Written answers

Tuesday, 14 June 2022

Photo of Seán CanneySeán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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1379. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government has undertaken an assessment of needs created by the arrival of Ukrainian refugees; and the contingency planning that is in place. [30495/22]

Photo of Seán CanneySeán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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1380. To ask the Minister for Health the planning assessments that are being carried out in relation to health given the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. [30496/22]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Deputy Canney for his questions.

The Department of Health is part of the whole of government humanitarian response to the crisis in Ukraine. A Senior Official's Group , chaired by Dept. of Taoiseach and comprised of senior government Dept representatives, meets weekly to discuss scenario planning and service provision aimed at supporting the Ukrainian Refugees on arrival in Ireland with the wide range of state supports available to them through their Temporary Protection status.

At a Department level a Ukrainian Refugee Coordination Group has been set-up since early March to coordinate the Dept's health response, and working closely with the HSE to deliver on the health needs of the Ukrainian refugees in Ireland.

The HSE has also set up a National Health Response Planning and Coordination Group to plan for and implement the necessary health provision for Ukrainian arrivals, including 9 separate workstreams that focus on key areas of work.

At a community level the Community Response Forums have been established in every Local Authority in the state, chaired by the Chief Executive, to coordinate the community-led response to support for Ukrainian refugees as they are accommodated around the state.

The Dept of Health engages in regular meetings with local authorities and with NGOs stakeholders through the NGO Stakeholder Engagement Forum comprised of representative from government depts and NGOs and other relevant bodies working collaboratively on the humanitarian response to the crisis in Ukraine.

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