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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department of Health provides €2.249m per annum to community-based drug and alcohol services under the remit of the North Inner City Drug and Alcohol Task Force. In November 2021, the task force has informed local services that it is no longer in a position to function. This follows an impasse in the selection of an independent chairperson. The Department has engaged with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I am very aware of the valuable role that nurses are playing in providing treatment interventions to clients with substance use issues. Their work forms an important element of the addiction services response to the problem of substance use in our society. HSE Addiction services across the country employ nurses and a comprehensive governance structure for these staff is currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 803 and 804 together. In 2021 the Department of Health announced a €2 million fund to enhance community-based drug and alcohol services. The Community Services Enhancement fund (CSEF) is part of the strategic priority to enhance access to and delivery of drug and alcohol services in the community in the national drugs strategy 2021-2025. Twenty-five...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (11 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: My department does not provide specific funding for recovery month. Over €136 million in labelled public expenditure is spent on drugs every year by my department. Much of this funding is channelled through the HSE to support the implementation of the national drug strategy. Under the Health Act 2004, as amended, the HSE has responsibility for the provision of health and social...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (11 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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: Healthcare Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Strategic Action Plan 2023-2024 was published on the 29th of June 2023. The plan is based on the six strategic priorities identified following the mid-term review of the strategy in 2021. The priorities are designed to strengthen the health-led approach to drugs, reflect commitments in the Programme for Government and align with the EU Drugs Strategy & Action Plan. By having a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (11 Jul 2023)

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

Criminal Justice (Search Warrant Oversight) Bill 2023: First Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands: Motion (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with Article 15.1.3° of the Constitution, hereby determines that the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands may meet on Arranmore Island, County Donegal, on a date in 2023 to be decided by the Committee, in order to hear from the community groups and populations on the Islands, first hand,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Some €130 million a year is allocated to the HSE for the provision of addiction services under the Health Act 2004. As the Deputy is aware, the HSE is required to manage and deliver those services. I can come back to the Deputy directly in relation to his specific query. I assume that an application has been submitted by the addiction service to the Department of Health. Perhaps we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, asked me to thank the Senator for raising this issue and welcomes the opportunity to provide an update on the development of primary care centres in County Monaghan to the House. A central objective of the programme for Government is to deliver increased levels of integrated healthcare with service delivery oriented towards general practice,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Senator and will ask the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, to come back to him regarding Ballybay as I do not have that information here. I thank him for his question and reiterate what we have both said around the importance of primary care centres and that infrastructure to support the delivery of integrated care by facilitating closer co-ordination and co-operation between health...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Drugs Task Forces (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Senator Sherlock for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to update the Seanad on this topic. Under the national drugs strategy, drug and alcohol task forces play an important role in co-ordinating drug and alcohol services in the community, based on an interagency partnership. I reassure the Senator that I am fully committed to the task force model. I recently...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Drugs Task Forces (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I acknowledge the important contribution of the independent chairs of the task forces. They facilitate the partnership between the statutory and the community bodies at the heart of the task force model. The success of the task force model depends on the commitment of the skills and energies they bring to the role. The independent chairs are also key to the effective governance and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enhancing access to, and the delivery of, drug and alcohol services in the community is a strategic priority under the national drugs strategy for the period 2021-2025. The strategic action plan 2023-2024 sets out a number of actions in relation to this priority. I am very aware of the of the key role played by Drug and Alcohol Task Forces and community-based drug services in...

Twenty-seventh Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (4 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Twenty Seventh Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 30th June, 2023, and discharges a member from a Committee and appoints a member to a Committee accordingly, with effect from 5th July, 2023.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion re Appointment of Jane Mulcahy to be a Member of the Policing Authority (without debate) -Motion re Referral to Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Regulations 2023 (without debate) -Motion re Twenty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) -Statements on matters...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Small and Medium Enterprises (4 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has responsibility for collating information on the number of enterprises which close each year as part of its work in developing and maintaining the Central Business Register. The register is developed using data provided by the Companies Registration Office (CRO) and the Revenue Commissioners. The CSO, in line with its legal obligations under Regulation...