequer capital funds has been provided for national roads through Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Tll, to local authorities in 2022. The 2022 funding allocations are made having regard to the National Development Plan 2021-2030, which balances investment in transport against other priorities of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (20 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Senator. As I mentioned previously, the N59 Clifden to Maam Cross improvement project remains on the list of projects included in the NDP. While funding has not been provided to progress planning and design of the scheme within the current year, subsequent phases will be progressed later in the plan. However, I agree with the Senator that these things should be kept alive. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I thank Senator Sherlock for raising this issue. The Commencement matter, which asks if the Minister will confirm that the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force will not be allocated funding in 2022, approaches this matter from an unusual perspective. The drug and alcohol task forces play an important role under the national drugs strategy in co-ordinating services to assist...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Frank Feighan: I will get the Senator further clarity on the operational funding. Regarding the email that was sent out, I can only go on the information I have and I will try to clarify that as well. I am committed to addressing the drug and alcohol issues affecting the north inner city. It is really for the local community and the statutory agencies and voluntary service providers. This has been...