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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer communities and road safety, amongst many others during the Spring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Household Budget Survey (HBS) is a large national household survey conducted by the Central Statistics Office on a five yearly basis. It collects information on household’s expenditure on goods and services. HBS 2015/2016 indicated that the average weekly household expenditure on Medical expenses/services and therapeutic equipment for that period was €18.48, equivalent to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: In Census 2022, the reference person in each private household is the first person in the household identified as a parent, spouse, cohabiting partner or head of a non-family household containing related persons. Where no person in the household satisfied these criteria, the first usually resident person was used as the reference person. In this context, the reference person is referred to as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (13 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Thank you for your query in relation to Folic Acid Supplementation. As indicated in a previous written response issued in October 2023, the recommendations of the 2019 DOH Folic Acid Supplementation Report remain under consideration by the Department. Critically, it is recognised that as dietary intake of folate remains sub optimal In Ireland, all women considering pregnancy take a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The free contraception scheme for women aged 17 -25, ordinarily resident in Ireland, was launched on 14th September, 2022. Its remit has been expanded gradually to include women aged from 17 to 31 inclusive, from January 1st, 2024. Approximately €43.9m has been allocated to support the scheme in 2024 and approximately 2,400 GPs, primary care, family planning and student health centres...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The free contraception scheme for women aged 17 -25, ordinarily resident in Ireland, was launched on 14th September, 2022. Its remit has been expanded gradually to include women aged from 17 to 31 inclusive, from January 1st, 2024. Approximately €43.9m has been allocated to support the scheme in 2024 and approximately 2,400 GPs, primary care, family planning and student health centres...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (7 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Up to 2020, the CSO employed two survey instruments at airports and seaports to compile statistics on overseas visitors to Ireland. These were the Country of Residence Survey (CRS) and Passenger Card Inquiry (PCI). The former differentiated air and sea passengers into outbound Irish residents and inbound foreign residents. The latter collected additional details from passengers, including the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (7 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) produces statistics relating to deaths which are compiled from administrative data supplied to the organisation from the General Register Office (GRO). The narrative contained within these death certificates are analysed and utilising methodological guidelines as prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), each death is assigned an underlying cause...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (1 Feb 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this question relates to funding of healthcare services for people who are homeless, I have referred to HSE for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Programme (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, together. The Government Legislation Programme, which was published on 16th January 2024, sets out Government legislative priorities for the current parliamentary session. The current programme includes 46 bills for priority publication and drafting across a number of areas including healthcare, access to housing, stronger safer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (31 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: There is now a strong international evidence base for the benefits of arts and creativity for health and wellbeing, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognising the robust impact of the arts and creativity on both mental and physical health. The WHO has also found that the arts facilitate a more holistic approach to complex health problems, giving parity of esteem to mental health and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Promotion (30 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Improving the health and wellbeing of the people of Ireland is central to the work of Government and the vision for Healthy Ireland in the Department of Health. The goal is to create a society where everyone can enjoy physical and mental health and wellbeing to their full potential and where wellbeing is valued and supported at every level. My department's commitment to workplace...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Addiction Treatment Services (30 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this refers to a service matter, I have sent this PQ to the HSE for direct response. As the Deputy may be aware, management and administrative grade staff in the Fórsa union in the HSE commenced industrial action on Friday 6th October. As a consequence of this industrial action, members in these grades are not engaging with political forums or processes. As a result, the question...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: Ireland established a national HIV PrEP programme in November 2019, following a HIQA HTA, which concluded that the introduction of HIV PrEP would be safe, effective and cost saving. The HTA also found that significant investment in public STI services was required to implement PrEP and €5.4 million was set aside in Budget 2020 to roll out a national HIV PrEP programme, managed by the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has responsibility for collating information on the number of enterprises which open each year and which close each year as part of its work in developing and maintaining the Central Business Register. The register is developed using data provided by the Companies Registration Office (CRO) and the Revenue Commissioners. The most recent final data...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a household survey which provides quarterly statistics on employment and unemployment and is the official source of labour market estimates in the State. The classification of employment status in LFS results is determined according to ILO (International Labour Organisation) concepts and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: As this refers to a service, I have referred to the HSE for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (18 Jan 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: The number of residential beds available for drug treatment services in 2023 was 1,036. According to 2022 National Drug Treatment Reporting System data the total number of cases treated for problem drug use was 12,009. This is the highest annual number recorded to- date. 1,458 cases received inpatient (overnight) treatment. Separately, there were 7,421 cases treated for alcohol as the...