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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (29 Mar 2017)

...C sufferers and for the costs of the scheme's administrator. The total amount receivable by the HSE in the year was €359,000. I note that there are a couple of other funds related to hepatitis C and HIV contamination and significantly larger sums are paid out under them. Finally, we have the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. This is an unusual account in the sense...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 921. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all State funding allocation in relation to AIDS/HIV prevention to LGBT and non-LGBT organisations over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13651/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (9 Mar 2017)

Paschal Donohoe: ...for tribunals is €314 million, of which the Mahon tribunal represented a cost of €119 million and the Moriarty tribunal a cost of €54 million. The tribunal of inquiry into the infection with HIV and hepatitis C of persons with haemophilia and related matters, or the Lindsay tribunal, represented a cost of €46 million. As regards commissions of inquiry, the...

Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Mar 2017) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Harty: ...them to use intravenous drugs in any way. This country already has a needle exchange programme and it is accepted that it has reduced the incidence of intravenous infections such as hepatitis C, HIV and septicaemia. It certainly has reduced the number of deaths related to intravenous drug abuse. If it is accepted that one would give somebody a clean needle to inject, it is a natural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

...a right because we are independent experts and the UN and WHO were perhaps too slow to react to emerging new priorities. The first priority was communicable diseases and the global response to the HIV-AIDS crisis was quite good. Indicators suggest we are now in the middle of the way. This very ambitious sustainable development goal to eliminate AIDS by 2030 is an example of where the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (8 Mar 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 102. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the availability of pre exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, to prevent HIV transmissions, in view of the continuing rise in infections in 2016 and the fact that ten persons a week are now contracting HIV and the effectiveness of PrEP in dramatically reducing HIV transmissions in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (7 Mar 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the State’s subsidy to the gay HIV strategies and expenditure since 2005 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (28 Feb 2017)

Gino Kenny: 627. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation group established by the HSE will make its recommendations on the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10236/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry Data (28 Feb 2017)

Simon Harris: ...Tribunal. Name Number of Days Gross Cost The Tribunal of Inquiry into the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Finlay Tribunal) 26 €4,380,601.27 The Tribunal of Inquiry into the Infection with HIV and Hepatitis C of Persons with Haemophilia and Related Matters (Lindsay Tribunal) 196 €46,677,703.45

Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Bill 2017: Second Stage (23 Feb 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

Jonathan O'Brien: ..., while it fell by less than 10% in other areas of the city where they were not providing a supervised injecting centre. That same report went on to say that not only did it prevent deaths, it probably prevented 35 HIV infections every year since opening. While there is a lot of research in Australia, it does not go into the number of people who have potentially been saved, but it...

Seanad: The Diaspora: Statements (23 Feb 2017)

Joe McHugh: ...are intrinsically linked. When I was in Nairobi, I met nuns who were working as diaspora missionaries. For example, on one project, Sr. Mary Owens from the Loreto order was caring for 124 children who are HIV carriers. She was working on a project with a whole laboratory set up. This is the type of interconnectivity we have. Diaspora and international development are interlinked....

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (21 Feb 2017)

Gino Kenny: ...for Health the measures he is taking to support the use of the combination of the drugs emtricitabine and tenofovir for pre-exposure prophylaxis as part of a comprehensive prevention strategy of HIV infection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8648/17]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Enda Kenny: ...Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in 1989. That concluded at a cost of €19.4 million. The tribunal inquiry in the Lindsay case, covering hepatitis C and HIV, concluded at €46.677 million. The Finlay tribunal of inquiry into the blood transfusion board of 1997 concluded at €4.38 million. The Mahon Tribunal to Inquire...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (16 Feb 2017)

Joe McHugh: .... She started off as a principal in my alma mater in Milford in 1966 and was three years there before going to Africa, where she has been since. She is working with young children and teenagers on a HIV programme. A laboratory has been built with financing from Irish Aid. It is a wonderful project and such investments in humanity by Irish people should never be forgotten. They have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (15 Feb 2017)

Ruth Coppinger: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make pre-exposure prophylaxis available through the health service in order that the risk of contracting HIV is reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (9 Feb 2017)

Louise O'Reilly: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding for the rapid HIV testing service (details supplied); if his Department plans to fund this service in view of its successful pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6565/17]

Seanad: Business of Seanad (8 Feb 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: ...The need for the Minister for Health to explain Question No. 52 on the new Irish Blood Transfusion Service questionnaire for blood donation regarding potential donors who take medication to prevent HIV infection. I have also received notice from Senator Ned O'Sullivan of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to recognise the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Blood Donations (8 Feb 2017) See 2 other results from this debate

Fintan Warfield: ...Blood Transfusion Service questionnaire, a form completed by those wishing to give blood. Question No. 52 asks whether the prospective donor has in the past five years taken medication to prevent HIV infection, that is PrEP or PEP. We queried the inclusion of that new question and the response from the Minister states that the persons who have taken medication to prevent HIV, that is...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Feb 2017)

Denis O'Donovan: ...matter:The need for the Minister for Health to explain Question No. 52 in the new Irish Blood Transfusion Service questionnaire on blood donation for potential donors who take medication to prevent HIV infection. I have also received notice from Senator Catherine Noone of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Social Protection to expedite implementation of the Civil...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (7 Feb 2017)

Joe McHugh: ...and elsewhere is a priority focus for our aid programme and is also critical to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Almost 20% of the Irish Aid budget is invested in global health and HIV programmes. In 2016, for instance, we provided almost €12 million in funding to UN organisations to support a range of programmes to improve maternal and reproductive health....