Results 81-100 of 250 for long speaker:Neasa Hourigan

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (1 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I take that point. The point I am trying to get at is where the discretion comes into it. In this country, we have seen the depreciation of certain capital assets through a lack of long-term current funding in terms of maintenance. Water infrastructure is an example of that. I am trying to find out where those parameters sit.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: When it comes to the housing crisis, we could all sit here and commiserate for quite a long time. I will conclude the session, however, because I do not want to depress us all. I thank everyone for staying so late. I appreciate the witnesses' time, their submission and their taking the time to look at the report of the commission.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representatives from her Department have met with trade unions representing healthcare workers with long-Covid since June 2022 regarding their pay arrangement; if so, the dates of those meetings; if any of these meetings were cancelled by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15231/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is a good point. Should we have a commission more regularly? There seem to be long gaps between when we do these kinds of big reviews and reports. There is no rolling or regular timeframe for that; it is really based on political will. Would the witnesses like to see these done more regularly? Do they think it would be useful?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Sláintecare Implementation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department absolutely can. I am sorry. That is ridiculous. This was my area of expertise not so long ago. A price can be put on what a hospital is going to cost, notwithstanding the failure of the State to do so in the past. A range can be forecast. A cost can be forecast, and Mr. Watt is not correct in saying otherwise.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...time the OPW was here. Obviously, there have been massive levels of construction inflation. Considering the cost of concrete, I am of the view that 20% is going to be a conservative figure in the long term. Are we building 20% fewer flood defences or will we increase the €1.3 billion figure by 20%?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: ...for Health the service plan in place for the persons under the care of the Midleton and Youghal, and Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams with severe and enduring mental illness who require long-stay or respite placement in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is permanently closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 May 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...the length of time that the HSE plans to continue its use of Garnish House, Cork as a mental health facility; if Garnish House has planning permission for use as a mental health facility for as long as it has been in operation and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 13 October 2022, the basis on which long-Covid does not constitute a prescribed disease or illness as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; the reason that her Department does not intend on revising this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33: Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Programme E - Broadcasting (20 Jan 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: As somebody who has worked in policy for quite a long time, the way of calculating the gender pay gap has been in the public sphere for well over five years, certainly since 2017 when RTÉ’s first report was done. If there was a will within the organisation to provide that information, it would have been done. Is Ms Forbes telling me RTÉ could not do it?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...2023, if she will provide an update on her engagements with the Minister for Health and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to supports for health care workers experiencing long-Covid as a result of their service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30633/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: This is a significant outlay, though. The cost could be up to €1 billion. It is a large project to undertake. Do we have a sense of how long it will take the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to review this? It is a major infrastructural investment for the State over five to seven years. I am trying to understand how real the numbers are.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: On recommendation 9.6, which is a long one relating to research and development tax credits, the simple question is whether the witnesses believe there is a good sense of what is happening with research and development tax credits now? Is there sufficient budgetary oversight of those issues? Do our guests, as two groups who work in this area, feel that they understand what is happening and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 23 November 2022, when senior mental health management in Cork CHO 4 were offered their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine relative to when long-stay residents aged over-65 years in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, and the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, were offered their first-dose vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: It has been said today that there has been no wrongdoing, that completely correct practice was followed and that it is a long-standing practice, which I must say is different from it being a correct practice. Therefore, the Department has stressed that it has broken no laws and finds no wrongdoing. Based on that, is it fair to assume that the practice, as outlined, continues to be employed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: In the context of things like hospitals and universities, long-term trusts that last not just for decades but centuries would not be that unusual. To have absolutely no plan other than to negotiate the lease a decade before it ends, is not really much of a plan for a massive piece of State infrastructure that will provide such a core service to people. I realise I may be nearly out of-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission (8 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission has concerns about Owenacurra Centre residents being offered shared rooms in long-stay wards far outside east Cork as alternative placements, as well as temporary accommodation in Cork city; the way this action is in line with our commitments under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Exactly. The division of e-care in the long term is that there would be an app on your phone with all your records and you could go to any doctor's office or anybody. I apologise because I know I have taken up a huge amount of time, but I just have one final question. Is overcrowding an issue in prisons at the moment? Are there facilities that would be identified as overcrowded?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023 and 1151 of 21 March 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16772/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: .... Much of what we are discussing today comes back to a duty of care for people who are very vulnerable. Families are depending on the HSE to uphold the duty of care for relatives living in long-stay mental health facilities. I inquired about this kind of duty of care aspect as it relates to vaccinations at St. Stephen's Hospital, which has been much discussed today, and elderly...