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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the companies or individuals contracted by the HSE to remove 70 trees from Merlin Woods in 2023; the name of the arborist who carried out an assessment of the trees in advance of the works; if he will provide details of how the timber from the removed trees was disposed of, and in particular the destination of this timber and its use; and if he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to stay in the same area of the strategy because I concur. I have been looking at the Australian version from 2018. The Australian version is very clear that there are four partners: the health service, the government sector, industry and the personal support of family and community. The advocacy groups are one of the four key players here and included in that is women's health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that two supra-regional centres plus nine regionalised areas? We are all guessing here but will these cover the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Honestly, that does sound like a number of levels would have to be passed before even getting told "Go". To get the specialist one must go through the GP, then through to a regional service, and then through to a consultant or specialist.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: As was outlined earlier, sometimes symptoms are suppressed by comorbidities with other things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It is safe to say that since we have not seen the strategy, we have no idea what those interdisciplinary teams consist of or how well staffed they are at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to ask about data but, as Ms Darcy mentioned research, I will note that I was referencing the Australian version from 2018. I came across a significant announcement from those involved in the research there from June of this year so that strategy is obviously producing research outcomes as a result of this work being funded. I want to go back to data. I feel like I am always the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 100%. That brings me to what was mentioned earlier about genetic issues being at play. In some of the research I have read, it is said that women and girls who have close relatives with endometriosis are seven to ten times more likely to develop it. Obviously, that older generation did not have the benefit of a national strategy. There is a whole generation of women who may not have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that something the witnesses would expect to see once the data becomes more fully populated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That brings me onto mental health. Particularly at school level, it strikes me that services for mental health have begun to be embraced in a very real way over the last few years. This was possibly encouraged by the Covid pandemic and children's experience of it. The idea that there is a genetic link deals with that in the home to some extent but how can we support children in schools?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: My final question is on the issue of surgeons and training. Have I misunderstood the conversation? It sounds like we have very few. Perhaps we might need to send surgeons for training abroad. Have I picked that up incorrectly or is that possibly what we need to look at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I just want to be clear because I am trying to imagine what the strategy will look like when it is done. When we have the supraregional endometriosis specialist centres, that small cohort will then actively be training more surgeons in this area. Would those surgeons be trained to stay within the specialist centres or to go out to more localised versions? Does the EAI envisage all major...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Services for the Treatment of Endometriosis: Endometriosis Association of Ireland (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Well said.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds who were microchipped and registered on the RCETS whose year of birth was 2021. [31530/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing 'un-named' greyhounds recorded as 'dead' on RCETS whose year of birth was 2021. [31531/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (28 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on expanding the national heel-prick test; the number of diseases babies born today in Ireland are being tested for currently; when spinal muscular atrophy will be included in newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31411/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (29 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the work of his Department and Enterprise Ireland on the CIRCULÉIRE Programme; the expected outputs of the programme for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31160/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (29 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any work or reviews undertaken by his Department on the carbon emissions impact of strengthening the Irish export sector as outlined in his Department's White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the capital funding plans for the expansion of a school (details supplied) to accommodate growing numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31162/23]