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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Household Budget Survey (HBS) is a large national household survey conducted by the Central Statistics Office on a five yearly basis. It collects information on household’s expenditure on goods and services. HBS 2015/2016 indicated that the average weekly household expenditure on Medical expenses/services and therapeutic equipment for that period was €18.48, equivalent to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: In Census 2022, the reference person in each private household is the first person in the household identified as a parent, spouse, cohabiting partner or head of a non-family household containing related persons. Where no person in the household satisfied these criteria, the first usually resident person was used as the reference person. In this context, the reference person is referred to as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Thank you for your query in relation to Folic Acid Supplementation. As indicated in a previous written response issued in October 2023, the recommendations of the 2019 DOH Folic Acid Supplementation Report remain under consideration by the Department. Critically, it is recognised that as dietary intake of folate remains sub optimal In Ireland, all women considering pregnancy take a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The free contraception scheme for women aged 17 -25, ordinarily resident in Ireland, was launched on 14th September, 2022. Its remit has been expanded gradually to include women aged from 17 to 31 inclusive, from January 1st, 2024. Approximately €43.9m has been allocated to support the scheme in 2024 and approximately 2,400 GPs, primary care, family planning and student health centres...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The free contraception scheme for women aged 17 -25, ordinarily resident in Ireland, was launched on 14th September, 2022. Its remit has been expanded gradually to include women aged from 17 to 31 inclusive, from January 1st, 2024. Approximately €43.9m has been allocated to support the scheme in 2024 and approximately 2,400 GPs, primary care, family planning and student health centres...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I add my own on tribute to that of our former Taoiseach and party leader and to the deserved praise already given by my colleagues in the House today. I first of all extend my sympathies to John’s wife, Finola, his son, Matthew, and his daughters, Juliana, Emily and Mary-Elizabeth. I note in particular the presence on the benches today of his brother, Richard, someone who is held in...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (7 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders - - expressions of sympathy on the death of former Taoiseach, Mr. John Bruton, shall be taken now and on the conclusion of expressions of sympathy, the Dáil shall adjourn until 9 a.m. tomorrow; - the Government business to be taken tomorrow shall be Second Stage of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (7 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Up to 2020, the CSO employed two survey instruments at airports and seaports to compile statistics on overseas visitors to Ireland. These were the Country of Residence Survey (CRS) and Passenger Card Inquiry (PCI). The former differentiated air and sea passengers into outbound Irish residents and inbound foreign residents. The latter collected additional details from passengers, including the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (7 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) produces statistics relating to deaths which are compiled from administrative data supplied to the organisation from the General Register Office (GRO). The narrative contained within these death certificates are analysed and utilising methodological guidelines as prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), each death is assigned an underlying cause...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (1 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question relates to funding of healthcare services for people who are homeless, I have referred to HSE for direct response.

Consideration of Estimates by Committees: Motion (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 215A, the following Committees may complete their consideration of the Estimates for Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2024, standing referred to them pursuant to Standing Order 215(2), later than the sixtieth day and not later than the one hundredth day, being the 22nd day of March, 2024, after the Estimates had been so referred: -...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, and the Department of Health are engaging with priority in regard to the publication of the mental health Bill in the next term. It is on the priority drafting list at the moment. It is a very complex area. The Deputy can have my assurances, as Chief Whip, that we will be doing everything to get it drafted in this session and then published in the...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann resolves that the Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022 be deemed to be read a second time this day nine months, so as to allow sufficient time for the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs to be considered by the Oireachtas.". I welcome the opportunity...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: There is now a strong international evidence base for the benefits of arts and creativity for health and wellbeing, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognising the robust impact of the arts and creativity on both mental and physical health. The WHO has also found that the arts facilitate a more holistic approach to complex health problems, giving parity of esteem to mental health and...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Minister and thank the Chair for his questions. As regards obesity, from a prevention point of view, Healthy Ireland was established in 2017 and its budget was €5 million. Today, in budget 2024, it is in excess of €16 million, so there is a big emphasis on this. We have many public engagement campaigns on obesity. One is the Healthy Weight campaign. It was...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I would not be the medical expertise around that but I think these are all areas that certainly need to be considered from a prevention point of view and going into communities to see what they need on the ground right now through healthy eating, and smoking cessation of which there has been a huge uptake. The demand for the Healthy Ireland programmes is very high which is why we have more...

Select Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I have to go to the Dáil for Leaders' Questions. However, I will be back before the committee in a couple of weeks anyway. I would be happy to deal with any questions at that point.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Deputy Verona Murphy is next, I think.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those set down to the Minister for Finance shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Minister for...