Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 March 2021
782. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the HIV and STI public testing services that are currently in operation under level 5 Covid-19 restrictions in County Dublin; his plans to restore services which have been suspended due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12682/21]
View answerThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented interruptions to normal healthcare activity, with all services affected. In 2021, all health services continue to face restrictions, as the health system continues to need to prioritise testing, contact tracing and treating those with COVID-19 and rolling out the vaccination programme.
With regard to sexual health services, phone lines, the GMHS website and other resources such as www.man2man.ie and www.sexualwellbeing.ie are regularly updated to reflect current service delivery and to signpost users to the HSE list of approved STI and PrEP services.
As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the deputy directly, as soon as possible.
