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

Neasa Hourigan: 324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way that the RCÉTS (Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System) is enforced for racing greyhounds resident in Northern Ireland, who regularly travel south of the border to race at Irish tracks and return home immediately since greyhound kennels in Northern Ireland are outside the jurisdiction of...

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

Neasa Hourigan: 325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a licensed greyhound trainer with an adverse analytical finding retires and relinquishes their licence before their dog's adverse analytical finding comes before the control committee, if the finding is quashed and the trainer later reapplies for a trainer's licence, does the adverse analytical finding remain quashed or is it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Chair, I confirm that I am in my office in Leinster House because I have a sick child on my couch. I thank the delegation for being here. I thank the Department's staff for working so hard on this legislation, progressing it and engaging with the Seanad Bill that came through. It is worthwhile saying at this stage that this is incredibly complex legislation and the Department must strike...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. That makes sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I will just come back on that. I am not a legal expert and I am better on buildings than I am on the law, but as far as I know having no knowledge of the law is not a defence for breaking the law. I am keen that there would be a required noting of the warnings. That would be helpful. There is a significant grey area around that when someone is interfacing with gardaí.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I cannot see the clock, so perhaps the Chair will tell me if I am out of time. If I do have time, I have one other question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The heads of the Bill state that there is an escalation of penalties. I would like to get a sense of these. If a person is warned, what happens next and what is the higher end of possible penalties?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department is in the middle of engagement and I am aware that this is a live issue. I am not asking the Department to commit itself to anything but are there comparable offences in the context of the escalation of penalties? For example, is it comparable to creating an antisocial incident or to unrest during a protest more generally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I have several quick questions to follow up. I suspect I know the answers to them but it is useful to ask them for clarity. I would like the witnesses to say a word about interaction with representative groups of GPs and nursing and not only regarding the creation of the Bill. We have spoken about public information. I assume it would be very important to roll the professional groups into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I do not want to go into it too heavily, but we have had discussions at this committee before around the ownership and running of particular healthcare facilities. Therefore, putting the decision-making around the process in the hands of the facilities themselves would not be fair on them or on the public.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: We have received no apologies. All those present in the committee room are asked to exercise personal responsibility to protect themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. I propose that the committee go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome Ms Anne-Marie Walsh, Mr. Joe Cullen, Mr. Matt McGann and Mr. Niall Cassidy from the Department of Finance, and Ms Caroline O'Loughlin, Ms Jenny Connors, Ms Niamh Callaghan and Dr. Patrick Moran of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Before we begin I must explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards references...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Ms Callaghan. I now invite Mr. Niall Cassidy from the Department of Finance to give his opening statement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Deputy for that. I might offer a chance for our guests or committee witnesses to come in on any of those thoughts.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Again, that is slightly a policy issue. Maybe we can ask the officials whether they have done work on that.