Written answers

Wednesday, 18 May 2022

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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283. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to fund universal access to the FGM Treatment Service including wraparound supports including mental health services, sexual and reproductive care and counselling. [25186/22]

Photo of Frank FeighanFrank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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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 of need for these measures. Funding for new service developments for marginalised women will be considered in the context of Estimates 2023, including the forthcoming national Traveller health action plan and the national domestic, sexual and gender-based violence strategy.

However, as the HSE may have similar measures under its operational remit, I have referred the questions for its input.

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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284. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to ensure the availability of timely access for domestic violence supports for women through their general practitioner. [25187/22]

Photo of Frank FeighanFrank Feighan (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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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 of need for these measures. Funding for new service developments for marginalised women will be considered in the context of Estimates 2023, including the forthcoming national Traveller health action plan and the national domestic, sexual and gender-based violence strategy.

However, as the HSE may have similar measures under its operational remit, I have referred the questions for its input.

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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285. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to fund a continuous public education campaigns raising awareness of violence against women and the way to seek support from the health service. [25188/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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286. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to resource a specific research programme on women’s health. [25189/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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288. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to conduct an intersectional analysis of healthcare provision across ethnicity, socio-economic background, nationality, disability and gender to ensure that the health care that is provided fits its purpose and need. [25191/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The estimated full-year cost of conducting such analysis is dependent on a range of factors including the scope of such work and whether such work would be carried out external to my Department.

However, I can inform the Deputy that analysis on this area is currently underway as part of my Department’s Joint Research Programme in Healthcare Reform with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Commencing in 2014, the broad objectives of this Research Programme are to apply economic analysis to explore issues in relation to health services, health spending and population health, in order to inform the development of health policy and the Government’s healthcare reform agenda.

As part of the 2022 work programme agreed by the Research Programme Steering group, one topic of research concerns a profile of health, healthcare use, and healthy behaviours across socioeconomic groups in Ireland using Healthy Ireland Survey (HIS) data. The health measures analysed in this report will be self-reported health, health illnesses and multimorbidity. The healthcare use measures analysed will be GP visits per annum, practice nurse visits per annum, inpatient hospital nights and emergency department attendances. The healthy behaviour measures analysed will besmoking, exercise and excessive alcohol consumption.

An age and gender profile will be created for each measure while an age and gender profile for deprivation quintiles will also be estimated. This will provide information how health, healthcare use, and healthy behaviours differ across socioeconomic groups In Ireland.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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289. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to increase evidence-based policy planning in relation to women’s health by supporting clinical, academic and applied research. [25192/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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290. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to support diversified clinical trials including the effect on women and the inclusion of gender health concerns on medical school curricula. [25193/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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291. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to offer each woman aged over 45 years a DXA scan as part of their lifecourse management programme delivered through their general practitioner. [25194/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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292. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to raise public awareness of pelvic floor dysfunction, including early prevention. [25195/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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293. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to offer universal access to pessary fitting for pelvic organ prolapse through general practitioners. [25196/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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294. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to fund services for specialised pelvic floor physiotherapy following a referral from a general practitioner. [25197/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

Photo of Jennifer Murnane O'ConnorJennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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295. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to fund one additional continence clinic, to tackle the wait list for surgery through specialised small units and enable general access to pelvic physiotherapy as needed. [25198/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by Department officials and a deferred reply will be submitted within ten working days

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