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Written Answers — Department of Health: Internet Safety (18 Apr 2018)

Catherine Byrne: In accordance with Section 10 on governance of the Codes of Practice concerned, the Department of Health's involvement in them will include the designation of a monitoring body and the maintenance and publication - either by the Department or the monitoring body - of a register of signatories to these codes. Section 10 also stipulates that the monitoring body shall produce an annual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 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: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 654 to 656, inclusive, and 659 and 848 together. Drug and Alcohol Task Forces play a key role in assessing the extent and nature of the drug problem in their areas and in coordinating action at local level, so that there is a targeted response to the problem of substance misuse in local communities. Every effort has been made to protect the budgets of Drug and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery – a health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025, recognises that drug and alcohol use is a complex issue requiring an inter-departmental response, focused on promoting healthier lifestyles within society.  The strategy recognises that poor living conditions and high levels of unemployment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs-related Deaths (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The National Drug Related Deaths Index (NDRDI) is an epidemiological database administered by the Health Research Board which records cases of death by drug and/or alcohol poisoning and death among drug users and those who are alcohol dependent. The Health Research Board published a report on the NDRDI in December 2017, which analyses deaths up to 2015, the latest year for which data are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Byrne: Drug and Alcohol Task Force Coordinators are, in the main, employed by the HSE.  The HSE allocates funding to the Regional and Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for various support workers, such as posts of development worker and administrator. The Department of Health has no role in the recruitment of HSE employees.  Task Force Coordinators are normally employed by the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The Deputy's question is a matter for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I thank Senator Hopkins. I will read the response I have been given. I may not be able to address some of the details. On behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who could not be here, I thank the Senator for raising this Commencement matter. Mental health remains a priority of the programme for Government. Since 2012, around €200 million, or 28%, has been added to the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Mental Health Services Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I can see clearly the Senator is very upset and frustrated by what has happened. The simple issues the Senator raised around hand hygiene, food hygiene and locks on windows are very common-sense things. Those of us who have an association with health services believe there should be management and leadership at grassroots level. Some of the small issues the Senator raised have not been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (29 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: Drug and alcohol task forces play a key role in assessing the extent and nature of the drug problem and in initiating appropriate responses, so that there is a coordinated approach involving all sectors to the problem of substance misuse in local communities. In excess of €27.6m has been allocated to task forces by the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive for...

HPV Vaccine: Motion [Private Members] (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: May I speak on the motion?

HPV Vaccine: Motion [Private Members] (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: The motion is accepted only if the HTA makes positive recommendations in respect of it.

HPV Vaccine: Motion [Private Members] (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris, and myself I thank all those who contributed to the debate on this motion. I also thank Deputy Alan Kelly for bringing this very important motion to the floor. As a mother and grandparent I am very conscious of the fact that I have four daughters, four granddaughters and two grandsons. I want what every parent and grandparent wants, to make sure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (27 Mar 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: Public Health Policy (27 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: While there are currently no specific public health guidelines in relation to the maximum hours that children should spend playing computer games, some general guidance is provided by the HSE and others to parents on this issue. This includes general guidance given through the new public awareness campaign promoting healthy weight in children called START. This campaign was developed by my...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Autism Support Services (22 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: On behalf of my ministerial colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Finian McGrath, I thank Senator Buttimer for raising this important issue. I am informed by the HSE Cork Kerry community healthcare that it is aware of the case and that there has been ongoing engagement with the individual and his family since 2016. This Government's ongoing priority is to...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Autism Support Services (22 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I will comment on Senator Buttimer's request for joined-up thinking. All of us who are in public life are very familiar with people who are caught up in a system where the system does not seem to respond quickly enough for them thereby causing distress for the individual and the family. I will bring the Senator's message to the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. Let me assure the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this matter on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris. While acknowledging the need for productivity improvements and reforms across the health service, the recently-published health service capacity review outlines that in order to reach international standards of bed occupancy levels, the acute hospital system needs additional...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Hospital Accommodation Provision (22 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I have noted the matters raised by the Senator and I understand his frustration. I assure him that we all want to make sure that we can get modular beds into units such as this as soon as possible. I will stress to the Minister the necessity for him to contact the Senator about this matter because I do not know how long construction will take. I will certainly relay to the Minister the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (20 Mar 2018)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425, 426, 428 and 430 together. Transgender-specific guidelines have been developed by WPATH, World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and the Endocrine Society, that updated its guidelines in 2017. These guidelines were devised by experts in transgender healthcare, along with members of the International Transgender, Transsexual and LGBT...