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Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (10 Feb 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: Gambling Sector (10 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 744 and 745 together. The national survey on drug and alcohol use is a general population survey of households in Ireland conducted by the Health Research Board (HRB) to estimate the number of people in Ireland who use drugs and alcohol. It is expected that the report on the survey will be published in the 2ndquarter of 2021. The technical report for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: Since early 2018, Healthy Ireland national communications campaigns have highlighted key messages around eating well, being physically active and minding our mental wellbeing. The current campaign, ‘Keep Well’, promotes resilience and positive physical and mental health and wellbeing in the context of the current Covid-19 pandemic. Sláintecare has provided €7m to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 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.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (8 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: I welcome the opportunity to provide an update to the House on this matter. Covid-19, as the Senator will be aware, has had a significant impact on the primary care sector, including the redeployment of staff from their core roles to aid in direct response to the pandemic. Those staff who have been redeployed have taken on essential duties, including Covid tracking and testing and providing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (8 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. The health service has faced an unprecedented challenge in the past 11 months. In some ways, redeployment of primary care staff can be thought of as the community sector turning to its own surge capacity to respond to the needs for testing and tracing services and, crucially, to provide additional supports to the residents of nursing homes and...

Seanad: Free Provision of Period Products Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Senators for highlighting the issue of period poverty and for the opportunity to discuss the work the Department of Health and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth have undertaken on this matter. I thank the proposers of the Bill, Senators Clifford-Lee, Ardagh and Fitzpatrick, and the proposers of the second Bill: Senators Moynihan, Wall,...

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: We have put €7 million in support of the delivery of a range of actions and we have worked with all the stakeholders. Effectively, we are asking people to keep active and go outdoors. Even during the winter, physical activity can be very helpful. Indeed, as I was listening to the radio in Limerick when coming to Dublin today, it was great to hear that local GAA clubs have opened up...

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The pandemic has posed particular challenges for all of our citizens in terms of their mental health and well-being. As part of our response to these challenges, we have provided guidance and support for people to manage both their physical and mental well-being through public health information campaigns such as our In This Together campaign and through information networks, including key...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (4 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: HIV testing is provided free of charge through a number of public services, including public STI services and through public or community services that work with specific populations, in particular those at higher risk of HIV. HIV testing is included free of charge within routine STI testing and is available for free in all 23 public STI services in Ireland. One of these services is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (4 Feb 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: Health Services Provision (4 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The development and implementation of a national programme of Pre- Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) was a landmark development in realising the strategic vision of the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015 - 2020, which was to improve sexual health and wellbeing and reduce negative sexual health outcomes by ensuring that everyone living in Ireland has access to high quality sexual health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (4 Feb 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: Maternity Services (4 Feb 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 Schemes (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Government’s strategic response to addressing drug and alcohol problems in Ireland is set out in Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery – a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025. The strategy contains a commitment to develop and pilot a community crime impact assessment tool in order to measure the impact of drug-related crime and wider public nuisance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The 2014/15 Drug Prevalence Survey Research collected data on the extent of gambling on behalf of the Department of Justice and Equality. It estimates that circa 1 per cent of the population is affected by problem gambling.   The Department of Health does not have a remit or the resources to fund gambling-specific addiction services. The Department of Justice and Equality has overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Health Research Board is responsible for the national survey on drug and alcohol use, also known as the drug prevalence survey. Ireland has good data on the use of drugs and alcohol at a national level. These data provide information on the nature, extent and consequences of drug and alcohol use. They assist in evidence-informed policy-making and planning of drug and alcohol...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (3 Feb 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: Health Promotion (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 661 and 662 together. The National Strategy for Women and Girls (NSWG) Strategy Committee, now led by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, established a sub-committee on period poverty in 2019, chaired by the Department of Health. In line with the recommendations of Oireachtas motions passed in early 2019, its remit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Frank Feighan: The Government plan for living with Covid-19 details how non-Covid health and social care services will be resumed, especially during the challenging winter months. This includes planning for the safe resumption of drug and alcohol services, including community-based services, residential programmes and recovery support groups. In July 2020 the Department set up a working group with drug...