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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (23 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 378. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a laboratory (details supplied), based in County Limerick, is currently operational; if not, when it was shut down; the reason for its closure; the steps being taken to make it operational again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14463/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on securing a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14764/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representatives from her Department have met with trade unions representing healthcare workers with long-Covid since June 2022 regarding their pay arrangement; if so, the dates of those meetings; if any of these meetings were cancelled by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15231/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 642. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make available under the drug payment scheme or medical card scheme the drug NP thyroid, which is used to treat thyroid conditions and autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14782/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any tree-removal contracts worth in excess of €5,000 awarded by CHO4 HSE services since 1 January 2018, in tabular form, namely, the value of the contract awarded in each instance; the number of trees removed in each instance and the location of these works; if a tendering process applied to each of these works; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the dates that meetings were scheduled, since June 2022, between his Department and trade unions representing healthcare workers with long Covid to discuss pay issues relating to this medical condition; the dates of such meetings his Department and trade unions on long Covid and healthcare workers that were cancelled by his Department since June 2022; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 726. To ask the Minister for Health when retired nurses will receive their two overdue pay rises as per the building momentum pay deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15323/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (29 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with the relevant stakeholders in relation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use recommendation that 'the practice of cultivation of currently illicit substances at a modest, non-profit level be examined in light...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (30 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on Dublin Bus plans to convert its site at the Broadstone bus depot into offices and a training centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15805/23]

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Deputy Lahart and the Cathaoirleach. The hoarding issue is very interesting. I have a friend in the UK who is from an architecture background and now works with people who engage in hoarding. One of the issues we talk about often is that councils in the UK have started to set up specialised units to deal with this issue. Hoarding is a growing disease because we all own more stuff...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It is also one that does immense damage to buildings. Councils, as planning authorities, have a vested interest in ensuring people are supported through it.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Absolutely.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have questions on funding. Were the witnesses surprised to find there is not a huge amount on the needs of older people in the implementation plan for Sharing the Vision for 2022 to 2024? In preparation for this meeting, I looked through the plan and could not find any mention of loneliness. Is it a major stumbling block when it comes to the drawing up of annual budgets if these issues...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The issue is mentioned twice in the 136 pages of the implementation plan.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a follow-up question. Ms Clarke referred to the need for an integration of services, which is something that applies across a number of sectors, not just for older people but right across mental health provision. Any group or cohort needs an integrated service. We see it in disability services, where there is the involvement of families and so on. Time and again, when I ask why a...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am well aware. I am sure Mr. Taylor has a lot to say about them.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When there was a devolved version before, for example, the mid-western health board, councillors went to the board's meetings and could ask specific questions. There was, therefore, a democratic role.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To put them into one.