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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (18 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 590. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department and Tusla are supporting families with non-violent resistance training to address child-to-parent violence. [53293/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Substance Misuse (18 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 591. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department and Tusla are supporting those caring for children and young persons in their family as a result of substance misuse to access relevant information, supports and services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53294/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Substance Misuse (18 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 592. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department and Tusla are playing in expanding the range, availability and geographical spread of problem drug and alcohol services for those under 18 years of age. [53295/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Substance Misuse (18 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 593. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department and Tusla are playing in developing multidisciplinary child and adolescent teams and developing better interagency co-operation between problem substance use and child and family services. [53296/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Counselling Services Provision (18 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 594. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the role her Department and Tusla are playing in providing access to timely appropriate interventions such as resilience building programmes and-or counselling, educational assessments and or clinical psychological assessments as appropriate. [53297/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (18 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 630. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a report on the work of the programme framework for community employment drug rehabilitation schemes during 2018; the funding provided for same in 2018; the number of individuals supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53094/18]

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: When Deputy O'Dea set out our party's position on the amendment, the Minister clearly indicated that stand-alone legislation might be brought forward. Deputies Brady, O'Dea and those of us on the committee have embarked on a piece of work on bogus self-employment. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence. Deputy Boyd Barrett referred to the fact that he had heard the advertisements on radio...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: From the Seanad (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: -----but while the advertisements were broadcast, they did not achieve the required results. The scope section of the Department did not get the numbers. We need to look behind this discussion to ensure the legislation that might be brought forward would be fit for purpose. People on bogus self-employment contracts face a major loss of entitlements. What worries me just as much as their...

Promoting Cycling: Motion [Private Members] (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: I am sharing time with Deputies Lisa Chambers and Jack Chambers. I compliment and congratulate my party colleague, Deputy Troy, on bringing forward this motion. While other speakers indicated that it is not legislation, it is a motion and it is important because it affords us on this side of the House the opportunity to set out our vision on cycling and the infrastructure that is required....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce or amend legislation to enable representation and arbitration for members of semi-State defined benefit pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the numbers participating in drug rehabilitation community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53327/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the new schemes developed for socially and economically disadvantaged communities to provide targeted, appropriate and effective services for young persons at risk of substance misuse. [53672/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the working groups established to examine the evidence regarding early harm reduction responses such as drug testing, amnesty bins and media campaigns responding to current and emerging trends, including the use of new psychoactive substances and image and performance enhancing drugs and other high risk behaviours. [53673/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 323. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken during 2018 to strengthen the implementation of the national drugs rehabilitation framework specifically with regard to developing a competency framework on key working, care planning and case management; and if the training programme on the key processes of the National Drugs Rehabilitation Framework has been extended. [53674/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 324. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken during 2018 to expand the availability and geographical spread of relevant quality drug and alcohol services and improve the range of services available based on identified need; and the way in which gaps in identifying and addressing gaps in provision within tier 1, 2, 3 and 4 services have been identified and addressed. [53675/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 326. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the availability of opioid substitution treatments has been improved during 2018; and if access to same has been increased through an expansion of general practitioners prescribing, nurse-led prescribing and the provision of opioid substitution treatments in community-based settings and homeless services. [53677/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 327. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which quality and safety of care in the delivery of opioid substitution treatment has been enhanced in 2018; and the way in which the HSE national clinical guidelines on same are being implemented and reviewed in line with national clinical effectiveness committee processes. [53678/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which relapse prevention and aftercare drug treatment services have been improved during 2018. [53679/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the range of progression options for recovering drug users has been increased in 2018; and if a new programme of supported care and employment has been developed. [53680/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Dec 2018)

John Curran: 330. To ask the Minister for Health if the need to provide drug liaison midwives and specialist medical social workers in all maternity networks was assessed during 2018; and if so, the outcome of the assessment. [53681/18]