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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: HIV-AIDS Programmes (27 Jan 2021)

David Cullinane: 826. To ask the Minister for Health if regular HIV testing is ongoing at the same or a reduced rate; if it has halted due to the closure of sexual health clinics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National LGBTI+ Strategy (13 Jan 2021)

Frank Feighan: ...in regular contact with relevant LGBTI+ stakeholders and organisations. Key initiatives delivered under the National Sexual Health Strategy and of clear benefit to the LGBTI+ community include HIV Ireland's MPOWER and the Man2man programmes, the HIV Fast Track Cities initiative, the national PrEP programme, expansion of the National Condom Distribution Service and expansion of the HPV...

Seanad: Access to Contraception: Motion (15 Dec 2020)

Frank Feighan: ...in the future. Senator Clifford-Lee felt that this might not be enough. This service includes migrants, young people, gay, bisexual and other MSM, sex workers, those with addiction issues and those with HIV. Take-up of the service has doubled. Senator Clifford-Lee is correct that we need to do more in this respect. She also wanted this prioritised. I will bring that back to the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Dec 2020)

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 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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Equality Issues (3 Dec 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Leddin: ...later joined by the Limerick AIDS Alliance in the same building. Those two services, with other services in Limerick, merged to form GOSHH, which stands for gender, orientation, sexual health and HIV, in the past decade. GOSHH provides a vital range of services in the mid-west, including counselling, training and operating as a focal point for the community. Can the Minister provide...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: .... It is not as big a challenge as it was, but it is still a challenge and we cannot forget that because much work continues to be done and needs to be done in the eradication of AIDS and dealing with HIV, particularly in Third World and developing countries. We should redouble our efforts and commitment as a country to funding programmes in the developing world to help combat the spread...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sexually Transmitted Infections (1 Dec 2020) See 3 other results from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: ...Gníomhaigh. I welcome the Minister of State to the House today, World AIDS Day. This is a worldwide health day with the theme of global solidarity and shared responsibility in fighting the stigma of HIV and AIDS in our country and in the world. I tabled this matter and I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing both myself and Senator Warfield to raised two different Commencement...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (1 Dec 2020) See 2 other results from this debate

Fintan Warfield: ...an Uachtaráin on World AIDS Day in 2017 when the President, Michael D. Higgins, said, "Those who suffered the most in the 1980s were those exposed not only to a prejudice born of misunderstanding of HIV and AIDS, but also to other forms of social oppression which were, and are, too often manifested in our society." So many of the people I am proud to remember fought incredibly hard...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (26 Nov 2020)

Mark Daly: ...on the nursing homes support scheme. I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the national awareness campaign on HIV-related stigma to coincide with World AIDS Day on 1 December 2020. I have also received notice from Senator Emer Currie of the following matter: The need for the...

Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Fintan Warfield: ...that now include a full sexual health service, a pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, service, a hepatitis A and B and HPV vaccine programme, and counselling as well. We all know that STI tests and HIV tests cost a considerable amount of money privately. The staff in the gay men's health service, GMHS, are world class, and I have first-hand experience of that. The service was closed in March...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (19 Nov 2020)

Catherine Murphy: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the details of locations at which persons may access a free HIV test; the details of waiting lists by location for HIV tests; and if delays in HIV testing related to the demand placed on the healthcare system due to Covid-19. [37723/20]

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Paschal Donohoe: ...by other member states by reason of their using a legal vehicle or similar arrangement that is not a trust. As a result, occupational pension schemes, employee share schemes and the Haemophilia HIV Trust have been excluded from the requirement to register. With regard to pensions and share schemes, further provisions may be made by regulations to capture beneficial ownership in a similar...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (8 Sep 2020)

Mick Barry: 1305. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide information regarding PrEP and U=U in information campaigns on HIV prevention including television and billboard advertising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Colm Brophy: ..., an international partnership designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics, is also a key player in the international response to COVID-19. The Global Fund has supported countries to adapt HIV, TB and malaria programs to continue during the pandemic, as well as purchase protective equipment, diagnostics and medical supplies, and to deploy prevention...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Inquiries (14 Jul 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...blood, or other blood products within the State. It was put on a statutory footing in November 1997 by means of the Hepatitis C Compensation Tribunal Act. The Tribunal’s remit was extended in 2002 to include individuals who had contracted HIV and to provide for additional heads of claim for the dependants of infected persons – loss of consortium, dependency losses, loss of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (7 Jul 2020)

Cian O'Callaghan: 832. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which PrEP, pre exposure prophylaxis, is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14387/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Testing and Tracing (25 Jun 2020)

...: In the context of time, the short answer is "Yes". Most of these platforms would be usable for things like influenza, as the Deputy alluded to, or for sexual health or blood-borne viruses like HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. The PCR is quite an agnostic technology which one can use for a variety of infectious pathogens.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National LGBTI+ Strategy (16 Jun 2020)

David Stanton: ...(Chair) GOSHH, Patrick McElligott Gay Project, Michael O'Donnell TENI, Sara R Phillips LINC, Kate Moynihan OutWest, Aurélie Harel LGBT Ireland, Paula Fagan BeLonG To Youth Services, Moninne Griffith HIV Ireland, Stephen O'Hare AMACH!, Cameron Keighron National LGBT Federation, Caroline Keane RTÉ, Zbyszek Zalinski Dublin LGBTQ Pride, Eddie McGuinness Outhouse, George Robotham Gay...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: World Health Organization: Public Health Advice (11 Jun 2020)

...that caused the last influenza pandemic seemed to originate in Mexico, not in China. I would not want to say therefore that this originates 100% from the area referred to by the Deputy. We think HIV originated from simian populations in Africa. Some have emerged in China but not all. We believe that anywhere humans and animals are in close juxtaposition, the virus can jump. We think...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (9 Jun 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Róisín Shortall: 411. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue providing free HIV screening services for high-risk groups; if consideration has been given to distributing rapid HIV test kits to high-risk groups free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10274/20]