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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Drugs Task Forces (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Senator Sherlock for raising this issue and I welcome the opportunity to update the Seanad on this topic. Under the national drugs strategy, drug and alcohol task forces play an important role in co-ordinating drug and alcohol services in the community, based on an interagency partnership. I reassure the Senator that I am fully committed to the task force model. I recently...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Drugs Task Forces (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I acknowledge the important contribution of the independent chairs of the task forces. They facilitate the partnership between the statutory and the community bodies at the heart of the task force model. The success of the task force model depends on the commitment of the skills and energies they bring to the role. The independent chairs are also key to the effective governance and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (5 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Enhancing access to, and the delivery of, drug and alcohol services in the community is a strategic priority under the national drugs strategy for the period 2021-2025. The strategic action plan 2023-2024 sets out a number of actions in relation to this priority. I am very aware of the of the key role played by Drug and Alcohol Task Forces and community-based drug services in...

Twenty-seventh Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (4 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Twenty Seventh Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 30th June, 2023, and discharges a member from a Committee and appoints a member to a Committee accordingly, with effect from 5th July, 2023.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: -Motion re Appointment of Jane Mulcahy to be a Member of the Policing Authority (without debate) -Motion re Referral to Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development Regulations 2023 (without debate) -Motion re Twenty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Selection (without debate) -Statements on matters...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Small and Medium Enterprises (4 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has responsibility for collating information on the number of enterprises which close each year as part of its work in developing and maintaining the Central Business Register. The register is developed using data provided by the Companies Registration Office (CRO) and the Revenue Commissioners. The CSO, in line with its legal obligations under Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sports Funding (4 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department of Health has no recurring schemes under which the association can apply nor any open calls for funding. The Department does have a strategic partnership with the association, the GAA Healthy Clubs Programme healthyclubs.gaa.ie/ which aims to transform clubs into hubs for health within their communities. A recent example under this partnership, was a sum of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (28 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: It is proposed, notwithstanding yesterday’s Order of Business or anything in Standing Orders, that the motion to instruct the Committee of Public Accounts pursuant to a recommendation of the Committee on Remit Oversight be taken now, without debate.

Recommendation of the Committee on Remit Oversight: Instruction to Committee (28 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, whereas Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) is in receipt of significant public funding paid under Vote 33, and in the context of the examination by the Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) of the appropriation of public moneys in relation to that Vote, and whereas it is in the public interest that there is transparency and probity in relation to the use of public...

Personal Explanation by Minister of State (28 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to make a short statement under Standing Order 56. On 15 June, during my concluding remarks on the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill, I stated, "The purchase of a nicotine inhaling product by an adult for a child is prohibited by this Bill." I wish to correct the record. I should have stated, "The purchase of a nicotine inhaling product by an adult...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Restoration to Order Paper (28 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 198 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016, which lapsed on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil, and in respect of which a message had been received from Seanad Éireann that it had passed the Bill with certain amendments, shall be restored to the Order Paper for the purpose of considering and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (28 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 154 together. 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 (28 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (28 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

European Convention on Human Rights (Challenge to British Government Amnesty) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Children and Family Relationships (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (27 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: A briefing on the Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 is being organised for members of the joint Oireachtas committee. A number of amendments, including an amendment on local government rates, are time sensitive. They need to be in place before budget 2024. There are issues around maternity leave in local government, which clarify the legal position for councillors' Seanad...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 44F) (Appointed Day) Order 2023 (without debate) - Motion re Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Motion re Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (2 separate motions, to be debated together and conclude within 145 mins) - Energy...