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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (1 Jun 2016)

Catherine Byrne: It is a matter for the Taoiseach in the first instance to determine the approach to the allocation of portfolios to Ministers of State. Government has, in line with Programme for Government commitments, put a stronger emphasis on important policy areas, and particularly on the Department of Health, to which four Ministers of State are attached to work to deliver real improvements in this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs-related Deaths (1 Jun 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I am aware of the report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction on preventing opiod deaths with take-home naloxone. The report examines the case for distributing Naloxone, which is an antidote used to reverse the effects of opioid drugs like heroin, morphine and methadone if someone overdoses. In May 2015, the HSE undertook a demonstration project to assess and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (1 Jun 2016)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 632 and 707 together. The National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 is a cross cutting area of public policy and service delivery which requires a coordinated response to tackling the drugs problem. The North East Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the Strategy in the counties of Louth, Meath, Cavan, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 634 and 749 together. The current National Drugs Strategy will come to an end in 2016. A Steering Committee, chaired by John Carr, former secretary general of the INTO, has been established to oversee the process of developing a new Strategy to cover the period from 2017 onwards. The development of the new Strategy will involve an examination of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Budget (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 636 and 759 together. The National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 is a cross cutting area of public policy and service delivery which requires a coordinated response to tackling the drugs problem. The Oversight Forum on Drugs, which I chair, is responsible for the high-level monitoring of the implementation of the Strategy across Government departments and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Custody and Access (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I have no responsibility in this area. I suggest that the Deputy contacts my colleague, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: On 15 December 2015, the Government decided to include additional Heads in the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill to provide enabling provisions for supervised injecting facilities. These provisions would enable the Minister for Health to issue licences permitting the establishment of supervised injecting facilities to provide enhanced clinical support to, and mitigate the problem of public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: My Department does not currently have plans to update the All Ireland Traveller Health survey. The Deputy will be aware that the Department of Justice and Equality is leading on the development of a new National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. The Strategy aims to provide a set of specific actions that need to be taken to bring about a real improvement in quality of life for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 750, 751 and 758 together. Government policy on tackling the drug problem is set out in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. The overall objective of the Strategy is to continue to tackle the harm caused to individuals and society by the misuse of drugs through a concerted focus on the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 753 and 754 together. As the issues raised by the Deputy are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: The National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (NACDA) is the research arm of the National Drugs Strategy. Its main function is to advise Government on the prevalence, prevention, treatment and consequences of the use and misuse of drugs and alcohol in Ireland. It has been allocated €388,000 by my Department for research projects in 2016. In line with the National Drugs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 760 to 763, inclusive, together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (31 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: The introduction of the Opioid Treatment Protocol (Farrell and Barry, 2010) is the first external review of the Methadone Treatment Protocol in Ireland, examining the regulatory process and oversight of methadone and opiate dependence treatment, focusing on both the 1998 protocol and the processes by which treatment is implemented and delivered. It recognised the importance of the role of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (26 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The National...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Tiglin Challenge (19 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: I apologise that I was a bit late at the beginning. I congratulate the three witnesses. I went to visit Tiglin a long time ago. The one thing that struck me about it was the 12 steps type model. It was not a religious kind of thing. It was the 12 steps and was about people, their well-being and the reality of life and everything else. I thought it was a wonderful model. I thank Mr....

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Tiglin Challenge (19 May 2016)

Catherine Byrne: How are clients referred to Tiglin?