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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (29 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners' vehicle registration tax manual section 5 enforcement will be updated and available on their website once again; the procedure that has been in place while the manual has been unavailable online in respect of the use of seize and release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (29 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have commenced any investigations into evidence or concerns of potential abuse of their vehicle registration tax enforcement powers; if any report on such an investigation will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47827/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (29 Sep 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department will take to source the schoolbooks as announced in the new scheme to provide free schoolbooks to all primary school children from September 2023 through local independent suppliers and bookshops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47804/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (4 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 132. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in relation to setting terms of reference for the upcoming Citizens' assembly on drugs. [48623/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 640. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on setting-up an independent review of radiation therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (4 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of spending announced in 2021 in Budget 2022 for disability services; the amount that was spent out of the full allocation; the areas to which this expenditure went; if any expenditure is being reallocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48626/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (4 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of measures announced in Budget 2023 for disability services in terms of the additional number of persons who will receive services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48627/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 723. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of spending announced in 2021 in Budget 2022 for mental health; the amount that was spent out of the full allocation; the areas to which this expenditure went; if any expenditure is being reallocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 724. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the breakdown of measures announced in Budget 2023 for mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48629/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward proposals to prevent landlords from skirting the spirit of rent pressure zones by charging tenants additional charges for miscellaneous items such as cleaning, waste disposal and parking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48673/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry to do this to the witnesses but I wish to return to a matter discussed last week as I want clarity on it. I have received an email that was sent to the committee. Is it okay to deal with this issue now?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: This session is on a different issue but some of the same people are in the room and I want them to revert to the committee with more information. Last week, we extensively considered capital spending in Cork-Kerry CHO and I was assured that the service users who are in 24-hour assisted living at Owenacurra and Garnish House had been fully communicated with regarding the closure of Garnish...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am looking for a recognition that committee meetings have a value. We need to be able to trust what we are told by witnesses who sit in the room with us and enjoy parliamentary privilege. If they are saying they did communicate, we should be able to follow up and say that is true, they did communicate and the families are happy that is a fair representation of what happened. I am not...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is a good point. I absolutely agree that the vagaries of interpersonal communications are important here because these are people who have mental health difficulties and are incredibly vulnerable.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: It could be that somebody at a low level in a service is saying a particular thing might be happening but, in the case of vulnerable persons with mental health difficulties, the issue is whether that is being communicated back to the family properly. Mr. Mulvany is exactly right. I am looking for the HSE to make sure it is doing all its due diligence to ensure that everybody involved in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I completely agree. That was why Owenacurra was so great - it was like a home. I take the point made by Mr. McCallion and I thank him for it. He is correct, but it seems that some of the staff were not aware of the plan for Garnish House, so they would not have been able to communicate that on a low level with service users. From what the families are telling us, it seems the staff did...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Neither can I, in fairness.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. I will keep my eyes peeled for more communication. In the two and a half minutes I have remaining, I will ask a quick question for clarity on the debt that is in question. I do not want to say it is owed by the HSE to Dublin City Council, given that the witnesses say it is not owed. As a former member of Dublin City Council, this is something that I did not realise. There seems to...