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Seanad: Relationships and Sexuality Education: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...scheme for free contraception and the need to provide long-acting contraceptives. We were also not able to comment on the pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, programme that is being planned to combat HIV and the need to make the drug available free of charge in a community setting. We endorse these two schemes and commend the Minister on introducing them. The other main recommendation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Byrne: ...me and for this Government as a whole. The Health Information and Quality Authority Health Technology Assessment report on PrEP was published in June, which found that the introduction of a PrEP HIV prevention programme would be safe, effective and cost saving. Considerable work is underway in order to introduce a PrEP programme in the autumn. Further details on the specific timeline...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Contracts Data (11 Jul 2019)

Simon Coveney: ... 2016 Centre for Law and Democracy Analysis of anti-corruption legislation in Tanzania €2,670 2016 CASE International Consultancy to evaluate the Civil Society Fund €49,800 2016 Ingrid Obery Review of partner results and internal capacity building on results based Management €25,000 2016 Anne Nolan/Janet Gruber Review of Global Health and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (10 Jul 2019)

Brendan Howlin: 287. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the €100 fee for those seeking post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV (PEP) here through emergency departments; if the fee will be waived; when this will come into effect; if his Department has been consulted on this for legal advice by the HSE; if he will waive the fee for non-EU nationals accessing the service; and if he will make a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Lynn Ruane: ...group, AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, ACT UP, leading the parade and putting at the centre of the day's events its incredibly important message that, due to health advancements, persons on active HIV medication cannot pass on the virus to sexual partners. I welcome the news that the HIV preventative medication, pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, will soon be available free of charge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Disability Inclusion and International Development Issues: Discussion (2 Jul 2019)

...countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Within these communities poor women, unemployed youth, people with disabilities and people living with HIV are our primary targets. Our goals are to provide humanitarian assistance and protection, for economic empowerment, gender equality and essential services for all. We...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (20 Jun 2019)

Catherine Byrne: Addressing and preventing HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a priority area under the National Sexual Health Strategy. The €450,00 funding referred to by the Deputy has been provided to support Ireland's participation in an international HIV initiative, Fast Track Cities, and to fund early implementation of relevant actions. The HIV Fast Track Cities initiative is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Direct Provision and the International Protection Application Process: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2019)

...must be safeguarded. We receive so many texts from distressed asylum seekers. One such text was from a woman who had spent about five years living in direct provision and was ostracised for having HIV. She had no privacy to take medication, and as soon as room mates found out what the pills were for, people began gossiping about her. Another text we received was from a queer woman who...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (21 May 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...of A Better World, which provides for a number of new initiatives, including building on Ireland’s strong record of delivery in the health area and in reducing the incidence of, and the effects of, HIV/AIDS. The Sustainable Development Goals state that achieving universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights is essential, with goals 3.7 and 5.6 particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (26 Mar 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...tax for compensation payments made to individuals by the Haemophilia H.I.V. Trust; - Section 191 provides an exemption from income tax and capital gains tax for compensation payments made to individuals infected with Hepatitis C or HIV from the use of contaminated blood products; - Section 192 provides an exemption from tax for payments made to individuals who have been affected by...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (26 Mar 2019)

Regina Doherty: ... provides for the disregard of certain compensation awards when assessing the means of a person.  These disregards include, for example, all income derived from compensation awarded by the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and in relation to disability caused by Thalidomide.  Any payment made by the Residential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Medicines Strategy: Discussion (6 Mar 2019) See 3 other results from this debate

Kate O'Connell: ...Centre for Pharmacoeconomics. That is the way we have to move. When a company proposes a drug, it already knows its market. It already knows how many people have human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, hepatitis, or a rare condition such as cystic fibrosis. I am a pharmacist, but I think we should be very conscious that the responsibility of pharmaceutical companies is to their shareholders...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ..., between Portugal and Ireland in the sense that Portugal developed a big problem with illicit drugs at a similar time to this country in the 1980s. It was an enormous problem, with high rates of HIV, drug related crime, addiction and so forth. Portugal made the brave decision in 2001 to decriminalise the possession and consumption of all illicit drugs and it has been a spectacular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 Mar 2019)

Simon Harris: ...been vaccinated.  Another important factor includes the additional protection provided by a gender-neutral programme to vulnerable groups (for example, men who have sex with men). HPV vaccination has been offered to HIV positive men and women under the age of 26 since 2016 through HIV clinics and, since January 2017, HPV vaccination has been offered to men who have sex with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (5 Mar 2019) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Farrell: ...when he expects PrEP to be made available here; the actions that must be completed to allow it to be made available here; the action he plans to take to tackle the number of persons contracting HIV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10841/19]

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Fintan Warfield: We know that 2018 was a record year in terms of HIV transmissions in Ireland. New figures show that not only are we failing to combat HIV effectively but are actually going in the opposite direction to our European counterparts. Many of our European counterparts have the same health resources but have implemented and prioritised proactive health policies in this area. Many have invested in...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)

Paschal Donohoe: ...include the United Kingdom in order to maintain the status quoin the immediate future. The measures covered are diverse and include the artists' exemption; the exemptions from income tax of hepatitis and HIV compensation payments and foster care arising in the United Kingdom; the application of the seafarer allowance and the fisher tax credit to Irish taxpayers serving on UK-registered...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (19 Feb 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...of Irish Aid funds. The Embassy in Kampala manages the Irish Aid programme through the 2016-2020 Uganda Country Strategy. Within this strategy Ireland is focused on social protection, HIV-AIDS, education and governance, and has programmes targeted at Uganda’s poorest region, Karamoja. In delivering this programme through local partners, risks are identified in a proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (12 Feb 2019)

Regina Doherty: ...for the disregard of certain compensation awards when assessing the means of a person. These disregards include, for example, all income derived from compensation awarded by the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and in relation to disability caused by Thalidomide. Any payment made by the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (15 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: ...performs laboratory tests for multiple disease markers on every donation. Tests for the following infectious agents are done on each occasion a donor gives blood - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) types 1 & 2 - Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) - Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) - Hepatitis E virus (HEV) - Syphilis (Treponema pallidum) - Human T-Lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type 1 and 2 The testing...