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Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: She is wrong.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: It is very hard to listen to her. She sat at the public meetings and never opened her mouth. I was present at them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Publication (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1036, 1210 and 1211 together. The Government is committed to putting a new drugs strategy in place this year. The Strategy will be based on a health-led approach to the drug problem and build on progress achieved under previous drug strategies. A Steering Committee has been established to advise me on a new strategy with a view to developing an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: Parliamentary question number 444 was referred to the Health Service Executive, as it was a service matter, and I understand they issued a response to the Deputy on 30 May 2017. In response to the Deputy's subsequent questions on this issue, as this is a service matter, it has again been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1565 and 1566 together. Possession of a drug testing kit is not prohibited under the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2017, so long as none of the constituent chemical components or reagents are subject to control under that legislation. However, it is important to note that the possession of a controlled drug, other than for legitimate medical or scientific...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (20 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: Local or Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces are responsible for allocating money for suitable projects, based on locally identified needs and priorities. Applications for funding for organisations should be made directly to the appropriate Drug and Alcohol Task Force. Contact details for Drug and Alcohol Task Forces are available at .

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (21 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 65, 69 and 138 together. The Government is committed to putting a new drugs strategy in place this year. The Strategy will be based on a health-led approach to the drug problem and build on progress achieved under previous drug strategies. A Steering Committee has been established to advise me on a new strategy with a view to developing an integrated public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (21 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: In line with the relevant actions in the National Obesity Policy and Action Plan 2016 - 2025, a Food Reformulation Working Group is being established and membership is being determined. Its focus will be to reduce the sugar, fat and salt content of foods and beverages in line with the EU Food Reformulation Project. I am not in a position to preempt the work of the group in advance of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 to 201, inclusive, together. Some of the matters raised by the deputy are largely encompassed in the recent Health Service Executive publication entitled Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland: the HSE Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016 - 2021. This Action Plan sets out the priority areas to be addressed over the next 5 years to improve breastfeeding supports, to...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I have taken many notes on what Members have said. On behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, I thank Deputies for their contributions. I note that they broadly support the Bill. As the Minister indicated, its main purpose is to address the gaps identified in provisions for the appointment of professional members to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council and the...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Data (27 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: My Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund during the years 2008 to 2016 from which once-off grants for individual projects were paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. A list, in tabular form, of all the organisations that received lottery funding in each of these years is available on my Department's website at: . In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs-related Deaths (27 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The National Drug Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) is an epidemiological database administered by the Health Research Board which records cases of death by drug and/or alcohol poisoning and death among drug users and those who are alcohol dependent. The Health Research Board published a report on the NDRDI in December 2016, which shows deaths up to 2014, the latest year for which data is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (27 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The information sought by the Deputy is not immediately available. However, my Department is currently collating the information and will contact the Deputy directly in this matter. My Department is a member of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy Steering Group, which will monitor the implementation and progress of the new Inclusion Strategy, including any health-related actions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (27 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The 2005 strategy referred to by the deputy has largely been superseded by A Healthy Weight for Ireland- The National Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP). This was published last September. It is one of the key developments arising from Healthy Ireland, the framework for improving health and wellbeing across the population. The OPAP covers a ten year period up to 2025 and aims to reverse...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (28 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 to 199, inclusive, together. The Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017 was signed by the President on 16 May 2017. It is important to note that the Act will not establish the location of the Supervised Injecting Facility (SIF). However, it is envisaged that the first such facility would be established in Dublin city centre, where...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: My Department and the Health Service Executive have a range of mechanisms for sharing information about the drugs situation with An Garda Síochána, including the Early Warning Emerging Trends Sub-Committee (EWET) of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol and the HSE Public Alert System for adverse events due to drugs. The EWET provides a forum for representatives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I acknowledge my predecessor, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, for the Healthy Ireland programme and thank her for all the work she has done. I hope to be able to implement the national drugs strategy in my role as Minister for State. Deputy O'Connell is right that there has been a significant fall in the numbers of young girls having the HPV vaccine. This is a very serious development...