PQs on Substance Use 2023
February
To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has reviewed the 2015 pilot naloxone scheme; and if he will report on same?
April
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the resource allocation and spending to date by his Department, on specific measures to address addiction amongst Travellers and Roma; and if he will outline of where that spend is directed, in tabular form?
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have availed of gambling addiction services in the health service in 2021, 2022 and to do date in 2023?
May
To ask the Minister for Health the names of all residential drug rehabilitation centres to which the HSE awards core funding; and the amount of funds they receive, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds each HSE-funded residential drug rehabilitation centre has, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the pilot festival drug monitoring scheme at a music festival (details supplied) in 2022. details supplied - electric picnic
To ask the Minister for Health the average salary of an addiction counsellor.
To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated, by project, for addiction services and treatment in Budget 2023; and the amount spent to date, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which persons in need of drug rehabilitation programmes have access to same, with a view to reducing their dependency on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
June
To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction stepdown bed.
To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction rehabilitation bed.
To ask the Minister for Health the average annual cost of an addiction detox bed.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol and drug treatment centres provided by each voluntary NGO provider; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision per centre for 2021 and 2022; the bed capacity of each centre in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol and drug treatment centres provided directly by the State; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision per centre for 2021 and 2022; the bed capacity of each centre in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of alcohol and drug treatment centres provided by each private for-profit provider; the location of each centre; the costs of this provision per centre for 2021 and 2022; the bed capacity of each centre in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
July
To ask the Minister for Health the cost the waive assessment fees for addiction residential, rehabilitation and detox services.
To ask the Minister for Health the cost of a consistent standardised needle exchange programme rolled out across all taskforces.
To ask the Minister for Health to provide the breakdown between alcohol and drugs treatment beds in each alcohol and drug treatment centre provided by NGOs, for-profit providers and directly by the State, in tabular form.
September
To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the Family Support aspect of the National Drugs Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health the counselling services offered within the adolescent addiction services; the staff vacancy within these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown in tabular form of the number of staff employed by each Drug and Alcohol Taskforce; the number at each staff level; the number of vacant positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the CHOs that currently provide rapid access stabilisation units; his plans to provide future funding for such units; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
October
To ask the Minister for Health his views on the number of pregabalin-related deaths between 2012 and 2020, as reported by the Health Research Board (details supplied); the actions he intends to take to address the substantial rise in pregabalin-related deaths; if he intends to curtail the source of pregabalin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the CHOs that currently provide rapid access stabilisation units; and his plans to provide funding for such units.
To ask the Minister for Health the counselling services offered within the adolescent addiction services; and the number of staff within these services.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of Section 39 organisations that work within addiction and drug-related services; the number of staff employed in Section 39 organisations in this area; their rates of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
November
To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1788 of 11 September 2023, how the funding for each CHO will be spent; who decides which community and voluntary organisations will receive the funding; and what role will LDATFs/RDATFs play in allocating this funding.
To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time, by facility, from referral to admission for addiction rehabilitation and detox.
To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which persons in need of drug rehabilitation programmes have access to same, with a view to reducing their dependency on drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health whether she will consider reconvening the HSE Working Group on Residential Treatment and Rehabilitation (Substance Users) to identify bed capacity issues currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
December
To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of staff employed by each drug and alcohol task force; and the number at each staff level.
To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time by residential addiction treatment facility.
To ask the Minister for Health his views on the need for promotion among healthcare staff of impartial information on the health effects of gambling, separate to that provided by organisations which receive funding from the gambling sector.
To ask the Minister for Health as part of Government’s response to drug intimidation, if the full-time recommended role for the drug-related intimidation and violence engagement programme has been progressed, and if it has been affected by the recent moratorium announced within the Health Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.