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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline how the Mental Health Commission can reconcile concerns it raised in its annual report from June 2022 regarding 2,000 people living in congregated settings with their approval in court in November 2022 of HSE proposals to build a 50-bed continuing care and rehabilitation service on the isolated grounds of St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 747. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline how each individual CHO funds interpreting services in general practices; if he plans to improve access to interpreters in general practice by establishing a central service for use across all CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33798/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (11 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 798. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 25 May 2023, if he will explain why three arborist companies (details supplied) carried out assessments of trees outside Cork University Hospital; the reason these assessments incurred no financial cost to the HSE; if he will provide these assessment reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33999/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 799. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring the repeated failure on the part of Cork HSE mental health management to provide clarity in responses to numerous Parliamentary Questions on the alleged offering of first-dose Covid vaccines to non-patient-facing corporate staff, including management HSE staff, based in the Model Business Park, Cork in early January 2021, prior to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 218. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure appropriate provision of childcare services for babies aged six to 12 months in the Dublin 1, 3, 7, 9 and 11 areas, respectively; if he will outline the most up-to-date research conducted by his Department into the capacity of existing childcare provision in the same areas; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 219. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the progress made since 2020 to expand childcare provision for children under one year old; the steps he will take in budget 2024 to address availability and affordability for the same group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans to conduct research on the prevalence and use of cannabinoids in vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 251. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase capacity in HSE audiology clinics; if consideration is being given to offering adult medical card holders the option to be assessed and treated by community audiologists under the Department of Social Protection’s treatment benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34516/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: May I pick up on something Mr. Gunning said about the phase B instruction? I think we are all aware of that. Are there any damages for delay in the original contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: There are no unliquidated damages up to this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay, but, obviously, if the phase B case is successful, those liquidated damages in the contract go to the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It would be very big because that is the chief point at which the State might recoup some of its costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is the liquidated damages sum comparable to the 15% Mr. Gunning talked about in his opening statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I know they are different.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, how are the liquidated damages set out in the contract? Is it a particular sum per day or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: There is a calculator, so there is a formula.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we have access to the formula to see it?