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Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: -----but I will read the statement and hope something will come of it. I extend my apologies to the Deputy because, having read it, I do not believe the reply is comprehensive. On behalf of the Minister of State, I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and giving me the opportunity to respond. The National Rehabilitation Hospital provides complex specialist rehabilitation services...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I made it very clear to the Deputy in my opening statement that I was not happy either with the answer I had received. I will relay the Deputy's concerns to the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, in the morning. My mother-in-law was an amputee for 30 years and I was in the National Rehabilitation Hospital with her many a time. The work the staff did on her was remarkable. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: Making Every Contact Count (MECC) was launched in May as a framework to support the implementation of Healthy Ireland in the health services. The vision for MECC is that health behaviour change interventions will become part of routine clinical care delivered by health professionals in the health service. It will capitalise on the opportunities that every health professional has on a daily...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Chronic Disease Management Programme (14 Dec 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: Hospital Food (14 Dec 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. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Food (14 Dec 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. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Food (14 Dec 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. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Treatment Programmes (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: Community Action on Alcohol is an evidence based, public health approach to reducing alcohol harms. It requires community leadership and locally based action and is underpinned by community development principles. Community Action on Alcohol was initiated as a pilot project in 2015 and has now been initiated in 19 communities across Ireland. Eleven additional area action plans have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The National Positive Ageing Strategy (NPAS), published on 24 April 2013, provides a framework for cooperation to address age-related policy and service delivery across Government and society in the years ahead. The Strategy is intended to promote older people’s health and well being so that older people can continue to contribute to social, economic, cultural and family life in their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As this is an operational matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to you. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392, 393, 412 to 414, inclusive, 417 to 421, inclusive, 423 and 425 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: Human Trafficking (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As the issue raised by the Deputy relates to a service matter, I have referred it to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 and 416 together. In January 2016, the Director General of the HSE submitted the final report of the Opioid Substitution Implementation Group to the Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy. The report recommends the phased increased access to buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) for groups of patients in specific...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Data (14 Dec 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 October 2017, the latest month for which figures are available, 9,674 individuals were in receipt of opioid substitution treatment outside of the prison setting.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I thank Senator Conway for raising this very important issue. I am here on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, who wishes that I update the House on the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick. There is no doubt that too many patients continue to wait on trolleys for admission to hospitals on a daily basis. I wish to acknowledge the distress that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Emergency Departments Waiting Times (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I acknowledge Senator Conway's contribution this morning. Let me assure him that the Minister, Deputy Harris, and his officials will continue to monitor the performance of the emergency department. Members of the Oireachtas are concerned about the significant numbers attending emergency departments, particularly during the winter months. This puts major pressure on hospital staff. It is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Children and Family Services Provision (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I will read the statement that has been provided by the Minister's office and I will refer to some of the issues the Senator has raised. The Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 reforms and updates family law to address the needs of children living in diverse family types. As Senator Warfield is aware, the Minister for Health is responsible for the commencement of Parts 2 and 3 of the...