Results 61-80 of 111 for drugs speaker:Hildegarde Naughton

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 May 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The HSE has a directory of drug and alcohol services per county on www.drugs.ie/services. If an individual is concerned about their drug or alcohol use they may wish to consider attending their GP, who can do a full assessment and make appropriate referrals. There is also the HSE Drugs & Alcohol Helpline which is a confidential service through a freephone Helpline (1800 459 459)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 May 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...estimate of the costs to run the service. I am committed to supporting the establishment the supervised injecting facility in Dublin city, in order to reduce the number of lives lost through drug overdose.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 May 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Over €130 million a year is allocated to the HSE for the provision of drug services. There is annual funding of €29m to drug and alcohol task forces for community-based services. Developing harm reduction responses and integrated care pathways for high-risk drug users including responses to the use of cocaine and ‘crack’ cocaine is a strategic priority for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...services. The measures identified for this funding are set out in the attached factsheet. A further €3.5m is being provided to maintain existing level of service for community and voluntary providers of drug and alcohol services and inclusion health services. The HSE National Service Plan, published in March, outlines the health and social care services to be provided in 2023. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery, provides an integrated public health approach to drug and alcohol use, focused on reducing the harms for individuals, families and communities and promoting rehabilitation and recovery. Opioid substitution treatment (OST) supports patients to recover from drug dependence. Methadone prescribing for opioid dependence remains a key...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (18 Apr 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: As the Deputy is aware the cultivation of scheduled one controlled drugs for personal use is contrary to the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act. In his foreword to the report, the Cathaoirleach of the Justice Committee stated that "The Committee has made a number of recommendations for these areas and a copy of this report will be sent to the Minister for Justice. The Committee looks...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I have responsibility for the national drug strategy. We have established a citizens' assembly, which will meet in April and report back to the Oireachtas by the end of the year. In Government, we have a health-led approach to drug addiction, trying to reduce harm and examining every aspect, such as the areas Deputy Ó Cuív raised, in how we deal with drug addiction and use in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: In December 2021, the Department of Health announced a €2 million fund to enhance community-based drug and alcohol services. The fund is part of the strategic priority to enhance access to and delivery of drug and alcohol services in the community in the national drugs strategy 2021-2025. Between €200,000 and €240,000 per annum was provided to the nine community...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Information on the funding provided by both his Department and the HSE to the drug and alcohol task forces in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, is attached in tabular form. Note this information does not include additional funding provided for strategic initiatives or the community services enhancement fund.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The national drug strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery, strategy provides an integrated public health approach to drug and alcohol use, focused on reducing the harms for individuals, families and communities and promoting rehabilitation and recovery. As noted in the strategy document, Ireland remains a country with a relatively large opiate problem, and although the characteristics of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (21 Mar 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The National Drugs Strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, A health-led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025, sets out a health-led approach to drug use. It promotes a more compassionate and humane approach to people who use drugs, with drug use treated first and foremost as a public health issue. The Programme for Government endorses this health-led approach. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The National Drug Strategy, Reducing Harm Supporting Recovery, strategy provides an integrated public health approach to drug and alcohol use, focused on reducing the harms for individuals, families and communities and promoting rehabilitation and recovery. Methadone prescribing for opioid dependence remains a key element of the harm reduction approach to opioid use set out in the National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (28 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Department of Health provides €28 million in recurring annual funding for 280 community-based drug and alcohol services, under the ambit of drug and alcohol task forces. In 2019, additional funding of €1m was provided for a number strategic initiatives, including €240,000 in core budgets. Enhancing access to and delivery of drug and alcohol services in the community...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I am pleased to have the opportunity to outline to Members of Seanad Éireann the objective of and basis for the motion to establish a citizens' assembly on drugs use. Over the past decade, citizens' assemblies have become established as an important part of the Irish democratic process. Previous assemblies have made recommendations on a variety of matters, including marriage equality,...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank all the Senators for their thoughtful and constructive comments in support of the motion before the House. There is clearly widespread support in Seanad Éireann for a citizens' assembly on drugs use. There is also a clear sense of the urgency and recognition of the importance of the task. As public representatives, we all recognise that people in the communities we serve have...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...statements in support of the motion before the House. It is clear from the statements over the past hour or so that there is widespread support in Dáil Éireann for a citizens' assembly on drugs use. There is also a clear sense of the urgency of the task. As I said in my opening remarks, this country has seen too much pain and suffering caused by drugs use. Too many...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: I move: That Dáil Éireann: approves the establishment of a Citizens' Assembly, to be known as the "Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use", to consider the legislative, policy and operational changes the State could make to significantly reduce the harmful impacts of illicit drugs on individuals, families, communities and wider society, and to bring forward recommendations in this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...EU) 2021/2303 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2021 on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No. 439/2010 (without debate) - Motion reCitizens' Assembly on Drugs Use (to conclude within 110 mins) Private members' business shall be the Motion reHousing and Evictions, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday’s business shall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (DATF) play a key role in responding to drug and alcohol issues at the local level, within the framework of the national drug strategy. Their remit is to coordinate and integrate the response to drug use in local communities. They assess the extent and nature of the drug problem in areas and develop and monitor the implementation of action plans to respond to the...

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...