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Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (13 Jan 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 Access (13 Jan 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: Addiction Treatment Services (13 Jan 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 (17 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 525 and 526 together. The Department of Justice and Equality has responsibility for gambling regulation. In March 2019, the Government published the Inter-Departmental Working Group Report on Future Licensing and Regulation of Gambling. This report refers to the introduction of a modern licensing approach to all gambling activities, including enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

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: Alcohol Treatment Services (17 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: Additional funding of €3m was provided for the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy in 2020. In June 2020, €225,779 of this funding was provided to the HSE for the development of a community alcohol service in Galway. 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

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: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (17 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: Budget 2021 allocated €10m in new developments for drug and alcohol services and inclusion health. This includes €1 million for targeted drug and alcohol initiatives through the network of drug and alcohol task forces. This new funding is separate to that previously allocated in 2019. It is my intention that the new resources should be directed towards new and emerging...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: In response to a request from the Department of Health, the Scientific Committee of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) are developing Scientific Recommendations for Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for people aged 65 years and older. This report is expected to be completed at the end of 2020. In view of media coverage over the spring months regarding vitamin D supplementation for this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority of Ireland (17 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: In 2019 the Department of Health requested the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, through their Scientific Committee, to develop Scientific Recommendations on Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for Older Adults over 65 years. In May 2020, the FSAI was requested to fast track the current work on Vitamin D and older people to provide an evidence -base to the Department of Health to underpin public...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of good and reliable broadband to ensure that citizens across Ireland can avail of remote working, education and other essential online facilities. This is reflected in the commitments in the programme for Government for delivery of the national broadband plan, which will be a key enabler to many of the policies envisaged, particularly...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and I are acutely aware of the distress and inconvenience caused to patients and their families when urgent care is delayed. Improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures remains a key commitment of the Government. It is acknowledged, however, that the challenges faced by the health system in 2020 are unlike anything we have faced before....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank Deputy Flaherty for raising this issue. The provision of telecommunication services is a matter for the relevant service providers operating in a fully liberalised market regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, as independent regulator. Unfortunately, there is no provision for the Minister or Department to instruct a commercial operator to do anything in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank Deputy Connolly for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity to update the House on waiting times for orthopaedic services in University Hospital Galway on behalf of Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I sincerely regret that patients can experience a long waiting time for hospital appointments and procedures and I am conscious of the burden this places on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and giving me the opportunity, on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, to provide an update to the House on waiting times for paediatric operations, including those for children with spina bifida. The Minister and I sincerely regret that children can experience a long waiting time for appointments and treatment. I am conscious...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: The Minister and I are acutely aware of the distress and inconvenience caused to patients and their families when urgent care is delayed. Improving waiting times for hospital appointments and procedures remains a key commitment for the Government. However, it is acknowledged that the challenges faced by the health system in 2020 are unlike anything we have ever faced before. We...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank Senator O'Loughlin for raising this important issue and for giving me the opportunity, on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, to speak on the reimbursement of patisiran for hATTR amyloidosis. I fully understand that access to potentially beneficial drug treatments is an extremely important issue for people with this condition. As the Senator is aware, the HSE has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: The Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, has received a number of representations on this matter from patients and concerned family members. I fully appreciate that this is a worrying time for patients, families and carers, and I hope the Senator's friend Pat and any other people who want this drug will get a good result. The Minister and I hope that this process comes to a satisfactory...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Rights (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. First, I wish to state there is a strong legislative regime in Ireland to protect all workers in respect of their working conditions, including work-related health and safety. On the issue of general working conditions, there is a comprehensive body of employment rights legislation for which the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, is mandated...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Rights (16 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: First, I again note there is a strong legislative regime in place in Ireland to protect all workers in respect of their working conditions, including work-related health and safety. However, I urge these employees to engage, in the first instance, with their employer to see how their concerns can be resolved at workplace level. Second, my colleague, the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts,...