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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Jul 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (1 Jul 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Jul 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Poverty (30 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: Food poverty is a cross-governmental area involving a number of Government departments. The Programme for Government “Our Shared Future”, in the chapter “A New Social Contract” contains a commitment to “Work across government to address food poverty in children and ensure no child goes hungry”. There are also actions relating to food poverty under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: As this Parliamentary Question relates to an operational issue, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (23 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 to 255, inclusive, together. 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...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O’Gorman, who cannot be here. I thank the Senator for raising the issue. Officials at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth are currently developing a tender process to secure additional accommodation for families with children, couples and single...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Direct Provision System (22 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: The current public procurement process is aimed at securing additional accommodation for international protection applicants to enable the Department to move away from the use of emergency accommodation. As I have said, there is an urgency to this exercise; while demand remains relatively low, it is likely to increase once the current travel restrictions are eased. The State has a legal as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the opportunity to address this House on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, about the work under way in developing a national register for AEDs and to echo the comment on the good work already carried out by community first responder groups under the auspices of our National Ambulance Service. As the Senator may be aware, the HSE is currently in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defibrillators Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I again thank Senator Wall for raising this timely issue. It has given me the chance to speak about the continued implementation of the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest strategy by the HSE, and some of the community services in place. It is my expectation that the funding provided by the Government in 2021 will result in real progress in the development of an AED register, and the HSE is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (22 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 601 and 602 together. The Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 states the Department's commitment to work with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and relevant partners in order to achieve the relevant Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets as set out in the Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 and 608 together. As these Parliamentary Questions relate to operational issues, it is a matter for the HSE. However, members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pharmacy Services (21 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue and for the opportunity to clarify the position on the introduction of a minor ailment scheme in community pharmacies on behalf of the Minister for Health. The programme for Government contains a commitment to expanding the role of community pharmacies in managing patient health, and there have been a number of proposals in recent years to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pharmacy Services (21 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I again thank the Senator for raising this important matter. The Minister is keen to expand the role of community pharmacists in managing patient health, but he is of the view that for any new public health services in community pharmacy to be funded by the taxpayer, as elsewhere, they must improve health outcomes and provide value for money and benefits for patients. Any new or transferred...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (17 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh for the opportunity to update him on the closure of Hesed House in Inchicore. As he rightly said, 28 years is a long time. This service came out of the needs of the community. I reiterate my commitment, as Minister of State with responsibility for the national drugs strategy, to do all I can to ensure the decision of the board of management of Hesed House to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (17 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh for raising the issue. I welcome this opportunity to update the House on the closure of Hesed House in Inchicore. I take this opportunity to reaffirm the Government's commitment to implementing the national drugs strategy, and its commitment to a health-led approach to drug use and the development of harm-reduction interventions in all communities. I am...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Prison Service (16 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Irish Prison Service fully appreciates how important religious services and contact with family and friends are to people in custody. The Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, wishes to assure the Deputy that the Government is committed to the return of both as soon as it considered safe to do so. The Deputy is correct to say there have been more...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Prison Service (16 Jun 2021)

Frank Feighan: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that a vaccination programme commenced on 9 June on a prison-by-prison basis, with vaccinations administered by the National Ambulance Service, supported by the Irish Prison Service healthcare teams, to all prisoners and unvaccinated staff under 40 years of age. The Minister of State understands that this has been a very difficult time for prisoners and...