Results 241-260 of 271 for long speaker:Neasa Hourigan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...; This is our health service. Do we have a sense that there is more about structure than “We will sit down with the Minister, Deputy Harris.”? There are particular issues here. I am sure every Deputy in the room has a long list of lacunae in the training of health professionals and we could probably give them to the HSE. Is the Department giving them to the Minister,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (8 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: ...for the committee to continue its pre-budget scrutiny and, in particular, to examine increased public spending for 2020 and how this will impact budget 2021. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House or an official, either by name or in such a way as to make...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (14 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...there are doing their best but they are now doing their best under unacceptable conditions. The management of the Rotunda Hospital has a plan to tackle this urgent need. I am aware that in the long term, maternity services will be moved to the campus of Connolly Hospital. The 1,300 babies who need care every year, however, must be safe and cared for now and to the best of our...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (20 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...units, and 1,300 of those will be build-to-rent. That is the size of a small town. There will always be a need for rental accommodation. People will need it for the short term, the medium term, the long term or for a particular life stage. They might need it for a certain type of employment or for financial reasons. They might need it just because some people like to rent and do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...all of the power in the hands of clinicians and in the hands of those legal professionals who will then interpret what "clinically appropriate" means. Over the past few weeks, I have spent a long time looking over these documents. I listened to lots of legal opinions, both of those who want to proceed with the agreement and of those who question it. Many of them are eminent legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Drugs Strategy: Minister of State at the Department of Health (19 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...am very mindful that, post Covid, we really do not know what the landscape is going to look like in terms of the impact of drugs. We are very likely to experience the ripple effect of Covid for a long time to come. I would like to know, from the Minister of State, where that more centralised strategy is coming from. I do not necessarily believe it is in line with the national drugs...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...is going to update that and keep it as live and relevant to users as it can possibly be. Before Christmas there was a significant issue around access to the Irish Sign Language, ISL, element of the RTÉ Player. For how long did that happen? When it was rectified was there follow up to see how we can ensure that it does not happen again?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Banking Sector (1 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Not to be coy about this but I see a banking forum as a first step to talking about public banking, something for which Green Party has pushed for a long time. It would speak to issues around regional access to banking. It is something to which 21 countries in Europe have access, but we do not. We do not have that level of competition or choice...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Mental Health of Travellers: Pavee Point (13 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...data. It is a particular problem in the health system. Only a few weeks ago at the health committee, we heard from NGOs in the area of cardiovascular health and they said they could not get the long-term services that people recovering from stroke and heart disease require because they do not have access to the disaggregated data. I cannot recall who said what gets measured gets done. I...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: ...in the budget is somewhat lacking. I will look at three areas in the housing budget as an example. Between the housing assistance payment, HAP, the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and the long-term leasing of houses, we are now spending €941 million, which is 30% of the housing budget, with regard to private landlords. That is current, not capital, expenditure that the taxpayer...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (14 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...and a medical argument in respect of a medical care wing being attached to the Rotunda Hospital, even given the deadline for the move to the campus of Connolly Hospital. Fifteen to 20 years is a long time to have a difference of that kind of space of 16 sq. m, versus 5 sq. m for those incredibly vulnerable babies. I am also aware that the Department and the HSE have a number of...

Winter Plan 2020: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: ...that is changing almost daily. However, there are a number of challenges that come with that uncertainty and the need to respond quickly. I draw attention to those requiring services on a long-standing basis who have found the last number of months incredibly difficult. It is very encouraging that extra funds for homeless supports have been included in the measures. This is an issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...Owenacurra residents being told, with reference to the commission's reports, that they would be better off moving from a single room in a town centre location to a shared dormitory in a remote, long-stay ward. I visited St. Stephen's Hospital in order that I could understand what we were talking about and I found it to be very remote. The concerns in the commission's reports seem...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...building was not in a good state of repair internally or externally. A change in external bad repair over a year is unusual, speaking from a professional point of view. Buildings degrade over a long period and, therefore, this is interesting. What seems to come up in a number of reports is that the toilets and bathrooms were not in good repair. In 2019, the building was back to being...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...with Disabilities, Government policy and HSE policy as set out in Time to Move on from Congregated Settings - A Strategy for Community Inclusion. We know that the two Owenacurra residents were transferred to long-stay wards in St. Stephen's hospital where they were sharing rooms at least initially. One resident was transferred to St. Catherine's ward where they were also sharing a room....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rights and Mental Health: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...prefer. Before doing so, I reiterate the point made by Mr. Herrick that An Garda Síochána has been asked to walk a tightrope in the past year and has done so quite well but this is not a great long-term solution, as it puts much pressure on the force. In the submissions today we have heard much about democratic scrutiny and some of the requests concern comprehensive analysis,...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...been better and there were constraints that maybe did not need to be there. I am also very supportive of the idea of the corporate credit union, something the industry has been seeking for a long time, as an answer to the spectrum of credit unions in the market and a way of parsing the difficulty in respect of the scale and size of some credit unions as opposed to others. I welcome...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare (14 Oct 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: ...issue is that there is a huge amount of work involved in the implementation of Sláintecare, which is not only about the move to primary care but also the treatment of chronic illnesses in the long term for citizens. The latter is a major concern and has a massive impact on people's quality of life. An issue that has been raised with me by a few groups, and by the Asthma Society of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...to start by getting an update from the witnesses. They probably have it because I keep asking these parliamentary questions. What is now happening to people in east Cork who need a full-time, long-term residential mental health service? What happens to people in east Cork now that Owenacurra is not taking any more residents?

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...the Safe as Houses report, including building control reform and the third party certification of building standards. We should include in the legislation a provision that the State retains control in the long term of any and all lands procured with State funding. The Land Development Agency must never find itself in a position as a permanent or temporary landlord to any tenant. The...