PQs on Substance Use 2025
February
To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction treatment centres, per county, including residential and outpatient services, and the demand for these services, per county, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are in place for patients who have come off the drug methadone and who now deal with tooth decay (and are unable to eat certain foods which effects both physical and mental health and which also effects an individual’s appearance); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
March
To ask the Minister the total funding allocated for alcohol addiction services by HSE Addiction Services and HSE section 39 services in 2023 and 2024; and the amount being made available in 2025, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting to access HSE funded alcohol addiction services/ treatment and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE addiction services under HSE social inclusion have adequate resources to manage behavioural addictions; and if she 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a research report into the prevalence of neurodiversity among people accessing addiction services (details supplied); the steps she is taking to ensure that there is an appropriate service response; if she will commit to providing neurodiversity training to drug services’ staff at all levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the range of specific financial supports/grant aid the HSE provides to not-for-profits that operate emergency accommodation in cases where such bodies also provide medical supports such as supervised medication management, addiction supports, and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
April
To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of the addiction services, and the funding they receive, per county, in tabular form.
To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs task forces in the Dublin area (details supplied) have been cutting funding for youth related prevention projects; if so, the reason for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will continue its safer nightlife programme ahead of summer 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter.