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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: In 2020, a steering committee was established to address specific issues in relation to the development of transgender healthcare services. The committee had a wide range of stakeholders from the agencies involved in delivering care, as well as service user representatives, including a representative from TENI. Further to the Cass Interim Report on the Tavistock Clinic, the HSE held an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 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: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 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: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1405 to 1407, inclusive, together. The free contraception scheme for women was launched in September 2022, and is currently open to women aged 17-26 who are ordinarily resident in Ireland. The scheme will be expanded further, in September, to include women aged 30 and under. Funding through Budget 2023 was also allocated to expand the scheme to 16...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: A Healthy Weight for Ireland, the Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland Framework (Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved Health and Well-being 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a co-ordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the implementation of the National Skin Cancer Prevention Plan a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible. To note, Action 1.4 of the Plan is "Develop and deliver an annual SunSmart communications plan to raise awareness of skin cancer  prevention behaviours". This follows on from a similar action in the first...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Following the publication of a Plan International Survey in 2018, which found that 10% of teenage girls were significantly impacted by period poverty, Private Members’ Motions on the topic were passed in the Oireachtas and a sub-committee of the National Strategy for Women and Girls Strategy Committee was set up to consider the issue. The resulting Period Poverty in Ireland Discussion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Deputy is aware the cultivation of scheduled one controlled drugs for personal use is contrary to the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act. In his foreword to the report, the Cathaoirleach of the Justice Committee stated that "The Committee has made a number of recommendations for these areas and a copy of this report will be sent to the Minister for Justice. The Committee looks...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this relates to service delivery I have referred this PQ to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: In 2020, a steering committee was established to address specific issues in relation to the development of transgender healthcare services. The committee had a wide range of stakeholders from the agencies involved in delivering care, as well as service user representatives, including a representative from TENI. Further to the Cass Interim Report on the Tavistock Clinic, the HSE held an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Ireland has transitioned from a focus on regulation and population wide restrictions to a focus on public health advice, personal judgement and personal protective behaviours. As we learn to live with COVID-19, the critical components of our collective and layered response remain. A broad range of public health guidance has been published online to assist the public in assessing and managing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this PQ refers to service delivery, I have referred this PQ to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: In 2020, a steering committee was established to address specific issues in relation to the development of transgender healthcare services. The committee had a wide range of stakeholders from the agencies involved in delivering care, as well as service user representatives, including a representative from TENI. Further to the Cass Interim Report on the Tavistock Clinic, the HSE held an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: School Textbooks (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The HSE offer supports to the Department of Education and its agencies and aegis bodies in terms of resources for educational curricula, including RSE (Relationships and Sexuality Education). 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: Health Services (18 Apr 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: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: In 2020, a steering committee was established to address specific issues in relation to the development of transgender healthcare services. The committee had a wide range of stakeholders from the agencies involved in delivering care, as well as service user representatives, including a representative from TENI. Further to the Cass Interim Report on the Tavistock Clinic, the HSE held an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (30 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the referenced report is a HSE report, its publication is a matter for the HSE, and this question has been referred to them for direct reply.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (29 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything yesterday's Order of Business, that the motion re appointment of an ordinary member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission be taken on Thursday, 30 March, without debate.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, and with effect from 27th April, 2023, the rota in which Questions shall be addressed to members of the Government pursuant to Standing Order 47(2) shall be as follows: 1. Minister for Foreign Affairs 2. Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 3. Minister for Defence 4. Minister for Transport...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I have responsibility for the national drug strategy. We have established a citizens' assembly, which will meet in April and report back to the Oireachtas by the end of the year. In Government, we have a health-led approach to drug addiction, trying to reduce harm and examining every aspect, such as the areas Deputy Ó Cuív raised, in how we deal with drug addiction and use in...