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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1745. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 571 of 7 March 2023 and 1155 of 21 March 2023, the current projected extended timeframe for the HSE's use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; the details of consultation with families of residents on the changes to this arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18137/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1746. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 127 of 9 February 2022 and 235 of 22 March 2023, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the estimated total annual service costs of €0.75 million for Glenwood House, Carrigaline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1747. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 637 of 5 October 2021 and 234 of 22 March 2023, if he will provide an exact breakdown of the service costs of €3.65 million for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton during 2021, in tabular form; the details of the staff salary costs per clinician and other workers; the details of non-pay costs for that year; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1748. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the east Cork HSE catchment area, with a population of circa 100,000, is having its 24-hour staffed residential mental health provision reduced from twenty single-room placements in 2021 to three single-room placements in 2023; the reason a development team due to be set up from May 2022 with a view to developing a new ten bed service for the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Climate Change Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1836. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams currently open to applications that provide financial assistance to projects seeking to build capacity and know-how within communities to develop low-carbon communities and engage in climate action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16345/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the first home scheme and the right to first refusal for a tenant whose landlord wants to sell their rental home, if he is aware of the exact number of property owners who are prevented from selling their properties to a health board, local authority, housing authority or government agency due to a clause in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have one very clear and concise request for the Department tonight. It is that every maternity unit in the country publish its risk assessments each month or whenever a new assessment is completed so that people accessing the services can understand why they are still not allowed to receive supports from their partners in some hospitals. During the pandemic, partners were banned from...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (25 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. I know she fully understands the issue. I am sure she also hears constituents or people around the country raise it every so often. This issue only seems to be raising its head in some maternity units. It does not apply in all hospitals. To be honest, part of the problem may be that it is not a nationwide standard. I fully accept that every unit is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we have a timeline for resolving that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. If the information on who would eventually run that service and will have overall operational control over that service could be included in that briefing it would be very helpful. I know that it is a it is British telecom service that will probably be amalgamated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: This might not be for the Minister but for some of the officials. I have a question about risk assessments and how often they are undertaken by ED departments outside of the HIQA process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that annually?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is the HIQA risk assessment fully publicly available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Internally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is a standardised schedule provided to hospital groups by the Department for the completion of risk assessments on a regular basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I take Mr. McCallion's point about the kind of operating procedures, day in and day out, but I am more interested in the formal document.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Dr. Henry says the HSE is "updating it based on safety concerns". Will he elaborate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That is great. I will return to the more formal document. What would be the standardised schedule for the completion of a document? Is it monthly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: There is ongoing assessment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I totally take those points about best practice and continuous assessment. Is there a Department requirement for hospital groups to provide a risk assessment on a weekly, monthly or six-monthly basis? What is the requirement?