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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (2 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: 163. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the scheme for free contraception for 17 to 25 year olds; the timeframe for commencement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11826/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (2 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if a needs assessment has been carried out in respect of the number of medical professionals who are certified to fit and remove long-acting reversible contraceptives in line with the expected demand when the programme for free contraceptives commences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11827/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for being here. I will work on the basis they watched the previous sessions. I want to pick up on the points made by Deputy Cullinane. The witnesses have spoken a lot about whether vaping is a quit aid. We established in the previous session that the HSE does not recognise it as a quit aid. Mr. Dunne mentioned that the UK has been more forthright in its support....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: The NHS is currently prescribing it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It does not prescribe it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: GPs are not the NHS. It does not prescribe it. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I am sure Mr. Dunne is aware of the study raised in the previous session by the British Medical Journalthat showed that e-cigarettes are now linked to fewer successful quitters than other smoking cessation aids.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Is Mr. Dunne setting this aside as a piece of research?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: So Mr. Dunne is not accepting the research from the British Medical Journal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: What is the sector worth in terms of its turnover?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Does the organisation apply a certain percentage to carry out research here in conjunction with academics or medical professionals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: It does not fund studies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Any education?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: I will return to the fact the organisation does not, from what I can gather, support the idea of plain packaging.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Dunne sees it as a quit aid.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Exactly. Is Mr. Dunne happy it would continue not to be a medically-licensed product, in which case we can set it aside as a quit aid? Does he think it should be seen as a medical product?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)
Neasa Hourigan: Can we set aside the idea it is a quit aid? The research is mixed and Mr. Dunne is not moving towards it being a medical product. Can we set aside the idea he believes it is a quit aid?