Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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2842. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing alcohol related health interventions in the State in 2020 and to date in 2021. [39345/21]

Frank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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The Health Service Executive has responsibility for the provision of addiction treatment services.

People who present to the HSE for addiction treatment for alcohol related services are offered the same range of interventions as those who present with a drug addiction, a gambling addiction or a mental health concern, including an initial assessment, a comprehensive assessment, and individual counselling. It is often the case that alcohol addiction is one of a number of addictions and issues faced by an individual.

Members of the Oireachtas are advised that the HSE is currently unable to access the information to answer Parliamentary Questions due to the recent cyber-attack, which has required a temporary shut-down of HSE IT systems. The disruption to service is on-going, and the HSE is working hard to restore its IT capacity and resume normal services. Members of the Oireachtas will be advised as soon as the HSE is again in a position to provide responses to PQs and are encouraged to resubmit their Parliamentary Questions at that point .