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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Childhood Obesity (27 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Healthy Communities initiative is intended to support health and wellbeing in areas of deprivation through targeted investments in health and wellbeing interventions in areas of greatest need. It will involve a partnership approach with a broad range of stakeholders, including government departments, the Health Service Executive, local government, local Community Development...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: HIV Incidence (27 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: HIV-AIDS Programmes (27 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Drugs Strategy (27 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, sets out government policy on drug and alcohol use until 2025. The strategy aims to provide an integrated public health approach to drug and alcohol use, focused on reducing the harms for individuals, families and communities and promoting rehabilitation and recovery. The strategy is a dynamic strategy, monitored through the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (27 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces play a key role in relation to the implementation of the national drugs strategy, ' Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery'. Action 6.1.50 of the strategy commits to ensuring that Task Forces have proper arrangements in place for the selection and renewal of the Chair, Members of Task Forces and for having proper procedures in place for addressing conflicts of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (28 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: The COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation Strategy sets out a provisional list of groups for vaccination. The Strategy was developed by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and my Department, endorsed by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET), and approved by Government on 8 December 2020. Vaccine allocation is a matter for my Department and further information is available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (28 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (28 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Government’s strategic response to addressing drug and alcohol problems in Ireland is set out in Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery – a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025. The strategy contains a commitment to develop and pilot a community crime impact assessment tool in order to measure the impact of drug-related crime and wider public nuisance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The 2014/15 Drug Prevalence Survey Research collected data on the extent of gambling on behalf of the Department of Justice and Equality. It estimates that circa 1 per cent of the population is affected by problem gambling.   The Department of Health does not have a remit or the resources to fund gambling-specific addiction services. The Department of Justice and Equality has overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Health Research Board is responsible for the national survey on drug and alcohol use, also known as the drug prevalence survey. Ireland has good data on the use of drugs and alcohol at a national level. These data provide information on the nature, extent and consequences of drug and alcohol use. They assist in evidence-informed policy-making and planning of drug and alcohol...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 661 and 662 together. The National Strategy for Women and Girls (NSWG) Strategy Committee, now led by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, established a sub-committee on period poverty in 2019, chaired by the Department of Health. In line with the recommendations of Oireachtas motions passed in early 2019, its remit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Government plan for living with Covid-19 details how non-Covid health and social care services will be resumed, especially during the challenging winter months. This includes planning for the safe resumption of drug and alcohol services, including community-based services, residential programmes and recovery support groups. In July 2020 the Department set up a working group with drug...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: Pobal administers the Healthy Ireland Fund (HIF) on behalf of the Department of Health. HIF Round 1 ran from 2017-2018; Round 2 from 2018-2019 and Round 3 (current round) runs from 1stJuly 2019 to 31stDecember 2021. The Fund is currently structured on the basis of supporting national and local organisations and to deliver actions aligned to the Government’s Healthy Ireland Framework...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Gay Men's Health Service is a community STI service and is managed through HSE Community Healthcare East (CHO6). The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented interruption to normal healthcare activity, with all services affected. The closure of the GMHS related primarily to the necessary redeployment of increasing numbers of personnel to diverse COVID-19 related duties. Since...