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Unfair Dismissals (Increased Protections for Workers) (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (22 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The national Traveller health action plan was launched on 28 November 2022. The Department is providing additional ring-fenced funding of €1.3 million to support the implementation of the plan. It is a key objective for the HSE in 2023 is to develop a national implementation plan for the action plan and to establish a national implementation and monitoring group with key...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: In December 2021, the Department of Health announced a €2 million fund to enhance community-based drug and alcohol services. The fund 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. Between €200,000 and €240,000 per annum was provided to the nine community...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2023 (back from Committee) (without debate) - Motions for Revised Estimates for Public Services 2023 [Votes 1 to 10, 13, 29 and 33] (back from Committee) (to be moved together and decided...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As part of the preparatory work for the 2027 census the CSO conducted a public consultation by inviting submissions on the possible questions, and on the outputs to be produced. Notice to this effect was published in the national press in November 2022, and notices for submissions remained live until January 2023. This phase of the process has now concluded. Over 400 submissions were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Information on the funding provided by both his Department and the HSE to the drug and alcohol task forces in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, is attached in tabular form. Note this information does not include additional funding provided for strategic initiatives or the community services enhancement fund.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: First 5 is Ireland’s first ever cross-departmental strategy to support babies, young children and their families. The ambitious ten-year plan will deliver a broader range of options for parents to balance working and caring and a new model of parenting support. In line with the principles set out in Sláintecare, and the First 5 Whole of Government Strategy for Babies, Young...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 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 (21 Mar 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 (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery, strategy 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. As noted in the strategy document, Ireland remains a country with a relatively large opiate problem, and although the characteristics of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 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: Medicinal Products (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 year-olds, but this is subject to consultation across Government, legal advice...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The development of sexual health services is being implemented in accordance with the recommendations set out in the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015 - 2020 and is a priority item for this Government. The Strategy's lifetime was extended to 2022. An independent Review of the Strategy has been completed and will be published on the Healthy Ireland website shortly. The Strategy will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The development of sexual health services is being implemented in accordance with the recommendations set out in the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015 - 2020 and is a priority item for this Government. The Strategy's lifetime was extended to 2022 and an independent Review has been completed and will be published on the Healthy Ireland website shortly. The prevention of HIV infection and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The National Drugs Strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, A health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025, sets out a health-led approach to drug use. It promotes a more compassionate and humane approach to people who use drugs, with drug use treated first and foremost as a public health issue. The Programme for Government endorses this health-led approach. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Mar 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 (21 Mar 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 (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The free contraception scheme for women aged 17 -25 was launched on 14thSeptember, 2022, and expanded to include 26 year-olds on January 1st, 2023. The scheme is currently open to women aged 17-26 who are ordinarily resident in Ireland, and will be expanded to those aged 30 and under by September 1st, 2023. For eligible women, the free contraception scheme provides for: - The cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Following the publication of a Plan International Survey in 2018, which found that 10% of teenage girls were significantly impacted by period poverty, Private Members’ Motions on the topic were passed in both Houses of the Oireachtas and a sub-committee of the National Strategy for Women and Girls Strategy Committee was set up to consider the issue. The resulting Period Poverty in...