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Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 537, 766, 768 and 770 together. People who present to the HSE for addiction treatment for gambling are offered the same range of interventions as those who present with a drug and alcohol addiction, or a mental health concern, including an initial assessment, a comprehensive assessment, and individual counselling. Counselling and rehabilitation services...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The overall objective of the National Drugs Strategy is to tackle the harm caused to individuals and society by the misuse of drugs through a concerted focus on the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research. Periodic reviews of progress across the five pillars of the Strategy are carried out through the Oversight Forum on Drugs, which is chaired by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 588 to 591, inclusive, 592, 596 to 599, inclusive, 601 and 602 together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 593 and 594 together. Following an Expert Group recommendation that the same regulatory framework which applies to methadone should apply to products containing buprenorphine/naloxone or buprenorphine for opioid substitution treatment (OST) an Opioid Substitution Implementation Group (OSIG) was established by the HSE in 2013. The purpose of this Group was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Training (13 Jul 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: Drug Treatment Programmes Places (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The HSE maintains the Central Treatment List, which is a register of all clients in receipt of opioid substitution treatment for problem opiate use in Ireland. As at 31 May 2017, the latest month for which figures are available, 9,638 individuals were in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside of the prison setting.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Projects Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 603 to 608, inclusive, together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 609 and 610 together. €2.96 million was made available to the Department of Health from the Dormant Accounts Fund in 2016, which included provision of €1.46 million for a Mobile Health Screening Unit and €0.45 million to support an Intercultural Health Project for Refugees. The objective of the Mobile Health Screening Unit is to provide an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Human Trafficking (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 and 613 together. The Government recognises that trafficking in human beings undermines the principles of human rights and dignity. Ireland's 2nd National Action Plan to Prevent and Combat Human Trafficking in Ireland sets out Ireland's response to trafficking in human beings over the coming years. It commits to continuing the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Jul 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 Provision (13 Jul 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: Proposed Legislation (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill is in the Programme for a Partnership Government. While it is not going to be possible to reintroduce the Bill before the recess, it is intended that it is passed through both the Dáil and Seanad in the next session of the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service issue, the question has been referred to the HSE to respond directly to you.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Data (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service issue, the question has been referred to the HSE to respond directly to you.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service issue, the question has been referred to the HSE to respond directly to you.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (13 Jul 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The provision of services including awareness campaigns for fetal alcohol syndrome is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive and as such, I have arranged to have the Deputy's question referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply.