Social Inclusion
Responsibilities
- Policy aspects of drug treatment within the overall context of the National Drugs Strategy which is co-ordinated by the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs (DCEGA) through the Office of the Minister for Drugs (OMD). The management and delivery of drug treatment services is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE). Policy formulation in relation to drug treatment in prisons is the responsibility of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
- Health related policy in relation to equality and diversity issues.
- Health policy for vulnerable groups including: Travellers, asylum seekers; prisoners and lesbian, gay and bisexuals.
- Health related policy for homeless adults. The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government has lead policy resonsibility for homeless adults and the delivery of services to homeless adults is the responsibility of the HSE and the Local Authorities.
- HIV and AIDS including the National AIDS Strategy Committee (NASC).
- Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).
- Assisted Human Reproduction.
- Female Genital Mutilation.
- Abortion and Crisis Pregnancy.
- Health Inequalities.
- Gender-Based Violence. Liaising with Cosc, the HSE and other relevant agencies and Departments in relation to gender-based violence.
- National Women’s Strategy. Liaising with the Health Service Executive on the implementation of relevant objectives and coordinating the Department’s responses to the monitoring programme in conjunction with the Gender Equality Unit of the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs.
- Co-ordination of the health aspects of the Social Partnership Programme.
Staff
| Principal Officer | Geraldine Luddy |
|---|---|
| Assistant Principal Officers | Liam McCormack |
| Tim McCarthy | |
| Brendan Ryan |
Contact
- Telephone: 01 - 635 3005
- Fax: 01 - 635 3103
Publications
- AIDS Strategy 2000: Report of the National AIDS Strategy Committee
- Report of Care and Management Sub-Committee of the National AIDS Strategy Committee on HIV/STI Services in Ireland (2005)
- Report on the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS (2007)
- Health Protection Surveillance Centre for HIV and STI surveillance reports
- The Way Home - A Strategy to Address Adult Homelessness 2008-2013
- Homeless Strategy - A National Implementation Plan 2009
- Traveller Health - A National Strategy 2002-2005
- Report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction
- Cosc National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
- HSE Policy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
- National Women's Strategy 2007-2016
- Confidentiality - Ethical Considerations in HIV transmission: Guidelines for Professionals
Links
- Office of the Minister for Drugs
- Health Research Board (HRB)
- National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD)
- United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
- Office for Social Inclusion
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- The Homeless Agency
- Institute of Public Health (IPH)
- Misuse of Drugs Act, 1977
- Misuse of Drugs Act 1984
- HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme
- Cosc
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform - Gender Equality Unit
- Drug and Alcohol Information Ireland
All-Ireland Traveller Health Study - “Our Geels”
“Traveller Health - A National Strategy 2002-2005” includes a commitment to ‘carry out a Traveller Needs Assessment and Health Status Study to update and extend the indicators used in the last survey of Travellers’ Health Status and to inform appropriate actions required in the area of Travellers’ Health’.
In July of 2007 the All-Ireland Study of Travellers Health Status and Health Needs involving all Travellers living on the island, North and South, was launched. The Department of Health and Children, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) in Northern Ireland and the Health Service Executive are funding the Study.
The purpose of the Study is to examine the health status of Travellers, to assess the impact of the health services currently being provided and to identify the factors which influence mortality and health status. The Study will take 3 years to complete. It will provide a framework for policy development and practice in relation to Travellers.
Technical Steering Group
A Technical Steering Group has been established to ensure the performance of the contract and to monitor and support the research.
Membership of the Technical Steering Group
- Dr Philip Crowley (Chair), Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Children
- Mr David O’Reilly, Equality, Human Rights and Public Safety Branch, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (NI)
- Mr Tim McCarthy, Social Inclusion Unit, Department of Health and Children
- Ms Leonie O’Neill, Health Service Executive
- Mr Nurul Amin, Pavee Point
- Ms Rosaleen McDonagh, Pavee Point
- Dr Evelyn Mahon, Trinity College.
UCD Project Team
The UCD Project Team is lead by Prof. Cecily Kelleher, Head, UCD School of Public Health and Population Science.
Census Day: 14th October 2008
The fieldwork for the Study began on the 14th October 2008.
Further information on the Study can be accessed via the Study website
Press Release on the occasion of the launch of the Study by Minister Mary Harney on 10th July 2007
