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Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 501 to 503, inclusive, together. 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.

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: As I said, the consultation process will include engagement with the Department of Health's suppliers, patient groups and other stakeholders. I firmly believe the group about which the Deputy is speaking must be part of it also. What happened should not have happened which, as a woman, I can perfectly understand. I have family members and friends who had a breast removed. It is a very...

Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I have noted carefully the Deputy's concerns and frustrations. In the good old days, when we were on the ERHA and we travelled around the country with the South-Western Area Health Board, one of the topical issues was orthodontics. Children in the early stages of their schooling were not looked after properly and got worse as they got older. I know the Deputy is well aware of what is...

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris, I thank the Deputy for the opportunity to address the issue of supports provided to breast cancer survivors. The provision of wigs and hairpieces by the HSE to patients who are being or have been treated for cancer and other illnesses is operated by means of a grant voucher system administered by the community healthcare organisations, CHOs....

Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Harris. I thank Deputy Corcoran Kennedy for the opportunity to address the issue of dental services provided by the HSE in the midlands. Dental services for children up to 16 years of age and persons of all ages with special needs are provided by the public dental service of the HSE through its dental clinics. HSE dental clinics...

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The Deputy is out of order.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (6 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195 to 197, inclusive, together. As these are a service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (6 Jul 2017)

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 (4 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The data requested by the Deputy is provided in the table. Ireland's level and pattern of harmful drinking has a huge impact on our nation’s physical and mental health. We cannot reduce alcohol harm in Ireland without reducing alcohol consumption, particularly among those who drink the most. Although consumption in Ireland declined between 2007 and 2013, it remains too high....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (4 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The research report on the labelling of alcohol products, referred to by the Deputy, has not been published. The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill provides for the furnishing of information to consumers on alcohol. The aim is to ensure that consumers are provided with access to health information on alcohol products regardless of the manner of purchase e.g. in a shop, in a pub, or on-line. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Cigarettes (4 Jul 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU ('the Directive') was transposed into Irish law by the European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 271 of 2016). These Regulations were subsequently amended by the European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (28 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I acknowledge my predecessor, Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, for the Healthy Ireland programme and thank her for all the work she has done. I hope to be able to implement the national drugs strategy in my role as Minister for State. Deputy O'Connell is right that there has been a significant fall in the numbers of young girls having the HPV vaccine. This is a very serious development...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (28 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 to 199, inclusive, together. The Misuse of Drugs (Supervised Injecting Facilities) Act 2017 was signed by the President on 16 May 2017. It is important to note that the Act will not establish the location of the Supervised Injecting Facility (SIF). However, it is envisaged that the first such facility would be established in Dublin city centre, where...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: My Department and the Health Service Executive have a range of mechanisms for sharing information about the drugs situation with An Garda Síochána, including the Early Warning Emerging Trends Sub-Committee (EWET) of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol and the HSE Public Alert System for adverse events due to drugs. The EWET provides a forum for representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Data (27 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: My Department administered a National Lottery Discretionary Fund during the years 2008 to 2016 from which once-off grants for individual projects were paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. A list, in tabular form, of all the organisations that received lottery funding in each of these years is available on my Department's website at: . In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs-related Deaths (27 Jun 2017)

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 2016, which shows deaths up to 2014, the latest year for which data is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (27 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The information sought by the Deputy is not immediately available. However, my Department is currently collating the information and will contact the Deputy directly in this matter. My Department is a member of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy Steering Group, which will monitor the implementation and progress of the new Inclusion Strategy, including any health-related actions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (27 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: The 2005 strategy referred to by the deputy has largely been superseded by A Healthy Weight for Ireland- The National Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP). This was published last September. It is one of the key developments arising from Healthy Ireland, the framework for improving health and wellbeing across the population. The OPAP covers a ten year period up to 2025 and aims to reverse...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I have taken many notes on what Members have said. On behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, I thank Deputies for their contributions. I note that they broadly support the Bill. As the Minister indicated, its main purpose is to address the gaps identified in provisions for the appointment of professional members to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council and the...

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2017: Referral to Select Committee (22 Jun 2017)

Catherine Byrne: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).