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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (8 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: This Government is committed to the introduction of measures to address period poverty. Government supported the Free Provision of Period Products Bill 2021 (Bill 4),proposed by Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee and sponsored by Senators Catherine Ardagh and Mary Fitzpatrick, which seeks to make period products freely available to all those who need them. A debate on the matter was held in Seanad...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (8 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: This Government is committed to the introduction of measures to address period poverty, evidenced by the commitment made in the Programme for Government and by the actions taken more recently to progress the issue. The Period Poverty in Ireland Discussion Paperwas published in February, 2021 and can be accessed at the following link:...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: The Programme for Government “Our Shared Future” contains a commitment to “Work with key stakeholders to introduce a Public Health Obesity Act, including examining restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children”. The policy instrument for obesity in Ireland is “A Healthy Weight for Ireland’, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP),...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2022 (8 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: As the matters raised by the Deputy refer to operational issues, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Dec 2021)
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.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: I think there was a miscommunication or a misinterpretation of exactly what is happening. I think that was clarified at the meeting last Friday and I hope that, in the coming days, we can clarify this even further.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputies for raising this important issue. I welcome this opportunity to confirm for the House the continued participation of the community and voluntary sector in the national oversight committee for the national drugs strategy. I convened a meeting of the national oversight committee on Friday. My door is always open to meeting various groups. I have met CityWide on many...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: I again thank the Deputies for the opportunity to confirm the continued participation of community and voluntary organisations in the national drugs strategy. The interagency approach involving a partnership between statutory, community and voluntary bodies remains central to the strategy, as does strengthening the resilience of communities to respond to the drug problem. Community...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: the issues raised by the Deputy are operational in nature. I have accordingly referred the query to the Health Service Executive, and requested that they reply directly to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: The Department of Health published the mid-term review of the actions in the national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery, on the 17th November. It shows significant progress in implementing the action plan for the period 2017 to 2020, with only a small number of the 50 actions outstanding. It also examined the effectiveness of government expenditure on the national drugs...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: The Contraception Implementation Group contains representation from the following policy areas: health and wellbeing, sexual health, women’s health, bioethics, and primary care, including medicines, pharmacy, GP and GMS (medical card) services and policy. The Group will also appoint additional representation as deemed necessary, to be drawn from Department of Health or the HSE. The...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: Following the recommendations of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, a Working Group on Access to Contraception was established in April 2019 to consider the range of policy, regulatory and legislative issues arising in relation to improving access to contraception in Ireland. The Group’s report, which was published in October 2019, identified the barriers...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: Government policy in relation to addressing Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (DSGBV) is set out in the National Strategy on DSGBV, which outlines a whole of Government approach to delivering on the actions in the Strategy and the development of the third strategy on DSGBV is underway. The Department of Justice coordinates the implementation of the strategy. The HSE National...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 548, 578 and 614 together. The Programme for Government “Our Shared Future” contains a commitment to “Work with key stakeholders to introduce a Public Health Obesity Act, including examining restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children”. The policy instrument for obesity in Ireland is “A Healthy...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: Government policy in relation to drug and alcohol addiction services is set out in the national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery-a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025. Earlier this year the Health Research Board published the National Drug and Alcohol Survey 2019/20, which is funded by the Department of Health and managed by the Health...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (2 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: Section IV of the task force handbook sets out the nomination process for members of Drug and Alcohol Task Forces including the community sector. Further information on the handbook is available at www.drugsandalcohol.ie/16412/. It's not the remit of the Department to gather data on vacant seats in the 24 drug and alcohol task forces.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: The National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS) captures information about drug and alcohol treatment in Ireland. Publicly funded drug and alcohol services are required to return information to the NDTRS for people who use their services. The most recent NDTRS bulletins on treatment data for 2020 were published by the Health Research Board in July 2021. The NDTRS can be used as a tool to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: There are no plans under consideration by the Department of Health to merge the East Coast Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force (ECRDATF) with another task force. The Deputy may wish to engage with the task force concerned to ascertain the basis for this suggestion.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Dec 2021)
Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. The HSE National Service Plan 2022 will provide details on the allocation of funding to drug and alcohol task forces. It is standard procedure for the allocation of funding notices to be issued following the approval of the national service plan. In addition, I will shortly announce details of new funding to enhance...