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- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electric Vehicles (19 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue, which is worthy of many local authorities and towns across the country. I am taking this debate on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. The Government's policy regarding the increased usage of EVs is primarily driven by the climate action plan, which sets a target of having 936,000 EVs on Ireland's roads by 2030. To support these...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electric Vehicles (19 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: This intervention alone will result in 90 additional high-power chargers, each capable of charging two vehicles; 52 additional fast chargers, which may replace existing standard chargers; and 264 replacement standard chargers with more modern technology and each consisting of two charge points. The project is due to be completed in 2022. In March, the Department of Transport published a...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electric Vehicles (19 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Senator Kyne has raised an important issue. I would have expected there to have been more than 12 standard charge points in County Galway. More needs to be done.We continue to expand the national charging network through support for on-street chargers. A report was published by the County and City Management Association giving guidance to local authorities on the provision of charging...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (19 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The Department of Health is fully committed to promoting and supporting breastfeeding. We all know how important it is that our children get the best nutritious start in life and this is something all Government partners have prioritised in the Programme for Government. Following discussion at the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group on promoting breastfeeding in 2021, an...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: 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 (19 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The Report of the Working Group on Access to Contraception, published in October 2019, identified the barriers that exist to accessing contraception, which include accessibility, information, workforce capacity and, for a significant number of women who may be just above the eligibility threshold for a full GMS (medical) card, cost. In consideration of the recommendations of the Joint...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: A scheme to provide free contraception to women aged 17-25 is currently scheduled for launch and roll-out in August, 2022. Funding of approximately €9m has been allocated in Budget 2022 to enable commencement of the scheme. This includes an allocation for training and certification for fitting, checks and removals of long-acting reversible contraception. The HSE is currently...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The National Sexual Health Strategy, 2015-2020, (NSHS) was launched in October 2015. It takes a life course approach, acknowledging the importance of developing a healthy attitude to sexuality in young people and of building on that foundation for positive sexual health and wellbeing into adulthood and older age. Current priority deliverables under the Strategy are HIV prevention,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: STI testing and treatments are available through the national network of STI clinics; more details of service provision, including details of how to access STI testing, are available through www.sexualwellbeing.ie. For asymptomatic individuals, online HSE home STI/HIV testing is currently available in 22 counties. Online STI testing (involving self-sampling), was originally provided via a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: 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 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: 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 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Budget 2022 provided unprecedented funding for measures related to women's health, including funding for the health needs of marginalised women. The Department has not costed the measures identified by the Deputy, and would not be in position to do so pending further details about the envisaged roles and activities. Costing would also require an input from the HSE in terms of the likely level...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Budget 2022 provided unprecedented funding for measures related to women's health, including funding for the health needs of marginalised women. The Department has not costed the measures identified by the Deputy, and would not be in position to do so pending further details about the envisaged roles and activities. Costing would also require an input from the HSE in terms of the likely level...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Budget 2022 provided unprecedented funding for measures related to women's health, including funding for the health needs of marginalised women. The Department has not costed the measures identified by the Deputy, and would not be in position to do so pending further details about the envisaged roles and activities. Costing would also require an input from the HSE in terms of the likely level...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Budget 2022 provided unprecedented funding for measures related to women's health, including funding for the health needs of marginalised women. The Department has not costed the measures identified by the Deputy, and would not be in position to do so pending further details about the envisaged roles and activities. Costing would also require an input from the HSE in terms of the likely level...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: I fully appreciate the importance of this issue and the not insignificant concerns raised by many over recent weeks and months, and I am grateful for the opportunity to address some of those concerns. As the Minister for Health noted, we are all trying to achieve the same goal, which is best described by the vision of the national maternity strategy, whereby women and babies will have access...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (17 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The Programme for Government commits to create and implement a general health policy for Trans people, based on a best-practice model for care, in line with the World Professional Association of Transgender Healthcare (WPATH) and deliver a framework for the development of national gender clinics and multidisciplinary teams for children and adults. The HSE is committed to developing services...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.