PQ 38988-16 PQ 38989-16(Alcohol Addiction Services)
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An Oifig Náisiúnta don Chuimsiú Sóisialta Rannóg Cúram Príomhúil Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte Lána an Mhuilinn Baile Phámar Baile Átha Cliath 20 : 01-620 1747. 01-620 1626 National Social Inclusion Office Primary Care Division Health Service Executive Mill Lane 21st December, 2016 Palmerstown Dublin 20 Deputy Louise O'Reilly,TD Dáil Eireann Kildare Street Dublin 2 PQ 38988/16 * To ask the Minister for Health the details of all HSE funded alcohol addiction services in the State by county, in tabular form; the number of alcohol addiction counsellors in the State, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. PQ 38989/16 * To ask the Minister for Health the details of the waiting lists for all HSE funded alcohol addiction services in the State, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. Dear Deputy O'Reilly, The Health Service Executive has been requested to reply directly to your above Parliamentary Questions which you submitted to the Minister for Health for response. I have examined the matter and the following outlines the position: Please find a list of HSE funded and supported alcohol services by county in tabular form in Appendix 1. These have been obtained from the directory of services on drugs.ie (note each service name is hyperlinked to the directory). The following table outlines the number of alcohol addiction counsellors in HSE addiction services: Table 1: Whole Time Equivalent HSE Addiction Service Counsellors and associated average waiting times as of December 2016 No. of Counsellors Area operated From Geographical Area covered Average waiting 2016 WTE time, Dec 2016 CHO 1: North West Sligo/Leitrim/Donegal/ Cavan 6 3 weeks Monaghan 8 in total for 4 sector areas: 2-3 weeks Letterkenny/ Dunloe/ Stranolar Donegal Letterkenny - Central Donegal Buncrana - North Donegal Dungleo - West Donegal Donegal Town - South & West Donegal 9 8 weeks Galway City & CHO 2: West (Galway) County/Roscommon/Mayo 1.5 Limerick & Clare = 4 Limerick/Clare/ North months CHO 3: Mid-West Tipperary Nr Tipp – no waiting list for counselling CHO 4: Arbour House & Church St. 22.12 1 to 2 months Cork City & County Cork 7.7 2 weeks Co. Kerry Edward Court, Tralee 13 Kilkenny – 3-4 Wks Sth Tipp – 1 Wk Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Wexford – 8 weeks CHO 5: New Ross, Kilkenny, Clonmel South Tipperary Carlow – 1 week Waterford – 1 week 21 1-3 weeks CHO 6,7: Dublin South West/Kildare/ Dublin South West /Kildare/ West Wicklow, Dun-Laoghaire & Wicklow. East Coast Area Bray, Arklow & Wicklow 5 Birr 7-8 weeks CHO 8: Portlaoise Laois/Offaly Portlaoise 7-8 weeks 6 (+ one post vacant) Athlone 4-6 weeks Long/Mull & Athlone Longford/Westmeath Longford 6-7 weeks 5 Dublin North-East Louth/Meath Up to 2 weeks 13.4 12 – 15 working days CHO 9: Dublin North-East Dublin North/North East 1.8 Usually demand on National Drug Treatment Centre National demand or 2/3 days max Note: the above table does not include counsellors in primary care, mental health and section 39 funded services who may offer counselling for alcohol addiction/dual diagnosis. Regarding the waiting list for alcohol addiction, the below tables outline the time between referral and treatment for people presenting to services, identifying alcohol as their main problem drug during 2015. This is the most current available data from the National Drug Treatment Reporting System (NDTRS). An explanatory note on the NDTRS is at appendix 2. Table 2: Alcohol as a main problem - Median (days) Time between referral and treatment , all cases, NDTRS 2015 N Median Outpatient 4017 8 Inpatient 2915 3 Low threshold 480 3 Total 7412 5 Table 3: Alcohol as a main problem - Median (days) Time between referral and treatment , all cases, by CHO where the case resides, NDTRS 2015 Outpatient In-patient Low threshold CHO 1 14 2 2 CHO 2 4 0 0 CHO 3 2 0 0 CHO 4 12 4 0 CHO 5 4 4 5 CHO 6 0 5 0 CHO 7 6 4 4.5 CHO 8 15.5 2 0 CHO 9 14 3 1 I trust this information is of assistance to you but should you have any further queries please contact me. Yours sincerely, __________ Joseph Doyle National Planning Specialist Appendix 1: List of HSE funded and supported alcohol services obtained from the directory of services on drugs.ie County Service Name Service Address Carlow Al-Anon Carlow Carlow Alateen Alcohol & Drug Counselling Service Maple View, St. Dympna's Hospital, Athy Road, Carlow Carlow Alcoholics Anonymous Carlow Carlow Childline Monastery Hostel, Dublin Road, Carlow Drugs Outreach Worker Carlow 5 Gardiner Row, Carlow Family Support Network HSE Ardú Substance Misuse Service St. Dympna's Hospital, Athy Road, Carlow, Carlow Carlow HSE Drug and Alcohol Helpline Lifewise Carlow Bishops House, Old Chapel Lane, Tullow, North Carlow Community Drugs Initiative Carlow Askea Parish Centre, Askea, Carlow You Are Not Alone Family Support Group Cavan Al-Anon Cavan Cavan Alateen Cavan Alcoholics Anonymous Cavan Cavan Drug & Alcohol Service ACOT House, Drumnavangh, Farnham Road, Cavan Drumalee Business Park, Cootehill Road, Cavan Cavan/Monaghan Mental Health Services Cavan Childline HSE Drug and Alcohol Helpline Cavan HSE Primary Care Centre, Drumalee Business HSE Primary Care Addiction Service - Cavan/Monaghan Park, Cootehill Road, Cavan Cavan Lifewise Clare Al-Anon Clare Clare Alateen Clare Alcoholics Anonymous Clare Ana Liffey Drug Project Midwest - Clare The Gables, The Fairgreen, Ballysimon Road, Limerick, Clare Bushypark Addiction Treatment Centre Bushypark Addiction Treatment Centre, Bushypark, Ennis, Clare Childline Clare Theatre Court, 15 Lower Mallow Street, Limerick, Community Substance Misuse Team - Clare, Limerick, Tipperary Clare HSE Drug and Alcohol Helpline Clare Museum House, Francis Street, Ennis, Clare HSE Mid-West Clare Drug and Alcohol Service McGarry House, 7 Alphonsus Street, Limerick, Novas Initiatives Community Detox Mid- West Region Clare The Respite House, Newport, Tipperary, Clare The Respite House (Mid-West Region) West Clare Drug & Alcohol Initiative Clarecare, Toler Street, Kilrush, Clare Cork Adult Minnesota Day and Aftercare Arbour House, Addiction Services, HSE South, Programme Douglas Road, Cork Cork Al-Anon Cork Alateen Alcoholics Anonymous Cork National Organisation, Various Locations, Cor County Service Name Service Address Ballincollig Drug & Alcohol Project Ballincollig Youth Initiative, FACT, The Village Shopping Centre, Station Road, Cork 20A Pouladuff Road, Ballyphehane, Cork Ballyphehane Action for Youth (BAY) Bandon Community Drugs Initiative Room Number 6, Town Hall, North Main Street, Bandon, Cork Carrigaline Community Drugs Initiative, Carrigaline Community Drug & Alcohol Project Carrigaline Community Complex, Carrigaline, Cork CDYS Office, Fitzgerald House, Main Street, CDYS Macroom Community Drug Project Macroom, Cork Cork Childline Cobh Community Drugs Project c/o Cobh YMCA, 8 West Beach, Cobh, Cork Village Chambers, Station Road, Ballincollig, Coiscéim, Low Cost Counselling Programme Cork Cork Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force, Floor Community Based Addiction Counselling Service 1, Kinvara House, Dublin Hill, Cork Heron House, Level 1, Blackpool Park, Community Outreach Drug & Alcohol Awareness Project Blackpool, Cork Kinvara House, Dublin Hill, Cork Cork Local Drug & Alcohol Task Force Cuan Mhuire Farnanes Cuan Mhuire, Merri Heits, Farnanes, Cork Ardagh House, Old Carrigaline Rd, Douglas, DAYs Project (Douglas Area Youth service) Cork Díon Project, YMCA 11-12 Marlboro Street, Cork Office Portacabin, Kempton Park, Ballyhooly Dublin Hill / Ballyvolane Initiative for Youth Road, Cork Old Eircom Building, Pike Road, Fermoy, Cork Fermoy Community Based Drugs Initiative Foroige Drugs Task Force Glanmire Foróige Youth Project, Riverstown Cross, Glanmire, Cork Grattan Project Limited c/o Probation Service, St. Nicholas Church, Cove Street, Cork Greenmount Community Drugs Initiative 12 Mary Street, Cork Gurranabraher Community Centre, Gurranabraher/Churchfield Outreach Project Gurranabraher Road, Cork Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, Western Road, Cork Health Promotion Department Hillgrove Outreach Project Blackpool Community Centre, Blackpool, Cork Farranree Family Centre, Closes Green, Hillgrove Outreach Project Farranree/Fairhill Farranree, Cork Cork HSE Drug and Alcohol Helpline HSE South - Cork Counselling Services Cork Counselling Services, HSE South, Floor 1, Heron House, Blackpoool Retail Park, Cork Arbour House, St Finbarr's Hospital, Douglas HSE South Adult Addiction Service, Arbour House Road, Cork Kinvarra House, Dublin Hill, Cork City, Cork HSE South Drug and Alcohol Services Knocknaheeny Drugs Project Knocknaheeny Youth Project, Hollyhill Shopping Centre, Knocknaheeny, Cork Cork Lifewise Mallow Youth Center, New Road, Mallow, Cork Mallow Community Drugs Initiative Mallow Youth Center, New Road, Mallow, Cork Mallow Community Drugs Worker Cara Lodge, Ahiohill, Enniskeane, Cork Matt Talbot Services - Cara Lodge Matt Talbot Services - Rockview Rockview, Trabeg Lawn, Douglas, Cork Kerrigan-Tyrell Youth Centre, Tinker's Cross, Mayfield Local Drugs Task Force Project – Phase 1 Mayfield, Cork 20 Lotamore Park, Mayfield, Cork Mayfield Youth 2000 - Lotamore Phase 2 The Fox's Den Youth Cafe, Main Street, Mitchelstown Community Drugs Initiative Mitchelstown, Cork Renewal Renewal, Shanakiel, Blarney Road, Cork County Service Name Service Address 1st Floor, Kinvara House, Dublin Hill, Cork Southern Regional Drugs and Alcohol Task Force Tabor Lodge, Ballindeasig, Belgooly, Cork Tabor Lodge Addiction & Housing Services The Bridge Recovery Group