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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (20 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 519. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for persons who are accessing day services and are cared for by home carers over 65 years of age to be vaccinated for Covid-19; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Public Health Emergency Team (20 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate the NPHET subgroup for vulnerable persons to interact with groups and persons who represent those with disabilities in the planning for Covid-19. [2436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (20 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 557. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a statutory scheme to support persons to live in their own homes; his plans to provide equitable access to high-quality, regulated home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2564/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (21 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for mandatory human rights due diligence legislation as recommended by a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (21 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the national plan on business and human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3156/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 354. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include family carers as a priority group for vaccination against Covid-19; the timeline for which family carers will be vaccinated against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3069/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Good afternoon to everyone. I thank the witnesses for being here. As I only have ten minutes I will try to fly through a couple of areas. I will start with cybersecurity. I am not sure to whom I will direct these questions. Where does the Department report the cost of the cybersecurity centre and is there a particular reason it is not shown as a separate Vote in the accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is there any particular reason the funds are not shown together as a Vote?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That is all right. I thank Mr. Griffin. The National Cyber Security Centre shares an intellectual space with a number of other organisations, and some of the work is parallel, tangential or even complementary. It is not very clear from the numbers sometimes what exactly is involved in the operations of the organisation. Could Mr. Griffin outline the communications framework between the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I would welcome a quick answer to my next question. What level of implementation are we at in terms of the 2019 to 2024 security strategy?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Are we on target?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will conclude my questions on that issue. Ireland is a hub now for private cybersecurity firms and part of the Department's role is policy. Considering the current climate and recent cybersecurity events such as the SolarWinds Orion breach, and the Comptroller and Auditor General's previous remarks on the inadequate funding for cybersecurity, does Mr. Ó hÓbáin consider that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is the publication of policy guidance for the private sector in particular imminent?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: The submissions outline a spend of €141 million on energy upgrades across several schemes. I find it difficult to unpack some of those numbers. I ask for a ballpark percentage or a breakdown of the €141 million. How much of that represents grants to the 18,500 households outlined in the grant scheme or the deep retrofit? How much was delivered to the 3,500 households in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I appreciate that. Am I out of time?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: In 2019, the climate action fund remained largely unspent and planned spending included €10 million on a partnership with ESB on the roll-out of EV charging points, something I would love to see. However, €10 million represents two thirds of the spending from the climate action fund. Mr. Griffin outlined that in 2019 only 0.3% of cars on Irish roads were electric. Even with...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. Griffin, but I was actually looking for the performance indicators or guidelines for the Department in decision-making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses. They have heard it a few times at this committee on health. We are very aware of the amount of work they are doing and how hard they are working. They are trying to deal with a very difficult situation. I will return to the issue of beds and staffing. I want to unpack a bit around the bed and staffing outlook for 2021. In some of the opening statements today we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry to interrupt. That is fascinating. I thank Ms Fitzgerald. If she has more information about the numbers, she might send them on to me. She raised an issue I am generally interested in, which is permanence and attracting staff. In 2019, we had some of the lowest levels of acute care beds and ICU beds in the EU. As we move through this crisis, we have seen significant support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Impact of High Levels of Covid-19 on the Health System: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, post-Covid, if there is ever such a thing, will we have an ICU bed capacity of 460?