Results 681-700 of 3,871 for speaker:Catherine Byrne

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Placement (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am given the reply and I do not have much more information to give the Deputy. However, I will express the frustration, anger and concerns that she has raised to the Minister by telephone tomorrow. I do not have any further information to add to what is in the reply. I agree with the Deputy in many ways. In times when parents are anxious about getting children into schools and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am taking this matter on behalf of my ministerial colleague, Deputy Jim Daly. The overarching policy of the Government is to support older people to live in dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible. This is clearly what older people want and only those in genuine need of residential care should go down that route. The standard of care delivered...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Accommodation Provision (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: We all recognise the quality of work done in nursing homes and community care settings nationally, particularly by staff and doctors not to mention carers. Many people have taken up the role of carer in hospitals and become a central part of units, in particular units for older people. Public nursing units are central to our infrastructure. Without them, many older people would not have...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The Minister will not be accepting this amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (27 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 384 to 387, inclusive, and 462 to 465, inclusive, together. The national Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group (OPIOG) established under the Chair of the Department of Health, is comprised of individuals from a range of Government Departments and Agencies. It is providing oversight to the implementation of the recommendations of the national...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (27 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service Provision (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who cannot be here this morning. I acknowledge and welcome the debate in the Dáil last night. I was there for some of it. I know there was support from every corner of the Dáil. I do not know if the statement I am about to read will provide the Senator with additional information. I will read it in any...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Home Help Service Provision (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I welcome this debate, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly. Like Deputies in the Lower House last night, I welcome the provision of 550 additional home care support packages. These are really needed at this time and, in particular, as we come into the winter months. All of us with older parents or people who have certain requirements and need to be at home...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. I acknowledge the Senator's comments and I agree with him about the many community organisations running services on the ground. Without constant fundraising by their members and extended families many organisations would have huge problems. I acknowledge this. As the Senator is aware, iCARE provides a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I take on board the concerns and passion with which the Senator has spoken about the two services. I will bring back all of his issues. It is important we acknowledge organisations such as these and if that acknowledgement comes to me in a statement such as the one I have here, I must read it out and acknowledge the fact. It is not about just patting people on the back for the sake of it,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: As the Health Service Executive is responsible for the provision of addiction services I have asked it to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to an outreach response to address the rise in drug addiction in the Drogheda area. The HSE's National Service Plan 2018 sets out the type and volume of health and social care services to be provided by the Health Service Executive in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Older People: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am replying on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who had to leave. In his opening statement the Minister of State agreed with many of the sentiments expressed in the motion. It reflects work that is, hopefully, well under way. It is one of the great success stories of our age that so many more people are living for much longer. The success achieved in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that the universal implementation of my Department's national Obesity Policy and Action Plan is continuing for the benefit of public health. A 'Healthy Weight for Ireland’, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland agenda. This Policy, which takes a ‘whole...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 434 and 435 together. Good nutrition is fundamental for good health, healing and recovery from illness and injury. Many factors including illness predispose to malnourishment and indicators of malnutrition can found in community patients. Nutritional screening is a first-line process in identifying patients who are malnourished or at risk of becoming so;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The 2012 Report on the Review of Drug Task Forces made fifteen recommendations aimed at strengthening the effectiveness and impact of Drug Task Forces. The Review's recommendations focused on the role, composition and boundaries of Drugs Task Forces, the national structures as set out in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016, and the development of a performance measurement system. ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Data (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. 

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (20 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The issue that the Deputy has raised is being addressed in the context of the national Obesity Policy and Action Plan being implemented by my Department. A 'Healthy Weight for Ireland’, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland agenda. This Policy, which takes a ‘whole system’ approach, and covers a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (15 Nov 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Deputy for raising this Topical Issue matter and I apologise again that the Minister is not here. I cannot give a definite response to the Deputy. I can see his compassion for, and passion in speaking about, people who are fighting the scourge of cancer daily. There is no family in this country, including mine, that is not affected by somebody who has either passed away from...