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Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (8 May 2019)

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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (8 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: The Department of Health allocated funding of almost €100m to the HSE for addiction services in 2019. The HSE National Service Plan 2019 sets out the type and volume of addiction services to be provided, having regard to the funding allocated. Implementing the health-led national drugs strategy continues to be a Government priority. Task forces have an important role in delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gambling Legislation (8 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 747 and 748 together. The Health Service Executive has responsibility for the provision of addiction treatment services. People who present to the HSE for addiction treatment for gambling are offered the same range of interventions as those who present with a drug and alcohol addiction, or a mental health concern, including an initial assessment, a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (8 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Connect, Collaborate, Create; Co-Designing Healthier Communities, A Healthy Ireland Stakeholder Forum on the Built Environment, was held on November 21st 2018, in the National Indoor Arena. The event was organised by the cross-Governmental Implementation Groups overseeing the National Physical Activity Plan and the Obesity Policy and Action Plan. The Forum brought together those who have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (8 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 812 and 813 together. The centre referred to by the Deputy is funded directly by the HSE. I have therefore asked the Executive to collate the information requested by the Deputy and to reply directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Rehabilitation Clinics (8 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 862 to 864, inclusive, together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (8 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: The Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), ‘A Healthy Weight for Ireland’, was launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland agenda, as a Government policy response to increasing obesity rates in Ireland. This Policy, which takes a ‘whole system’ approach, and covers a ten-year period up to 2025, was developed with a high degree of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board (8 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery; a health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025’, sets out a whole-of-Government response to the problem of drug and alcohol use in Ireland. It aims to provide an integrated, public health approach to drug and alcohol use based on providing person-centred services that promote rehabilitation and recovery. I am fully committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (8 May 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Addressing the health needs of homeless persons and improving their access to healthcare services are a priority for the Department of Health and the HSE. It is vital that individuals with high support health needs can access supported long-term accommodation. Individuals in emergency, supported temporary accommodation or long-term accommodation are provided with a range of health-related...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: As the Minister for Health has previously stated, he recognises the need for individual hospital groups and CHOs to operate within their allocated budget considering the national service plan approved for 2019 and respects the prudent approach being adopted. He has also pointed out that the HSE's overriding requirement is to prioritise the delivery of safe services within the available...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Funding (18 Apr 2019)

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Funding (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: On behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I will read the response I have been given. I would like to first clarify that it is not the case that budgets are being cut. This issue can be accurately described as individual hospital groups and CHOs across the HSE needing to live within their allocated budget. Where individual hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Childhood Obesity (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156 and 182 together. A Healthy Weight for Ireland’, the Government’s Obesity Policy and Action Plan (OPAP), was approved by Government in 2016 and launched in September 2016 under the auspices of the Healthy Ireland agenda. The OPAP covers a ten year period up to 2025 and aims to reverse obesity trends, prevent health complications and reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: In 2016, under the Healthy Ireland Framework, the Government published Healthy Weight for Ireland: Obesity Policy and Action Plan which sets a clear short-term target for a sustained downward trend in levels of excess weight in children and a reduction in the gap in obesity levels between the highest and lowest socioeconomic groups by 10%. Since 2006, when the World Health Organization...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: The Healthy Ireland fund was established in 2017 with an allocation of €5 million and with additional allocations of €5 million in 2018 and 2019. The first round of the Fund was distributed through Local Community Development Committees, Children and Young Person’s Services Committees and statutory organisations. The aim of the Fund is to support innovative, cross...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together. Healthy Start is a UK-wide statutory scheme providing a nutritional safety net to pregnant women and children under four in low-income families in receipt of certain benefits or tax credits. Healthy Start supports public health policies by encouraging breastfeeding and a healthy diet. Any costs associated with the development of a similar...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Healthy Ireland is the National Framework for Improved Health and Wellbeing 2013-2025. Healthy Ireland is based on evidence and experience from around the world which clearly shows that to create positive changes in health and well-being takes the involvement of the whole of Government and all of society working in unison. There are a number of Health Promotion policies and programmes that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy.

Select Committee on Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (17 Apr 2019)

Catherine Byrne: I thank the Chairman and committee members. This is a short technical Bill. As the Chairman said, its purpose is to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to provide that any non-Irish health professional qualification which has been recognised either by the Minister or the bodies acting on behalf of the State will not have to be re-recognised for the purposes of...