PQs on Substance Use 2024
January
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons to contact the HSE's drug and alcohol helplines in each of the past ten years.
March
To ask the Minister for Health his plans to conduct drug harm-reduction campaigns aimed at people attending Irish music festivals this summer; his plans to roll out the use of ‘back of house’ drug checking through the use of surrender bins, which was piloted last summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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 average wait time by residential addiction treatment facility.
To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction counsellor per year.
To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction case worker per year.
To ask the Minister for Health the average cost of an addiction nurse per year.
April
To ask the Minister for Health the proposed staffing levels of a supervised injection facility; and the number WTE of each clinician and staff member required.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of needle exchange facilities, by type and county, in tabular form.
May
To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on addiction services in 2023 by local authority area, in tabular form.
June
To ask the Minister for Health the target for peer training and family training in naloxone provision annually.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons to contact the HSE's drug and alcohol helplines in each of the past ten years, by county, in tabular form; the numbers who have sought help for problem gambling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
July
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons to contact the HSE's drug and alcohol helplines in each of the past ten years.
To ask the Minster for health to provide an update on the pilot treatment programme for gambling addiction in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds by CHO for women seeking treatment from addiction, in tabular form.
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To ask the Minister for Health the current cost of a 10% expenditure increase in rehabilitation and detoxification residential treatment; the number of sessions this relates to and the number of spaces required; the current cost of 100 additional places and the number of sessions this would provide, for each; and any associated capital costs.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of people availing of a community detox programme in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who contacted the HSE’s drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons to contact the HSE for assistance with problem gambling by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
September
To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE collate statistics on the number, or suspected number, of persons addicted to drugs or alcohol; if so, if that number has risen or fallen over the past decade; and if he will provide statistics, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of funding allocated to drug addiction services in Wicklow in 2023 & 2024, in tabular form
To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who were assessed, by addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilization facilities in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form.
The number of addiction detox beds allocated in Munster and Leinster, respectively; the location of each and any associated care providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. (40794/24)
To provide the resourcing number of healthcare staff related to addiction detox bed units in Munster and Leinster, by each centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. (40795/24)
If he will itemise the budget resourcing provided through his Department to addiction detoxification; the average bed availability in Munster and Leinster, respectively over the past 12-months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. (40796/24)’.
PQ 40794/24, 40795/24, 40796/24
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the resource allocation and spending to date by his Department on social inclusion groups, including allocation by care group area, outlining where that spend is directed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
October
To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to addiction services by 10% (45950), and the estimated cost of increasing funding to community drug services by 10% (45951).
November
To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the resource allocation and spending to date by his Department on social inclusion groups, including allocation by care group area, outlining where that spend is directed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.