January
* To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated for steroid use or abuse in each of the years 2009 to 2017, by sex and age ranges; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 1073-18 (Steroid use) Final jd.pdf (size 207 KB)
February
* To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand availability of naloxone to persons that use drugs as stated in the national drugs strategy Reducing Harm. Supporting Secovery 2017 to 2025; the level of availability for naloxone; the locations in which it is available; the number of occasions it has been used in an emergency situation in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 5567-18 & PQ 6446-18 (Naloxone) Final jd.pdf (size 141.7 KB)
* To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to warn drug users regarding the dangers of a drug (details supplied); the number of drug overdose cases in which this drug has been linked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. - Jack Chambers.
PQ5568-18 (Fentanyl) final jd.pdf (size 183.1 KB)
* To ask the Minister for Health the number of detox beds available for addiction within the greater Dublin area; and his plans to increase the number available for those in need.
PQ 6287-18 (detox beds - greater Dublin Area) final jd.pdf (size 277.4 KB)
March
*To ask the Minister for Health the facilities for drug and alcohol rehabilitation that are available for long term in-patient care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ13700-18 (Residential Drug & Alcohol Rehab).pdf (size 221.1 KB)
April
*To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's policy in relation to Suboxone take away doses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 16989-18 (Suboxone take away doses) final ek.pdf (size 534.6 KB)
June
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug and alcohol detox beds by location; if they are public or private beds; the number that are for alcohol, drug or drug and alcohol detox; the waiting list for each category by each location in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 26133-18 (Detox beds waiting times) final.pdf (size 228.7 KB)
July
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical detoxification beds for adults and adolescents, respectively; the location of each; the cost per annum of a medical detoxification bed for adults and adolescents, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 31725-18 PQ 31726-18 (Medical community based detox beds) final 24.7.18.pdf (size 181.8 KB)
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of community based residential detoxification beds for adults and adolescents, respectively; the location of each; the cost per annum for a community based residential detoxification bed for adults and adolescents, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 31725-18 PQ 31726-18 (Medical community based detox beds) final 24.7.18.pdf (size 181.8 KB)
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on methadone treatment; the number on treatment for periods (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 31777-18 (Nos.on methadone) final jd.pdf (size 139 KB)
*To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocated to the recently announced positive harm reduction campaigns Cocaine-Reduce the Harms and Crack-Reduce the Harms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 35319-18 (Budget for Harm Reduction campaigns) final jd.pdf (size 161.2 KB)
*To ask the Minister for Health the developmental process of the recently announced positive harm reduction campaigns Cocaine-Reduce the Harms and Crack-Reduce the Harms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 35320-18 (Harm Reduction campaign - developmental process) final ek .pdf (size 121.3 KB)
*To ask the Minister for Health the international model of best practice which underpins the recently announced and positive harm reduction campaigns Cocaine-Reduce the Harms and Crack-Reduce the Harms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 35321-18 (Harm Reduction campaign -Model of Best Practice) final.pdf (size 612.1 KB)
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of detoxification beds for persons recovering from addiction by county; the number of rehabilitation beds for persons recovering from addiction by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 35256-18 (Detox. & Rehab. beds) final.pdf (size 204.5 KB)
September
*To ask the Minister for Health the specific treatment services which are available to address the wide-scale use of cocaine, including crack cocaine; the location of these services; and the specific funding allocated in each case.
PQ 39793-18 (Cocaine services location and cost) final.pdf (size 187.8 KB)
October
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of detox beds available by county; the average length of time a person is waiting to access such a bed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 40708-18 (No. of detox beds & waiting times) final jd .pdf (size 319.6 KB)
*To ask the Minister for Health the addiction supports available to persons under 18 years of age across the country; the number of persons under 18 years of age accessing these supports; if there are waiting lists to access supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 42611-18 (Under 18 service provision) final jd.pdf (size 635 KB)
November
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of residential detox and rehabilitation beds available; his plans to implement the recommendations of the 2007 Health Service Executive report on residential treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQs National\PQ 48293-18 (Detox & Rehab beds) final jd.pdf
* To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists and the options for those wanting to detox from benzodiazepines and similar substances.
PQs National\PQ 50827-18 (waiting lists and options detox from benzodiazepines) final JD.pdf
December
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for HSE addiction rehabilitation programmes in all CHO areas to date in 2018;the average length of time a person is granted a HSE addiction rehabilitation programme in all of the CHO areas in 2016 and 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of private clinics the HSE works with in each of the CHO area; the number of beds it has agreements on in each of these private clinics; and the percentage of persons that have entered HSE rehabilitation programmes nationally on more than one occasion in tabular form.
PQ 51095-18 (HSE Addiction Rehab Programmes) final jd.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the review of services in all CHOs in relation to the person centred care planning processes of the drugs rehabilitation framework regarding assessment, key working and care planning.
PQ 52688-18 (Person centred care planning) final jd.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to each of the 24 drug and alcohol taskforces in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and the details of each taskforce during the period of the way in which the money was allocated to groups or projects supported by each taskforce.
PQ 53059-18 (DATF funding) final jd.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health the exact number of needles issued under the pharmacy needle exchange program in all participating pharmacy outlets in County Louth for the previous eight quarters in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 53246-18 (Needles issued under pnx prog.) final jd.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE training programme for addiction staff, level 2 general practitioners and pharmacists in relation to buprenorphine naloxone and buprenorphine products.
PQ 52693-18 (Suboxone Training) final ek.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health the increase in addiction residential treatment beds and additional treatment episodes provided to date in 2018.
PQ 52694-18 (Residential treatment beds) final jd .pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that accessed drug treatment and rehabilitation services by county or local health area in each of the past five years and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that sought drug treatment and rehabilitation services by county or local health area in each of the past five years and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQs 52701-18 52702-18 (Drug treatment rehab services) final jd.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the development of integrated care and referral pathways from pharmacy needle exchange to other agencies
PQ 52695-18 (Dev of integrated care etc from PNX) final ek.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health the number of health service staff being trained on SAOR screening and brief intervention for problem alcohol and substance use
PQ 52689-18 (SAOR Training) final jd.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health the details of the expansion of other paraphernalia such as foil within the pharmacy needle exchange programme to allow clients the option of smoking rather than injecting.
PQ 52696-18 (expansion of PNX Programme) final ek.pdf
*To ask the Minister for Health the budget for drug prevention, treatment and rehabilitation projects in each of the past five years; the projected budget for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
PQ 52703-18 (Budget for drug prevention etc) final jd.pdf
