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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...are supporting the people's vaccine. Many of the countries that for years suffered the consequences of the refusal of big pharmaceutical companies to share the combination therapies to deal with AIDS and HIV until they were forced to back down by a popular movement that demanded those intellectual property rights and patents restrictions were removed, which helped us actually get on top...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (24 Jun 2021)

Colm Brophy: ...remain out of reach for many of the world’s poorest communities, despite the progress that has been made in reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and fighting diseases including HIV and AIDS. In Ireland’s international development policy, A Better World, we have committed to continue to support global ambitions towards ending the epidemics of AIDS, TB and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Interim Report on Mortality in Single Homeless Population 2020: Engagement with HSE (24 Jun 2021)

...is a bad batch of drugs going around that needs to be identified. They are probably the main types of things. There was an increase in the number of people getting infectious diseases such as HIV. While this is not death, it gives you an example. When we reviewed why they were getting HIV, we found out it was due to a change in the type of drug use at the time, especially with this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Fiona O'Loughlin: ...available scientific evidence and advances in testing technology mean the 12-month deferral period imposed exceeds what is required to maintain the safety of the blood supply. This is according to HIV Ireland. In Northern Ireland, the 12-month period was reduced to three months on 1 June 2020, bringing it in line with the rest of the UK. At least 17 countries have no restrictions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare: Department of Health (9 Jun 2021)

.... The national sexual health strategy focuses on promotion, education and prevention, and includes sexual health services, such as the STI clinics. Recent initiatives have included, for example, HIV Ireland's Fast-Track Cities, pre-exposure for prophylaxis or PrEP, and the expansion of the national condom distribution service. Healthy Ireland has been running a series of information...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 May 2021)

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 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...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 May 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...we would have any vaccines of any impact within two or three years, but that maybe within five years we might get a vaccine that would be useful against this, but we might never get one. They referenced HIV-AIDS and all sorts of other viruses and pandemics that have occurred. To be in the position we are in now is extraordinary. One of the things we can do with that is fully support and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2021)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...practice is unable to cope with the vaccine delivery system the HSELive portal only focuses on age-based registration, thus those persons categorised as high risk by the HSE, including those with HIV must await the relevant age cohort rather than be vaccinated earlier as intended; and his views on the need to have flexibility in the system to allow for at-risk-persons younger than the age...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (28 Apr 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ... provides 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. All compensation or court awards...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2021)

Fintan Warfield: ...at the door of the Church. Prayer and religious ideology do nothing to protect children or young people. Prayer and ideology do nothing to protect kids against sexually transmitted infections or HIV. I raised this issue with the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, when she was here for a debate on the leaving certificate. We need a debate on sex education. We need politicians in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Apr 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: ..., it will prolong the pandemic.They also explicitly identified the TRIPS waiver as a mechanism which we should support, especially given that a similar waiver was crucial in combating AIDS and HIV in the past. It is important to remember that while a substantial portion of the world's population remains vulnerable to Covid-19, those are ideal grounds for the virus to develop new variants...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...of the Strategy. Key achievements to date include: - The rollout of a national treatment programme of Pre – Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) - Ireland’s membership of the Fast Track Cities HIV global partnership project which is driving the response to HIV/AIDS across 300 cities worldwide - Establishment and expansion of the National Condom Distribution Service, which...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (21 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

David Cullinane: .... To ask the Minister for Health if preparations for a successor to the National Sexual Health Strategy are underway; if a successor strategy will be published; if the strategy will have a focus on HIV addressing the 90:90:90 ambition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...Robust and high-quality sexual health information to be generated to underpin policy, practice, service planning and strategic monitoring. Current priority deliverables under the Strategy are HIV prevention, including the Fast-Track Cities initiative and continued expansion of a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) programme, which commenced in late 2019. Other key areas of work...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Apr 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...of normal service, there is an expectation that increased testing will bring increased diagnoses. The HSE is continuing to progress a number of initiatives that aim to reduce the level of HIV and STIs nationally and improve access to services for those in need. - The promotion of safer sex messages to the public via a range of social media platforms including twitter, facebook and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (31 Mar 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Frank Feighan: ...of normal service, there is an expectation that increased testing will bring increased diagnoses. The HSE is continuing to progress a number of initiatives that aim to reduce the level of HIV and STIs nationally and improve access to services for those in need. - The promotion of safer sex messages to the public via a range of social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (31 Mar 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...of the Strategy. Key achievements to date include: - The roll-out of a national treatment programme of Pre – Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEp) - Ireland’s membership of the Fast Track Cities HIV global partnership project which is driving the response to HIV/AIDS across 300 cities - Establishment of the National Condom Distribution Service which distributes free condoms and...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Stephen Donnelly: ...that we might or might not get a vaccine for this disease. They said we might get one in two to five years. They referenced other diseases we deal with all the time, such as the common cold and HIV, for which there is no cure yet. I hear the frustration loudly, as do we all, but the fact that we are standing here today talking about four authorised vaccines - three are currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (24 Mar 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...-out of the programme continues in 2021. Whilst the PrEP programme remains fully funded, implementation has been impacted as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. All health services, including STI/HIV/PrEP services, are continuing to face constraints, resulting from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. These include attendance by appointment only, or online as a result of the need to...