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Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: In fairness, that would make it a little more problematic. Mr. Kavanagh raised the oncoming challenges HRI faces from Brexit and Covid for the next year. I have two follow-up questions about that matter. Mr. Kavanagh referred to the publication last March of the strategic plan up to 2024. I have read that report and it identifies a reliance on media rights as a weakness. At the moment,...

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I suspect I am out of time but I ask Mr. Kavanagh to give me a "Yes" or "No" answer to this. Is HRI carrying out a risk assessment on a possible ban on gambling advertising?

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. Kavanagh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Alignment of Special Education Policy with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I wish the Minister of State a good afternoon. I have three different areas I want to get to if possible. First, for those students who are not in a special class but who are in a mainstream class and receive resource hours, could the Minister of State outline what supplementary supports such children, for example, a child with a visual impairment or a deaf child in a mainstream class, are...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome the clauses in the Bill that make provision for unaccompanied minors or those seeking international protection. I would like to draw his attention to people who have been granted a legal right to enter the State as family members of refugees or under the international humanitarian admission programme. It is not practical for these people to further delay their travel to Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to impose conditions on the transfer of residential mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waste Management (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requirements on event organisers and vendors to have integrated waste management plans when hosting events in the Phoenix Park; the guidance provided by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to help event organisers and vendors minimise waste when hosting events in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10390/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding supports in place for trainee teachers of private colleges to attend their mandatory Gaeltacht placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10165/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for trainee teachers of private colleges to attend their mandatory Gaeltacht placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10166/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 756. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the 12-month bone marrow donation ban for gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 757. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the 12-month blood donation ban for gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 918. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising persons with cystic fibrosis on the vaccine priority list. [9981/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 1032. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent audit of the management of hazardous waste by the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service; his views on this; his plans to ensure all the recommendations arising out of the audit are fully actioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10524/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a different set of questions but I wish to follow up on what Deputy Munster was querying. When Mr. Quinn said there is no single body responsible for gathering data on the performance of contracts, was he referring to capital works or general expenditure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: From the previous conversation, I understand Mr. Quinn's position is that no single Government body has the task of gathering data on the performance of contracts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Does that entail both capital works and general expenditure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I would like to return to the use of environmental and social considerations in public procurement. Mr. Quinn has already outlined a number of projects where that initiative is in place. Will he outline the scale of the implementation of those sustainable targets across public procurement generally?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: There is a three-year timeframe and, as Mr. Quinn said, that relates back to the 2019 climate plan. The Government is about to publish a climate Bill, which will have significantly updated and binding targets. Is there an intention to review the current initiative in light of those?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Most environmental assessment methods would utilise a baseline year for review if they are going to implement procurement changes. Am I to take it that the baseline of any system would be 2019?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is there no intention to update it for any new legislation that might come through that has binding targets in terms of public procurement?