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Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I also begin by adding my condolences to those of others to Deputy Michael Collins on the loss of his nephew. I thank Members of the House for their contributions to this discussion on general practice in rural communities and for their interest in and commitment to the issue. I acknowledge the issues various Members raised, such as the delays patients are facing in getting appointments...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance on Commercial Determinants of Health, defines these as“the private sector activities that affect people’s health, directly or indirectly, positively or negatively”. Commercial determinants can impact a wide range of risk factors- such as smoking, alcohol use, air quality, obesity, physical inactivity and health outcomes,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Coimisiún na Meán was established in March 2023 further to the provisions of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (“OSMR Act 2022”) www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/act/41/enacted/en/html. The OSMR Act 2022 amended the Broadcasting Act 2009, www.bai.ie/en/download/128802/, to establish Coimisiún na Meán and dissolve the Broadcasting Authority of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Step three of the The Obesity Policy and Action Plan – A Healthy Weight for Ireland’ (OPAP, DOH 2016) relates to food reformulation. It aims to ‘secure appropriate support from the commercial sector to play its part in obesity prevention and agree food industry reformulation targets and review progress’. To achieve this a Food Reformulation Subgroup of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland Framework (Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a coordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland Framework (Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a coordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion reAmendment of Orders of Reference of the Committee on Assisted Dying (without debate) -Motion re Approval of Appointment of a Member ofthe Legal Services Regulatory Authority (without debate) -Motion re Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2023 — Taking of divisions in Committee -Statements on Recent Arson Attacks (not...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: First Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Joint Committee on Assisted Dying: Motion (27 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That the Orders of Reference of the Special Committee on Assisted Dying, contained within the Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform entitled "Orders of Reference for Special Committee on Assisted Dying", as agreed by Order of the Dáil of 24th January, 2023, be amended in paragraph (4), by the deletion of "within nine months of the first public meeting...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2023: Motion (27 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 108(2), and for the purposes of the proceedings on the Planning and Development Bill 2023 only, it shall be permissible to proceed, before the eight minutes have elapsed from the demanding of the division, to take a division in the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage without a member of the Select...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann resolves that the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2023 be deemed to be read a second time this day nine months to allow for the issues contained in the Bill to be further examined in consultation with the Deputies and on the basis that the Government's Mental Health Bill,...

Electoral (Home Addresses of Candidates) Bill 2024: First Stage (28 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, together. The Government legislation programme, which was published on 16 January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 Bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas, including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Just to explain, normally this is Taoiseach's Questions but the Taoiseach is not here, so I am stepping in for any questions on the legislative programme.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Legislative Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank both Deputies for their questions. This session is on legislation. With regard to agriculture, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has prioritised one Bill for publication during this parliamentary session. That is the agriculture appeals (amendment) Bill. The general scheme of the Bill was approved at Cabinet on 16 January this year and it is undergoing...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to appear before the select committee as members consider the Revised Estimate for Vote 4. As Ireland’s national statistical institute, the Central Statistics Office is an independent office under the Statistics Act 1993, and is responsible for the production, co-ordination and qualitative oversight of official statistics for Ireland. The...