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Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218, 220 and 221 together. My Department has established an Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group. The national Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group (OPIOG) - under the Chair of my Department - is comprised of representatives from a range of Government Departments and Agencies including the Department of Housing, Planning and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (18 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 222 together. My Department has established an Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group. The national Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group (OPIOG) - under the Chair of my Department - is comprised of representatives from a range of Government Departments and Agencies including the Department of Education & Skills and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The Mid Term review of the Capital Plan was published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on 13 September 2017. The Government is preparing a new National Development Plan for the period 2018-2027, which is expected to be published alongside and in support of the forthcoming new National Planning Framework, to sustain national economic and social progress over the long term. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (24 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 and 118 together. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputies.

Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am grateful for the opportunity to talk to the Members of the House on the question of obesity, specifically child obesity. I understand that the interest in us discussing this important issue today was in part prompted by the publication last summer of the report on childhood obesity from the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, BIPA. This report, which my Department had input into,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (30 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: From 2013-2017 the Department of Health incurred no expenditure in relation to advertising costs for Healthy Ireland. However, during that time interval, both the HSE and Safefood have held a number of public information, awareness, and behaviour change campaigns under the Healthy Ireland banner, for which advertising is a key element. I have therefore referred the Deputy's question to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (30 Jan 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (30 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The Healthy Food for Life campaign launched by my Department in 2016 includes a range of resources outlining the revised Healthy Eating Guidelines and the Food Pyramid. The Food Pyramid offers a wide range of food choices from each shelf to allow individuals to plan a healthy, balanced diet according to their own personal food preferences. The variety of foods on each shelf provides the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (30 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: Last November, Minister Harris and I launched a new child obesity campaign, called START, which my Department has developed with safefood and the HSE. Reflecting the partners involved in the campaign, the broader ‘START’ campaign is underpinned by ‘A Healthy Weight for Ireland: Obesity Policy and Action Plan 2016 – 2025’ and is designed around four key...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, I thank Deputy MacSharry for raising this issue. The rehabilitation and recovery mental health unit, formerly known as the Alzheimer’s unit, is located within the grounds of St. John's Community Hospital, Sligo, and serves patients with both dementia-related illness and mental health difficulties, as the Deputy has said. The Mental...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I do not know the location and have been given a prepared response, and it is unfortunate that the response has not facilitated the Deputy's frustrations and concerns. I will not comment on the service there because I am not familiar with it but it is unacceptable for any family to be asked at short notice to remove a family member, especially somebody who has been in long-term care, from...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Protection Areas Designation (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Michael Creed, who is leading an agri-food trade mission in Turkey. The hen harrier programme is a new locally-led project funded jointly by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the European Union under the European innovation partnership initiative. It is not a compensation...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Protection Areas Designation (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I certainly have not raised any question about good-living farmers across the country, and I do not believe the reply has done so either. There is nobody doubting them. I can only read the reply given to me. I will relay the Deputy's concerns to the Minister. The project team consulted the IFA, IFDL, ICMSA, INHFA and ICSFA during the design stage. The first four organisations also...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: On behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, I thank the Senator for raising this matter because it provides the opportunity to outline the current position on accommodation for Scoil Mhuire in Creeslough, County Donegal. The Senator will be aware that Scoil Mhuire is a co-educational national school that caters for pupils from junior infants to sixth class. The school...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I will bring the Senator's concerns, particularly those relating to the different in the figures, back to the Department. I will take a note of it. I will speak to the Minister and raise the matter with his officials. They might reply directly to the Senator.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: Again, on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, I thank the Senator for raising this issue which affords me the opportunity to outline to the House the situation regarding primary and post-primary school teachers who are also members of the local authority. Where a teacher in a primary or post-primary school is an elected member of a local authority, paid absence of up to ten...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Local Authority Members (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I will.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Management (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris, I thank Senator Conway for raising this important matter today. It is unacceptable that patients, especially the elderly and the vulnerable, have to wait on trolleys for long periods of time. The accident and emergency department at University Hospital Limerick, UHL, is one of the busiest in the country with approximately 67,000 attendances...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Management (31 Jan 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I cannot answer the personal and direct question about the management. I assure the Senator that the Minister is fully aware of the situation at UHL and is monitoring it closely. In light of the concerns raised by the Senator, I will certainly speak to the Minister again about this issue. Perhaps he will be able to reply directly to the Senator on the specific concerns about hospital...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff (1 Feb 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly. I thank the three Deputies for raising it and expressing their concerns. The overarching policy of the Government is to support older people to live in dignity and with independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. This is clearly what they and everybody in this House want. We also...