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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (11 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 669 to 671, inclusive, together. Drug and Alcohol Task Forces will be allocated in the region of €28 million in funding for 2019. A table outlining the core funding allocated to Drug and Alcohol Task Forces in 2019 is attached. On 6th March 2019, I announced additional funding of €1 million for the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: As this question relates to a service issue, I have referred the matter to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy. 

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (13 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris. I begin by congratulating Deputy Wallace on his election as an MEP to the European Parliament. I wish him well. I am sure we will still hear his voice loud and clear from across the waters. I want to remind the House of the significant progress that has been made on this project. After false starts and failures to build...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (13 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I thank Deputy Wallace. I am sorry that I cannot answer some of the detailed questions he has asked but I will relay them to the Minister. I fundamentally disagree with the Deputy on the way the project has been run from the outset. We are not just talking about a building. It is about having a facility for all the children of Ireland. It is about having a facility in a community that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (13 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I do not know of any project in the time of this Government or the last, or the one before that, that did not exceed some of its costs. The Government and the Minister for Health have given a commitment that every precaution will be taken to reduce the risk of inflation. Ultimately, when this is completed we will have an excellent hospital, probably one of the best in Europe if not the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (13 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (13 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: In Ireland the most recent general population survey was completed in 2014-15. This shows that 2.9 per cent of 15–34-year olds used cocaine in the last year which had not changed since the 2010/11 survey. This is lower than the corresponding figure for the UK (4.7%), the Netherlands (4.5%) and roughly the same as Denmark and France. The Health Research Board is are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (13 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: In Ireland the most recent general population survey was completed in 2014-15. This shows that 2.9 per cent of 15–34-year olds used cocaine in the last year which had not changed since the 2010/11 survey. The HRB are currently carrying out the 2018/19 General Population Survey on drug use and we expect results by the end of 2019. Our national drug strategy ‘Reducing Harm,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, is the whole-of-government response to drug and alcohol use for the period 2017 to 2025. The most recent figure on Irish Government drug related expenditure is €240.195 million (2017). The Department of Health allocates funding of almost €100 million to the HSE for addiction services. In addition, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 312 together. The Department of Health allocated funding of almost €100 million to the HSE for addiction services in 2019. The HSE National Service Plan for 2019 sets out the type and volume of addiction services to be provided, having regard to the funding allocated. In addition, the Department provides a further €28 million to Drug...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 313 to 316, inclusive, 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: Addiction Treatment Services (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: As the information you have requested comes under the remit of the Health Service Executive, your query has been forwarded to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (18 Jun 2019)

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: Traveller Community (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: The National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS) contains a set of specific actions aimed at improving the situation for Traveller and Roma communities in Ireland. Recommendation 73 of the NTRIS states that: The Health Service Executive will develop and implement a detailed action plan, based on the findings of the All Ireland Traveller Health Study, to continue to address the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Dealing (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Effective law enforcement and supply reduction strategies and actions to prevent, disrupt or otherwise reduce the availability of illicit drugs is an objective of the national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery - a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025. The use of violence or the threat of violence to enforce debts related to drug use creates an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Crime (18 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: The national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, contains a strategic action to strengthen the effectiveness of the drug-related intimidation reporting programme. The National Drug-Related Intimidation Reporting Programme which was developed by the National Family Support Network and An Garda Síochána, provides a framework to allow reporting of an incident of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I know it well.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Unfortunately, the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who has responsibility for mental health and older people, cannot be here so I am taking this matter on behalf of him. I thank Deputies Jack Chambers and Coppinger for raising the issue. Social care services, including home care, daycare and short-stay residential care are all important components in enabling people to remain living...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: There have been no cutbacks to home help services. I work daily in my community seeking home help services and I and the people I represent have never been turned down so I do not know where that is coming from.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Beds Closures (19 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I am very familiar with St. Mary's Hospital because members of my family stayed there in the past for long-term respite care. We can all agree that the quality of care for patients comes first. All patients should receive the same high standard of quality assured care. The decision to close the ward was based solely on health and safety concerns. I cannot emphasise that enough. It was...