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Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (20 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 572. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that oral sex was maintained as grounds for deferral of men who have sex with men in donating blood, following a previous decision of the board of an organisation (details supplied) to remove oral sex as a basis for deferral; if there was concern about this specific change in policy; the reason that this was not raised during the process engaged...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (20 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if the individualised risk assessment system to be introduced for all prospective blood donors from December 2022 will reflect the three-month deferral policy used in the United Kingdom; if not, the reason for the difference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45929/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (20 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 574. To ask the Minister for Health if the replacement of the health and lifestyle questionnaire with an electronic self-assessment health history questionnaire by an organisation (details supplied) will be completed, as anticipated, in Q3 of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45930/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: As I only have six minutes, I will focus on one issue. My fellow committee members have raised many other issues. Recently, I dealt with a mum who contacted me because her eldest son, who has done his leaving certificate, and her youngest child, who has entered the leaving certificate years, are visually impaired. I empathise with this mother because my child, though much younger, is in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I completely accept the need to protect the examinations. Nobody wants to have to resit an examination. However, it would be meaningful for them to hear from the Minister that there is a concern around the human rights issues. My views are shared by Senator Erin McGreehan, who wanted to be here tonight, and Senator Martin Conway. We are like mini-coalition on this issue. We are very...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (22 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects legislative measures to be introduced to facilitate the deployment of red-light cameras. [46324/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 465. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for the full implementation of the Chief Medical Officer’s report on The Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46763/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (28 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his engagements with Dublin City Council in relation to the pressure on its finances as a result of general inflation and higher energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46884/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (28 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I ask the Minister to provide an update on the Department's engagements with Dublin City Council regarding financial pressures as a consequence of inflation and higher energy costs.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (28 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. Dublin City Council is facing particular budgetary difficulties due to general inflation, higher energy costs and, as the Minister of State said, the public sector pay increases, which increase the pressure. I welcome the details the Minister of State provided about the funding allocation. Dublin City Council has particular pressures relating to homelessness...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authorities (28 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome his acknowledgement of the councillors' ability to retain the local property tax. A decision on that is due on Monday. As we know, Dublin City Council, including the parties in this coalition and beyond, votes every year to decrease the rate by as much as 15% and to actively impoverish Dublin City Council. I think it is unfair for councillors to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in establishing dedicated community neurorehabilitation teams for each CHO, as outlined in the National Strategy & Policy for the Provision of Neuro-Rehabilitation Services in Ireland report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47465/22]

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

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Chair. I find the general discussion quite opaque in terms of what is happening following on from that conversation. I will focus on three key roles that I am interested in. I will stay on the children's disability network teams, CDNTs, for a moment, and the issue of health and social care workers. I am trying to understand who is responsible for what I guess in these three...

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

Neasa Hourigan: Of those 91 are there any gold plate fully staffed CDNTs in the country?

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

Neasa Hourigan: So, the rota is fully staffed.

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

Neasa Hourigan: I take that point. In March the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth was told that none of them is at full staff complement. Is there any one that we can say now out of those 91 is fully staffed?