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Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: We need to follow up on that with the HSE.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Freedom of Speech (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: As the Minister of State will appreciate, one of the strongest elements of our democracy is the energy and commitment of our community and activist groups. These are ordinary citizens who band together to enter into debate, to bring attention to injustice and to lift up their voices. I have had positive experiences with these groups and these people, even when we disagree. That is why I am...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Freedom of Speech (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. As I have said, I welcome the Government's work on this. I am particularly happy to hear an answer that flags the issue in respect of journalists in particular because I am aware of a number of journalists who are experiencing what I described in my previous contribution. Everyone is entitled to his or her good name. I would not argue that for a second. No...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 275. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the plans of the Office of Public Works for a site (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52996/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 13 October 2022, the basis on which long-Covid does not constitute a prescribed disease or illness as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; the reason that her Department does not intend on revising this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the specific allocation to his Department in Budget 2023 for the implementation of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015; the total amount estimated for the full roll-out of the Act and the functions of its agencies, including the decision support service, HSE and so on in 2024,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the specific allocation to his Department in Budget 2023 for the implementation of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015; the total amount estimated for the full roll-out of the Act and the functions of its agencies in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of bedrooms and bathrooms in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, County Cork; the dimensions of the bedrooms; the dimensions of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52982/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been invested in maintenance, upgrades and any building works at Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal, in each of the years 2012 and 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52983/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently residing in Cois Abhainn Residential Centre, Youghal; the number who are in single-occupancy rooms; the number who are in shared rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52984/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 624. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department regarding the provision of community-based vasectomy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 655. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 12 October 2022, the dates on which Department officials liaised with the Mental Health Commission with regard to the proposed closure of the Owenacurra Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53236/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 656. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 13 October 2022, if he will provide details of any pay scheme that may have been agreed by his Department for section 39 healthcare workers who are unable to work due to long-Covid; the way in which this scheme differs from the pay scheme for other healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if he will make a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: There will be a few of them in town in November apparently, so maybe we can do that then.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I will finish with one quick question for Professor Kinsella. He spoke a bit about fiscal forward guidance and that it should be more coherent. In the context of our having said recently that we have this 5% rule, which we immediately binned, what would fiscal forward guidance look like into the future?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: To not spin the rules.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it accurate to say that it is less about rules and more about transparency and communication?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: We are at the close. We have covered a lot but if there was anything vital that has not been mentioned at all, I am happy for people to mention it now. Speak now or forever hold your piece. I take that as, "We are done." I want to thank everybody. It is 8.15 p.m. and I appreciate our guests taking the time and staying so late. That concludes the session.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees who are eligible to apply for the cycle to work scheme in his Department and the HSE in of the past five full calendar years from 2017 to 2021; and the number of employees who availed of the organisation's cycle to work scheme. [53653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (27 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the 4,859 samples taken from racing greyhounds at race meetings, sales meeting, private kennels and trails in 2021, that were obtained at race meetings; the percentage of the total samples that were fully analysed at a INAB accredited Laboratory and which prohibited substances were tested for; and if he will make...