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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: It is often the renters who would benefit from the services that would be cut because of the cutting of the local property tax.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Dr. McDonnell has somewhat answered my next question in commenting that commercial rates are broken. Would any of the delegates like to elaborate on that in the context of what we can do to expand the tax base?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The presence of white coffins might not be recorded on PULSE.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Ms McMahon can see this from the committee's point of view. I am always harping on about the data and the actual collated information on which we can rely and trying to push people towards those. For the witnesses to come before the committee and say they are or could be well served by current law, with no data to back up that statement, is difficult to accept. Does Ms McMahon accept that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I completely agree, but the point I am making is that, in some ways, polling stations are polling stations only once every three or four years and people would be less expected to understand the parameters in that regard, whereas healthcare facilities are here to stay and are, mostly, permanently open. Therefore, as for the expectation that the small number of people who participate in these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services (Safe Access Zones)) Bill 2022: An Garda Síochána (9 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I know I am way over time. When it comes to giving a warning, my understanding of the 2020 legislation on intimidation and harassment is that it kind of relies on a catalogue or recording of multiple instances. That is coming down the line towards the Garda. It seems to me that what the witnesses are describing is such that there would have to be three engagements with an individual...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Are there any other changes Ms Gunnell would make to the LPT?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 193. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the reduction on VAT on newspapers from 9% to zero was not extended to periodicals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56114/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the tendering process involved in the commissioning of works by the HSE to Glenwood House, Carrigaline following its purchase in January 2021, in particular; the number of companies involved in the tendering; the name of the company granted the contract for these works; the funding source for these works; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 560. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any contracts granted by the HSE for building and maintenance works on St. Mary's Health Campus, Cork since January 2019 in particular; the number of companies in each case that tendered for the works; the cost in each case for the works; the name of the company that was granted the contract in each case; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 561. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE's plans with regard to its use of Millfield House, County Cork; the way in which the HSE will ensure that former residents who move back there from Garnish House, as recently indicated by the HSE, will not endure further uncertainty regarding their placement there given the known impact of such uncertainty on mental health; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 625. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the recent departure of an organisation (details supplied) from a greyhound track; if it is related to the track's removal from the organisation's schedule for a two-week period in June 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56682/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 626. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been an investigation into the incident with an Irish greyhound (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Business Supports (15 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 634. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to open the energy support scheme for the charity sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56353/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the negotiations regarding the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; if he plans to ensure that companies and financial institutions, including asset managers and institutional investors, as part of the Directive will be held responsible for violations of human rights and environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a number of EU member states that have chosen to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty; if Ireland plans to reconsider its position in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58180/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 193. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 12 October 2022, if the residents of a centre (details supplied) who have been offered placement in another centre in Cork city have been informed that this is a temporary placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58371/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if next-of-kin of the residents in a centre (details supplied) have, with consent from their relatives been invited to all integrated care plan meetings for their relatives since January 2021; if the next-of-kin have been informed of the purpose of an integrated care plan meeting and shown a copy of the completed form; the number of ICP meetings that have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 195. To ask the Minister for Health when senior mental health management in Cork CHO4 were offered their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine relative to when long-stay residents aged over-65 years in facilities (details supplied) were offered their first-dose vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58373/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the final cost of the works carried out on a centre (details supplied) in Carrigaline since January 2021; the reason for the increase in cost of these works from the original budget of €250,000; the reason that the original number of placements to be provided at the centre was reduced from fourteen to ten; and if he will make a statement on the...