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- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I picked a bad example. Can we pick another example?
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: When there is a GP down the road.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I am aware this is a question for the Department of Health to answer, but I hope there is a map that shows black holes in the provision.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I know I am out of time, but anecdotally I have been given the impression that there is a similar issue for some pharmacies, in that they do not want to stock certain OST-related products.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: If they are objectively or unobjectively against it, where is the point of interaction with your organisation?
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: Absolutely.
- Committee on Drugs Use: Decriminalisation, Depenalisation, Diversion and Legalisation of Drugs: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: It is a huge barrier in day-to-day life.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: As the Minister is no doubt aware, the Department of Social Protection has completed a review of the reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities who wish to engage further with the workforce. Deaf Village Ireland and ChildVision are located in my constituency. There is a huge proportion of people with disabilities who want to work, but they need supports. The review found that...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: It is important we say that. I wish to take a minute to look at some of the change orders. On the issue of claims, one of the more significant change orders that has been discussed here previously has been the operating theatre grilles. Is that a live claim? I thank the witnesses for such substantial briefing documents. It states in the briefing documents that they have not withdrawn...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: How long has it been live?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: So it has been nine months of legal wrangling about a claim that will probably be withdrawn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: For the public the question is whether there are more legal staff now working on this hospital than there are builders on site.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: Moving to the operating theatres, it would be helpful for me to do a deep dive on a particular change order. Change orders would be standard on a domestic house. It would not be unheard of, nor would variations in drawings or further clarification. I am just trying to understand the involvement of subcontractors or even third-party advice on behalf of the development board. The board...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: It was reduced by BAM.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: Does that €200,000 include the advice that was contracted from international experts? Much of the stuff to do with high-level hospitals is effectively proprietary and the work is quite international.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: That brings me to commissioning. At this committee and others, every time substantial completion is talked about, commissioning has to be added in. We have always talked about six to eight months. Is the board happy with that as a number?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: There is a grey area here, however. There is an overlap in respect of some of the very complex systems such as the MRI machines and CT scanners that live in the substantial completion part. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Gunning described how CHI cannot go into the rooms it would have expected to be completed to start its work because they are simply not complete.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: When we are discussing what we call specialist equipment, in Mr. Gunning's opening statement, there was a piece regarding the board and ClearSphere. It says that the radiopharmacy units and stem cell laboratory should be beginning in September. Have they commenced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (25 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: Is that all of them?