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Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (25 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: First Stage (25 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: With regard to Deputy McNamara's question, we can look at giving the Bill a little more time this week. I will come back to the Deputy at the Business Committee, if that is agreeable.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion reReferral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023(without debate) - Motion reAppointment of Anthony Harbinson to be a Member of the Policing Authority (without debate) - Motion for a Financial Resolution - Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Apr 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 (25 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this refers to a service matter I have referred directly to the HSE for response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (25 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Minister and the Department remain fully committed to delivering upon this important objective. Officials in the Department are actively examining how best to progress this Programme for Government Commitment and it is envisaged that an update on progress will be delivered to the Minister before the summer.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department welcomes the Cass report and will consider the implications and learning. The Department understands that based on the recommendations of this report, the HSE has identified the need to develop an updated and integrated model of care for transgender services in Ireland, informed by the best evidence-based clinical care for individuals who express gender incongruence or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (20 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Addressing the health needs of homeless persons and improving their access to healthcare services is a priority for the Department of Health and the HSE. In 2020, the Department of Health asked the Health Research Board to undertake a feasibility study to collect mortality data among people known to be homeless from closed files in the Coroners Service. The purpose of the feasibility...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: In Budget 2023 €4 million in additional funding was secured to expand community and residential addiction services. This funding will be used to expand HSE healthcare addiction services and to support community & voluntary organisations to improve access to health and social care services. The measures identified for this funding are set out in the attached factsheet. A further...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery, provides 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. Opioid substitution treatment (OST) supports patients to recover from drug dependence. Methadone prescribing for opioid dependence remains a key...

Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Rota for Leaders' Questions: Motion (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 3rd May, 2023, and the eighth sitting day in September, 2023, pursuant to Standing Order 36(ca), shall be in accordance with the rota contained in the report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform dated 29th March,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion reReport of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Rota for Leaders' Questions(without debate) -Statements post European Council Meeting of 23rd-24th of March, pursuant to Standing Order 124(not exceeding 130 mins, including 20 mins Q&A) -Financial Motion by the Minister for Finance(to be taken no earlier than 5.30...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The data requested by the Deputy is not available in the trade statistics as there is no separately identifiable product code for snus and the product cannot legally be imported by commercial operators. It can be imported by private individuals from other EU Member States, but this information is not captured in trade in goods statistics.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: In 2020, a steering committee was established to address specific issues in relation to the development of transgender healthcare services. The committee had a wide range of stakeholders from the agencies involved in delivering care, as well as service user representatives, including a representative from TENI. Further to the Cass Interim Report on the Tavistock Clinic, the HSE held an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 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 Staff (18 Apr 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 Data (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1405 to 1407, inclusive, together. The free contraception scheme for women was launched in September 2022, and is currently open to women aged 17-26 who are ordinarily resident in Ireland. The scheme will be expanded further, in September, to include women aged 30 and under. Funding through Budget 2023 was also allocated to expand the scheme to 16...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (18 Apr 2023)

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 Well-being 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a co-ordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the implementation of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible. To note, Action 1.4 of the Plan is "Develop and deliver an annual SunSmart communications plan to raise awareness of skin cancer  prevention behaviours". This follows on from a similar action in the first...