Results 361-380 of 2,543 for speaker:Frank Feighan in 'Written Answers'
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: STI testing and treatments are available through the national network of STI clinics; more details of service provision, including details of how to access STI testing, are available through www.sexualwellbeing.ie. For asymptomatic individuals, online HSE home STI/HIV testing is currently available in 22 counties. Online STI testing (involving self-sampling), was originally provided via a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Budget 2022 provided unprecedented funding for measures related to women's health, including funding for the health needs of marginalised women. The Department has not costed the measures identified by the Deputy, and would not be in position to do so pending further details about the envisaged roles and activities. Costing would also require an input from the HSE in terms of the likely level...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Budget 2022 provided unprecedented funding for measures related to women's health, including funding for the health needs of marginalised women. The Department has not costed the measures identified by the Deputy, and would not be in position to do so pending further details about the envisaged roles and activities. Costing would also require an input from the HSE in terms of the likely level...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Budget 2022 provided unprecedented funding for measures related to women's health, including funding for the health needs of marginalised women. The Department has not costed the measures identified by the Deputy, and would not be in position to do so pending further details about the envisaged roles and activities. Costing would also require an input from the HSE in terms of the likely level...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Budget 2022 provided unprecedented funding for measures related to women's health, including funding for the health needs of marginalised women. The Department has not costed the measures identified by the Deputy, and would not be in position to do so pending further details about the envisaged roles and activities. Costing would also require an input from the HSE in terms of the likely level...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (17 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The Programme for Government commits to create and implement a general health policy for Trans people, based on a best-practice model for care, in line with the World Professional Association of Transgender Healthcare (WPATH) and deliver a framework for the development of national gender clinics and multidisciplinary teams for children and adults. The HSE is committed to developing services...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Citizens' Assembly (11 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The Government has establish two concurrent citizens' assemblies; one dealing with biodiversity loss and the other with the type of directly elected mayor and local government structures best suited for Dublin. It is proposed that a Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use will directly follow these two assemblies, with the intention of running it concurrently with the Citizens’ Assembly...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (11 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The World Health Organisation European Regional Obesity Report 2022 was launched on May 3rd. It examines the prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among adults and children in the WHO European Region between 1975 and 2016. The report finds that levels of obesity in the region have increased by 138% in that period, and the levels of overweight (including obesity) by 51%. It notes...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The Department is fully committed to promoting and supporting breastfeeding. Healthy Ireland and Sláintecare have made a significant investment towards implementing the National Breastfeeding Action Plan. We all know how important it is that our children get the best possible start in life and this is something all Government partners have prioritised in the Programme for Government. ...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: Discussions were held in 2021 relating to expansion of the membership of the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Group (OPIOG) to include service user and/or patient representation. These proposals have not been further progressed but will be considered at future meetings of the OPIOG. The Department has engaged with service users in relation to specific issues, and this will...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ukraine War (11 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: The responsibility of providing emergency accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and others seeking international protection rests with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) is focusing on the medium and long-term accommodation challenges for persons arriving in Ireland as a result of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (11 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 705 and 706 together. As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 May 2022)
Frank Feighan: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.