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Health (Amendment) (Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I too thank Deputies Ward and Gould for the opportunity to discuss the important topic of dual diagnosis. I highlight the progress made in relation to dual diagnosis under the national drugs strategy, which comes under my remit as the Minister of State with responsibility for public health, well-being and the national drugs strategy. The national drugs strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The planning, management and allocation of health resources has been particularly challenging over the last year, due to the arrival in Ireland of over 80,000 refugees in 2022, the majority of whom are from Ukraine. Refugees arriving in Ireland have different health needs from the rest of the population. Furthermore, being a refugee is a social determinant of health, which is associated...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Labour Market (15 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of employment estimates in the State. Annual figures for 2022 are not yet available – Table 1 contains LFS data for Q2 2022. The quarterly LFS employment estimates are produced by NUTS3 Regions (NUTS3 is a geocode standard referencing the eight subdivisions of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Period Poverty (15 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Period poverty is a priority for this Government, which has supported the roll-out of period dignity measures in Budgets 2022 and 2023. The Department of Health and HSE were allocated €714,000 in 2022 and €814,000 in 2023, to support Local Authorities, NGOs, charities and other locally based organisations to place products in public buildings and facilities and to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The free contraception scheme for women aged 17 -25 was launched on 14th September, 2022, and expanded to include 26 year-olds on January 1st, 2023. The scheme is currently open to women aged 17-26 who are ordinarily resident in Ireland. For eligible women, the free contraception scheme provides for: The cost of consultations with GPs, family planning clinics and other relevant medical...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (14 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 30th July, 2020, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Health, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023 (Second Stage) ((if not previously concluded, to stand adjourned either at 5.56 p.m. or after 2 hours, whichever is the later) Private members' business shall be the Motion re Spring Bonus...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Personal Public Service Numbers (14 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Records from the Department of Social Protection show that on the 2January 2023 a total of 69,607 PPS numbers had been issued to persons arriving from Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive (2001/55 EC). A breakdown by sex, and those aged under 18 years and 18 years or above is shown in Table 1 below. Table 1: Cumulative PPSN allocations to arrivals from Ukraine by sex and broad age...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (14 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 Staff (14 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 Reviews (14 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: 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 (14 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Sexual health and wellbeing is a priority for this Government. Sexual health services are being further developed and implemented in accordance with the recommendations set out in the National Sexual Health Strategy 2015 - 2020. The Strategy's lifetime has been extended to 2022. An independent Review of the Strategy is currently being finalised and will be published on the Healthy Ireland...

Committee Consideration of Estimates: Motion (8 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order 215A(1), the Select Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community may complete its consideration of the Estimates for Public Services for the year ending 31st December, 2023, standing referred to it pursuant to Standing Order 215(2) later than the sixtieth day, but not later than the ninetieth day, being...

Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (8 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 187, it be an instruction to the Committee to which the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021 may be recommitted in respect of certain amendments, that the Committee has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to amending the Criminal Justice...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: Wednesday's business shall be: - Motion reConsideration of Estimates by Committee (without debate) - Motion to Instruct the Committee on the Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill 2021 (without debate and any division claimed to be taken immediately prior to Report Stage of the Bill) - Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Custodial Sentences) Bill...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (8 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The CSO publishes Recorded Crimestatistics on a quarterly basis. The Recorded Crimeseries provides statistics on the number of crime incidents recorded by An Garda Síochána (AGS), classified by incident type, incident reported date, and location, as recorded on the PULSE system. Statistics are also provided on crime detections (following data quality improvements in PULSE), on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: All drug use is potentially harmful, whatever the context. Reports emerged in 2019 and early 2020 regarding the use of nitrous oxide use in some Dublin communities. At the time, the HSE engaged with local communities to obtain information on user groups to inform tailored responses, including webinars and information factsheets. Harm reduction materials were developed and shared through the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (8 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: First 5 is an all-of-Government strategy, which involves multiple Government Departments and a range of partner organisations. A detailed implementation report was published in 2019.  Multiple divisions of the Department of Health, as well as partners including the HSE and Tusla, are involved in the implementation of the health-related elements of the plan.  Implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I have been advised by the HSE that the organisation mentioned has not received funding from either the Local or Regional Cork Drug and Alcohol Taskforces since 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (2 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Ireland established a national HIV PrEP programme in November 2019, following a HIQA Health Technology Assessment (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 to roll out a national HIV...