Written answers

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Department of Health

Traveller Projects Funding

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the roll-out of education resource Small Changes - Big Difference and associated health promotion programmes across Traveller health units; if these are now complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33866/17]

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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604. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the training of staff in Traveller health units on Connecting for Life in order that it can be promoted in a culturally appropriate manner to members of the Traveller community; if this training is now complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33867/17]

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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605. To ask the Minister for Health if Traveller health units in Traveller sites have been geomapped and aligned with primary care and mental health catchment areas. [33868/17]

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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606. To ask the Minister for Health if a review of Traveller health unit actions and outcomes in the national standards for safer better healthcare has been commissioned; and the timeframe for its completion and publication. [33869/17]

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of the role of Traveller community health workers and the issues identified in relation to sustainability of this workforce. [33870/17]

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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608. To ask the Minister for Health if a financial audit of traveller services receiving funding from the HSE has been conducted; the findings and recommendations of this audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33871/17]

Photo of Catherine ByrneCatherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 603 to 608, inclusive, together.

As these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

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