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I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 44F) (Appointed Day) Order 2023 (without debate) - Motion re referral to Joint Committee of the Report of the Dublin Citizens' Assembly (without debate) - Motion re referral to Joint Committee of the Report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss (without debate) - Motion re Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions (without debate) - Motion …

I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with a Resolution of the Dáil of 22nd February, 2022, agrees that the report of the Dublin Citizens' Assembly, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 30th December, 2022, be referred to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage in accordance with Standing Order 95(2)( b ), to consider the recommendations contained therein and to advise on the requirement for the holding of a plebiscite to determine if Dublin should have a directly-elected Mayor …

I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with a Resolution of the Dáil of 22nd February, 2022, agrees that the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 31st March, 2023, be referred to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action in accordance with Standing Order 95(2)( b ), to consider the recommendations contained therein; and that the Committee be instructed to report thereon to Dáil Éireann by 31st December, 2023.

I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 29th March, 2023, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Education, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Minister for Social Protection Minister for Justice Minister for Agricultu…

I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the Twenty Sixth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 34, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 15th June, 2023, and discharges a member from a Committee and appoints a member to a Committee accordingly, with effect from 21st June, 2023.

I thank Members for their contributions to the debate on the Bill. I look forward to their support as the Bill is considered further on Committee Stage. The issue of the further regulation of nicotine inhaling products has been raised. I share these concerns and it is an area on which the Minister for Health and I would like to see Ireland take a leading role in the future. lf we want to tackle the usage of nicotine inhaling products by our young people, the first and most important step is to prohibit their sale t…

I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)( a ) and 181(1).

Is cúis áthais dom é a bheith anseo chun labhairt faoin mBille seo ar son an Rialtais. I thank the House for the opportunity to come before the Seanad on the Private Members' Gradam an Uachtaráin Bill 2023, which has been proposed by Senators Keogan, Craughwell, Clonan, Mullen and Boyhan. I note that this Bill is largely the same as the Bill of the same name tabled by the late Senator Feargal Quinn and debated in this House in 2015 before lapsing on the dissolution of the Houses for the general election in 2016. It…

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Agreement Establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation (without debate) - Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 (Second Stage) (if not previously concluded, to stand adjourned at either 5.30 p.m. or after 1 hour and 40 minutes, whichever is the later) Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Retained Fire Services, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's busines…

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to be here on behalf of the Minister for Health to introduce the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill to this House. The primary objective of the Bill is to reduce the health harms of smoking through reducing the use of tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products, especially by young people. The Bill will achieve these objectives through the introduction of a licensing system for the retail sale of these products, re…

I thank the Deputy for his question. The sexual health strategy is a core priority for Healthy Ireland and for the Government. Additional funding of approximately €4 million was allocated to sexual health between budgets 2022 and 2023. The recent independent review by Crowe Ireland of the first National Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020 identifies some key successes. These include: expanding free access to contraception through the free contraception scheme for women and national condom distribution service; the int…

On PrEP, I agree this is a really important area. As the Deputy knows, Ireland established a national HIV PrEP programme in November 2019. PrEP clinics are provided within 13 of the free STI clinics and 17 private GP providers are approved to prescribe free PrEP medication. In 2022, 4,314 individuals had their PrEP eligibility approved via the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS and 3,388 individuals had a PrEP prescription filled at least once, of whom 1,240 had their first ever prescriptions. There have been…

I will give examples of really good models. I want to ensure we are funding evidence-based programmes across the country. These should be programmes and initiatives that work. I was recently down in Cork at UCC. There is a novel project there where the work of HSE CHO 4 drug and alcohol services, Cork Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force and the Southern Regional Drug & Alcohol Task Force. They are providing a night-time mobile unit like a drugs, alcohol and sexual health, DASH, unit that goes into parts of Cork and K…

Goal No. 4 of the national drugs strategy recognises the key role families play in contributing to the planning, design and delivery of effective addiction services. Families have unique insights that are a valuable resource to those involved in developing addiction services and interventions. Facilitating their involvement in the development and design of services is a core objective of our drugs policy. In 2022, the Department of Health allocated €280,000 in additional recurring funding to the HSE to support fami…

I acknowledge the importance of groups like this one. It is important that the organisation in question engages with the regional task force, which can provide technical assistance to prepare its business case for funding. It is important to note the other sources of support. Merchants Quay Ireland, MQI, is in receipt of funding of €109,000 in 2023 to provide family support services. MQI family support services in Louth and Meath have met with many community, voluntary and statutory services, including the Family A…

Fundamentally, the Department allocates the funding and it is to up the HSE to look at the applications that come into it. I do not know the exact detail of the situation the Deputy has raised but if there are difficulties, it is up to the organisation in question to work directly with the HSE and the task force to tease through a business plan. We all want to ensure funding is allocated to initiatives that work and are evidence-based. From what the Deputy is saying, this particular organisation works well and is w…

I move: Tuesday's business shall be: - Motion re Referral to Joint Committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of terms of the Agreement Establishing the EU-LAC International Foundation (without debate) - Motion re Twenty-Fifth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection and Appointment of Committee Cathaoirligh (without debate) - Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023 (Second Stage, resumed) (if not previously concluded, to stand adjourned at either 5.30 p.m. or after 1 hr and 40 mins, whichever is the later) P…

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