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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Can we ask whether legislation is needed? Related to CCTV, I am also chasing up the red light camera issue. I had been told by the Department of Transport that it can be rolled out because it is all automated and is not looking at people but at licence plates. However, just in the past week or so I have been told that legislation may be needed there. We are very far behind other countries...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sure some of that has gone to Dublin but the CCTV cameras are rarely in use because of the concern around it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: We need someone to champion it. That is the action that is needed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to address this issue as I am also a member of the Joint Committee on Health and I will bring our committee here up to speed now on it. The health committee looked at this issue in respect of the health impacts for those people, it met the HSE and, to be honest, got very little good out of that body on this. This issue has now been referred to the HSE board for independent overview...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am a relatively new member of the committee. I will take it under advisement.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is a very fair proposal. I propose to return with a one- or two-page document with a set of questions. Perhaps we can then decide where to proceed from there. I thank the Vice Chair.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a question regarding the session with the Department of Foreign Affairs. Is it too late to add to the specific areas of interest? I would like to discuss trade desks. We have a trade desk for every country with which we substantially trade. Could we flag this as an issue as I have questions on it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Will the legal situation that is arising with regard to An Bord Pleanála bring us into conflict? I very much want to have the session but I do not want to be shut down every time I ask particular questions.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Governance and control might overlap with it. I want to flag that it might be problematic.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: It was €9 million.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I just wanted clarity as to whether there would be an issue.

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for being here today. The issue around addiction and the particular challenges of co-occurring needs is an area in which I am particularly interested. I have formed the impression in my short time in the Oireachtas that we are not doing a very good job in allowing people proper access where there are co-occurring issues. I might direct some of my questions to a...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: We will definitely come to the issue of debt and drug-related intimidation. I am trying to get a sense from both groups how much of their interaction with people is based on the extent to which they are in contact with the Garda. Someone said to me recently, when talking about addiction and addiction services, that one of the issues around diversion programmes is that often the point when...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to return to the issue of debt and drug-related intimidation, but I will stick to the issue of accident and emergency services for the moment. Mention was made of the pilot project in Cork. I am very aware that we do tend to think of it as crisis moments when people go to accident and emergency departments, but, obviously, addiction damages one's health and there are many people who...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry to cut across Ms Kelleher. Does she think that is about educating existing staff or about new staff roles?

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I have about 20 more questions, but I will stick to two because I know other people want to come in. I return to the issue of drugs and intimidation. I know this from my own community in the centre of Dublin and from where I grew up in Limerick. One of the points in the opening statement about the local nature of the issue is very interesting. Sometimes we tend to think of it as very...