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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: What would be the highest level of agency use that Ms Kenna has come across in a particular department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Wow. There was 56% reliance on agency staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: In the push for productivity and savings which, again, we all support, I would not like to see a slippage in the standards of the working life and workers' rights within the HSE. I noticed that when we removed the recruitment ban, the IMO made comments about the staff ceiling and asked if that was a proxy for a recruitment ban. I thought a lot about the fact that so many non-consultant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I ask the Department to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: An indicative view. An estimate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I am not sure whether this is a question for the Department or the HSE but will Mr. Gloster outline the policy as it applies to a particular unit, whether a maternity unit, a mental health unit or whatever, when there are new roles coming along and new recruitment happening and where roles have been staffed by an agency staff person for quite a long time? In a world where there are finite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: So that is 900 total?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Productivity and Savings Task Force: Discussion (18 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I thought it was ten.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 10. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on funding provided for the women in sport programme; the measures her Department has taken to increase participation of women in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36872/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sure the Department is aware as it has been doing work on it, that we struggle to maintain the participation of women and girls in sport. Despite improvements, there is a still a significant drop-off rate, especially of younger women in sport. What measures has the Department taken and will it take to increase the participation of women and girls in sport?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome some of the statistics the Minister of State gave. I certainly welcome the improvements he outlined. The issue, which he might address, is the complexity as to why girls drop out of sport and the barriers they face, including that provision for them is sometimes peripheral when it comes to the provision of pitches and other infrastructure. Some research has shown that issues like...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I really welcome some of those initiatives. As somebody who represents an area with a number of communities in which a lot of households are on low incomes and there are areas of deprivation, we look to sports facilities and sports clubs to help achieve social cohesion. Increasingly, we are seeing the benefits of sports participation for mental health and in creating a sense of belonging....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the latest round of the sports capital and equipment programme and the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36871/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I will follow up on Deputy Boyd Barrett's contribution because that is pretty much exactly what I want to say. Although we have Croke Park in my area, we do not actually have a great many GAA clubs. That is why areas like Cabra, for example, have Naomh Fionnbarra, which is literally the centre of our community. It runs festivals. It is the place where the community gathers and it is so...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: This is less of a speech than a plea and some questions and the plea would be that the Government delays the XL bully dogs ban because to implement it in the outlined timeline would be very dangerous. We are 12 days from the beginning of the XL bully dogs ban and not one local authority has received the full regulations; not one. They have not been sent them or emailed them. They have not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I will reiterate that we are 12 days away and none of us has seen those regulations. That is why there is an urgency about a delay. I have some more questions. The Minister of State mentioned issues such as exemption certificates. We do not know yet why, unlike the UK, no third-party public liability insurance is required for exemptions. We do not know what the conditions of exemptions...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his engagements to promote an end to the conflict in Sudan; to outline Ireland’s ongoing humanitarian support to the people of Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37160/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1625.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is given to allowing tree felling licence applicants to alter the conditions of their application, if after tree felling the areas concerned begin to regenerate naturally in terms of biodiversity and wildlife; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31298/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (23 Jul 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1643.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s investigation of animal welfare issues and the mistreatment of animals by an equine abattoir in County Kildare, as highlighted in a recent RTé programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31743/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1737.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if parents with children will be given the same exemption to eviction from IPAS centres which was given those over the age of 65 years and those with significant medical or welfare needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30976/24]