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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Sep 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Sep 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (21 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, sets out government policy on drug and alcohol use for the period 2017 to 2025. The strategy provides an integrated public health approach to drug and alcohol use, focused on reducing the harms for individuals, families and communities and promoting rehabilitation and recovery. The strategy is a dynamic strategy and contains 50...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Home Care Packages (16 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: I take on board what the Deputy says and I will bring back her exact views to the Minister. The Government did improve access to home support services as a priority. Last year we did provide €150 million for these services. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of supporting the most vulnerable in society to be cared for in their own homes for as long as possible. It...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Home Care Packages (16 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I recognise that it is a very complex issue. I know from personal experience that trying to get carers is a difficulty. It is a key priority of the Government to enable more people to engage in services that allow them to remain independent and to live in their own homes with dignity and independence for as long as possible. In order to advance...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (16 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank Deputy Kenny for raising this important issue and for the way in which he has articulated it. At the outset, I acknowledge the stress that overcrowded emergency departments cause patients, their families, and the front-line staff working in very challenging conditions in hospitals throughout the country. I acknowledge the work and commitment of staff in ensuring the uninterrupted...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (16 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: We expect 14 additional nursing staff to start in the emergency department in the next two months. We will work together to ensure that it is progressed as quickly as possible. The health service capacity review 2018 was clear on the need for a major investment in additional capacity in both acute hospitals and the community, combined with a wide-scale reform of the manner and the location...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Mental Health Services (16 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy again for raising these very important issues. Improving all aspects of mental health service delivery is a priority for the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, the Government as a whole and the HSE, in line with the national service plan for 2021. This includes continued collaboration between the relevant agencies to ensure that quality and standards in our mental health...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Mental Health Services (16 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The Minister of State with responsibility for mental health and older people, Deputy Butler, has been regularly liaising with the HSE on this very important matter, since it was announced. The HSE has affirmed that in the context of the closure of the centre, the needs and preferences of each resident are of paramount importance. On 28...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Bodies (16 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: As outlined in Parliamentary Questions Nos. 2566 and 2567 of 27 July 2021, the governance and operation of Drug and Alcohol Task Forces is set out in a handbook published in 2011. It defines the role of the task forces within the national and local framework required to address the existing and emerging threats from problem drug use. The Department set up a working group in 2018 to revise the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 580, 583, 607 and 625 together. It is recognised that waiting times for scheduled appointments and procedures have been impacted in the last eighteen months as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic and more recently as a result of the ransomware attack. While significant progress was made in reducing waiting times from June 2020 onwards, the surge in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (15 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: Prior to the development of the Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland- Health Service Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016-2021, my Department commissioned the Health Research Board to carry out two pieces of research to help provide an evidence base for actions that would favourably promote an increase in breastfeeding levels in Ireland. These reports were 'A review of practices that increase breast...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (15 Sep 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (15 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: The High Court in a recent judgement set aside the decision of an Bord Pleanala to grant permission to Merchants Quay Ireland for a supervised injecting facility and provisionally proposed to remit the matter to the Bord for reconsideration. It is understood that the matter is to be further considered by the Court in October, following submissions by the respective legal teams, including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 956, 1266 and 1269 together. The National Drug Strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, recognises the role of families affected by drug use in contributing to the planning, design and delivery of effective addiction services. In Budget 2021, I secured €280,000 in additional funding to support family services. This funding will be used to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Homeless Persons Supports (9 Sep 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 988, 1137 and 1268 together. All food businesses must comply with the requirements of food law that are relevant to the business they operate.  Regulation (EC) No. 178 of 2002 provides the general framework for the operation of food safety law, and defines a food business as “any undertaking, whether for profit or not and whether public or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Sep 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Sep 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Sep 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (9 Sep 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.