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Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The principal officer in the Drugs Policy and Social Inclusion Unit in the Department of Health is responsible for Traveller health. The Mental Health Unit in the Department is responsible for Traveller mental health. The HSE is responsible for the provision of healthcare services for Travellers. This is overseen by the National Social Inclusion Office. The HSE has established the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The HSE has a ring-fenced budget of €10 million for the provision of Traveller-specific health services. This is separate from the funding provided for general healthcare services that are availed of by the Traveller community, eg GMS, public health, acute hospitals, etc. In Budget 2021, €270,000 was allocated to expand Traveller health units, as a first phase of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this relates to a service matter, I have referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this relates to the funding of a local project, I am referring to the HSE for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government is committed to the development by the HSE of a well-governed and patient-centered health care service for adults and children in the transgender community, in line with the Programme for Government. The HSE National Quality and Patient Safety Directorate has reviewed the interim Cass report and how it applies to clinical pathways in Ireland. The Department welcomed this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (17 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Evidence shows that social isolation is a significant issue for population health, with links to a multiple of chronic health conditions. The pandemic was a major contributory factor to increases in social isolation and the 2021 Healthy Ireland Survey, carried out while significant restrictions were still in place, found a significant increase in isolation and a decrease in the proportion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department of Health welcomes the publication of the first World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) Assessment Report for Ireland and, would like to acknowledge the work of the Core Group in producing this report and the contributions made by many stakeholders. Encouraging mothers to breastfeed is a priority, both for the Department and for the Health Service Executive (HSE). The...

Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: No.

Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform: Motion (13 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 16th December, 2020, or the Order of the Dáil of 20th September, 2023, the sequence in which Leaders shall be called upon to put questions between 17th January, 2024, and the fifth sitting day following the summer recess of 2024, inclusive, pursuant to Standing Order 36(ca), shall be in accordance with the rota contained in...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (12 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those set down to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: ...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Appropriation Bill 2023 (Second Stage) (to conclude within 1 hr 57 mins and any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Committee Stage on Wednesday) - Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023 ‒ Motion to Instruct the Committee (to conclude within 62...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (12 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 779 and 810 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (12 Dec 2023)

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 (12 Dec 2023)

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 (12 Dec 2023)

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 (12 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Strategic Action Plan for the National Drugs Strategy 2023-2024 is based on the six strategic priorities identified following the mid-term review of the strategy in 2021. The action plan was developed by strategic implementation groups reporting to the national oversight committee. A progress report for the first year will be published in due course. The HSE spends over €140m...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 858 and 859 together. Ireland established a national HIV PrEP programme in November 2019, following a HIQA HTA, which concluded that the introduction of HIV PrEP would be safe, effective and cost saving. The HTA also found that significant investment in public STI services was required to implement PrEP and €5.4 million was set aside in Budget 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (7 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together. 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...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I support this motion of confidence in my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Helen McEntee. It is very easy for the Opposition to say that the Minister and the Garda should have known that a major public order incident was going to break out in Dublin city centre, but how could they? How could they foretell the malign intent of some people that led them to incite a riot, especially following a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion for a Supplementary Estimate for Public Services [Vote 26] (without debate) - Motion re Confidence in the Minister for Justice (to conclude within 2 hrs 27 mins and any division claimed to be taken immediately) - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council...