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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: ...been shown that drug litter goes down, street injection goes down, the visibility of drug taking goes down, which might not be of interest to the representatives of the restaurants association, but they say they are compassionate, and HIV infections and hepatitis C infection and overdoses go down. I would expect those who advocate for a safer place in which to do business would be the...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...infection, STI, testing by €700,000, allowing people to test in the privacy of their own homes. Some 91,000 testing kits were provided last year, and this valuable initiative will expand over the course of 2024. We will also increase funding for our national HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programme, PrEP, to help fund additional staff and increase access to PrEP medication, helping...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (19 Oct 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: HIV information, prevention and treatment is a policy priority under the National Sexual Health Strategy (NSHS). Free home STI testing is available in every county across Ireland. Anyone who is aged 17 or over can order a free STI test to their home or to any other valid postal address in Ireland. Further information on this service can be found at www.sexualwellbeing.ie. In addition to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (19 Oct 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...support service (helpline@hse.ie). The HSE Drugs & Alcohol Helpline provides support, information, guidance and referral to anyone with a question or concern related to drug and alcohol use and/or HIV and sexual health. The service is non-judgmental and offers space to talk about your situation, to explore some options and to consider your needs. During calls/ emails, staff refer...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (18 Oct 2023)

Tim Lombard: ...technical assessment and in the pipeline, which has the potential to help another 1,000 patients who need the medication. There are also more than 3,500 patients who have other issues which range from HIV to autoimmune diseases, etc. Again, all of these patients will be affected by a pipeline of medication and there is significant frustration about funding. This is a huge issue for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (18 Oct 2023)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., from Stroke. Statistic Label Year Sex Cause of Death Area UNIT VALUE Deaths 2014 Both sexes Aids (HIV disease) All counties and regions Number 8 Deaths 2014 Both sexes Malignant neoplasm of breast All counties and regions ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (17 Oct 2023)

Ivana Bacik: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the number of diagnoses of HIV, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, pubic lice and HPV in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45361/23]

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...by €700,000, allowing people to test in the privacy of their own homes. Some 91,000 testing kits were provided last year. This valuable initiative will expand over the course of 2024. We will also increase funding for our national HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis programme, PrEP, launched in November 2019. It currently receives funding of €5.4 million and our investment of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2023)

...McCarthy: It will be reported on, yes. No. 59 is the State Examinations Commission for 2022. That received a clear audit opinion. Moving to the health bodies, No. 60, the hepatitis C and HIV compensation tribunals special account for 2022, received a clear audit opinion. The hepatitis C and HIV compensation tribunal reparation fund for 2022 received a clear opinion.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (21 Sep 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...for the disregard of certain compensation awards when assessing the means of a person. These disregards include, for example, all income derived from payments awarded by the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal, the Residential Institutions Redress Board and payments made in relation to disability caused by Thalidomide. In addition, ex gratia payments made to women who were...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Sep 2023)

Micheál Martin: ... 200,000 Halo Trust 2,600,000 Health Poverty Action 100,000 Heifer International 56,227 Helen Keller International 250,000 HelpAge International 841,428 HIVOS Foundation 300,000 Human Rights and Democracy Media Center...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Clearance Certificates (20 Sep 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...another; (ii) Social welfare-type payments; (iii) Payments to registered Charities; (iv) Payments made under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; (v) Payments made under the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal; (vi) Payments made under the Residential Institutions Redress Board; and (vii) Payments to individuals or bodies, which do not exceed €10,000 in a 12 month...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Consultations (29 Jun 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Boyle Global Citizenship Education annual grants consultancy multi-annual framework 2021-2024 €5,512 Anne Nolan Specialist Consultancy support in Global Health HIV/AIDS €23,062.50 Appian Point Audit support – New Audit Committee Members Interviews €3,198 Arcline ...

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Paul Murphy: ...Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. They were among the first to resist the police that day. Marsha and Sylvia went on to open the first shelter for homeless LGBT youth in the US and during the HIV-Aids crisis, Marsha was active in ACT UP and supported gay friends during their illnesses. The example of these two courageous trans women shows how trans people have always been at the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Strategies (1 Jun 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Hildegarde Naughton: .... These include: expanding free access to contraception through the free contraception scheme for women and national condom distribution service; the introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, for HIV prevention and joining the HIV fast-track cities programme; introducing a nationwide free home sexually transmitted infection, STI, testing service in 2022; additional data and...

Seanad: Capital Investment in the Health Service: Statements (1 Jun 2023)

Fintan Warfield: ...London, he might visit 56 Dean Street. It is a purpose-built sexual health clinic in Soho in London, which has obviously been central to the LGBT community over the years. We have a situation where HIV and STI rates are rising. Sexual health services obviously closed during the pandemic. Multiple factors are responsible for the rising rates, including people transferring to Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Embassy Santiago Aisling Swaine €19,188 Gender Equality consultancy Anne Nolan €42,281.25 Specialist Consultancy Support in Global Health HIV/AIDS ASM €2,518 Project Management Review ASM Ltd €2,540 Audit Services of ESP...

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

Hildegarde Naughton: ...service (helpline@hse.ie). The HSE Drugs & Alcohol Helpline provides support, information, guidance and referral to anyone with a question or concern related to drug and alcohol use and/or HIV and sexual health. The service is non-judgemental and offers space to talk about your situation, to explore some options and to consider ones needs. During calls/ emails, staff refer...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Lynn Ruane: ...and, unsurprisingly, it advocated abstinence as a solution. “AIDS Don't Bring It Home” and “Casual sex spreads AIDS” were the slogans. It is important to remind everyone that people living with HIV are now thankfully able to live long and healthy lives. Modern medication can reduce the virus in the bloodstream to undetectable levels such that people living...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (9 May 2023) See 1 other result from this answer

Mary Lou McDonald: 239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the HIV and AIDS national monument will be installed in the People's Park. [21069/23]