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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this refers to a service matter, I have sent this PQ to the HSE for direct response. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (5 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this refers to a service matter, I have sent this PQ to the HSE for direct response. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (5 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Thank you for your query on the Healthy Start Campaign in the UK whereby the NHS provides advice and guidance during pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. Vouchers are available for pregnant women and young children for food groups such as fruit & vegetables and milk. In Ireland, the vision in “Healthy Ireland- a framework for health and wellbeing”, is for everyone to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (5 Mar 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this refers to a service matter, I have sent this PQ to the HSE for direct response. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (28 Feb 2024)

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 Wellbeing 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a coordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (28 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The free contraception scheme for women aged 17 -25, ordinarily resident in Ireland, was launched on 14th September, 2022. Its remit has been expanded gradually to include women aged from 17 to 31 inclusive, from January 1st, 2024. Approximately €43.9m has been allocated to support the scheme in 2024 and approximately 2,400 GPs, primary care, family planning and student health centres...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Forbairt na Gaeilge (27 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I nDaonáireamh 2022, cuireadh na roghanna seo a leanas ar fáil do fhreagróirí a thug le fios i gCeist 13 gur labhair siad Gaeilge le chomh minic is a labhair siad Gaeilge a chur in iúl. 1 Go laethúil, taobh istigh den chóras oideachais 2 Go laethúil, taobh amuigh den chóras oideachais 3 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The World Health Organisation (WHO) guidance on Commercial Determinants of Health, defines these as“the private sector activities that affect people’s health, directly or indirectly, positively or negatively”. Commercial determinants can impact a wide range of risk factors- such as smoking, alcohol use, air quality, obesity, physical inactivity and health outcomes,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Coimisiún na Meán was established in March 2023 further to the provisions of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (“OSMR Act 2022”) www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/act/41/enacted/en/html. The OSMR Act 2022 amended the Broadcasting Act 2009, www.bai.ie/en/download/128802/, to establish Coimisiún na Meán and dissolve the Broadcasting Authority of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Industry (21 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Step three of the The Obesity Policy and Action Plan – A Healthy Weight for Ireland’ (OPAP, DOH 2016) relates to food reformulation. It aims to ‘secure appropriate support from the commercial sector to play its part in obesity prevention and agree food industry reformulation targets and review progress’. To achieve this a Food Reformulation Subgroup of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (21 Feb 2024)

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 Wellbeing 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a coordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (21 Feb 2024)

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 Wellbeing 2013-2025). It was developed in recognition of the growing need for a coordinated policy response to the increasing problem of obesity in Ireland and the increasing burden...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Household Budget Survey (HBS) is a large national household survey conducted by the Central Statistics Office on a five yearly basis. It collects information on household’s expenditure on goods and services. HBS 2015/2016 indicated that the average weekly household expenditure on Medical expenses/services and therapeutic equipment for that period was €18.48, equivalent to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: In Census 2022, the reference person in each private household is the first person in the household identified as a parent, spouse, cohabiting partner or head of a non-family household containing related persons. Where no person in the household satisfied these criteria, the first usually resident person was used as the reference person. In this context, the reference person is referred to as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Thank you for your query in relation to Folic Acid Supplementation. As indicated in a previous written response issued in October 2023, the recommendations of the 2019 DOH Folic Acid Supplementation Report remain under consideration by the Department. Critically, it is recognised that as dietary intake of folate remains sub optimal In Ireland, all women considering pregnancy take a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The free contraception scheme for women aged 17 -25, ordinarily resident in Ireland, was launched on 14th September, 2022. Its remit has been expanded gradually to include women aged from 17 to 31 inclusive, from January 1st, 2024. Approximately €43.9m has been allocated to support the scheme in 2024 and approximately 2,400 GPs, primary care, family planning and student health centres...