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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 2367. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the establishment of the national psychology placement office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37512/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 2592. To ask the Minister for Health the current guidance to public health nurses on conducting development checks for new babies and mothers; if the service is still fully available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (27 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 3049. To ask the Minister for Health the governance shortcomings in the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force that his Department has recently identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (27 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 3043. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the consideration given to the security of the Covid tracker app in terms of its suitability to process personal medical data outside its original intended purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40088/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (27 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 3044. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the use of an antibody test as a qualification for participation in indoor dining; if a certain threshold of antibody prevalence could be used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40089/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies (27 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 3048. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence dated 24 June 2021 (details supplied) regarding the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force and its requirement that its chairperson is not directly connected with any of the projects being funded by the task force supersedes the governance code set out in the Task Force’s 2011 handbook; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (27 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 3050. To ask the Minister for Health the involvement of a company (details supplied) in the appointment of a new chairperson to the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40104/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (27 Jul 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 3068. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to use services provided by a centre (details supplied) in the treatment of eating disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40139/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will do my best. I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their work in the past year. We were talking about nursing homes and some up-to-date figures were provided earlier in that regard. Do we have similar up-to-date figures for outbreaks of the virus in schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That is great. Moving on, some weeks ago the WHO issued a statement concerning the lack of uptake of vaccinations across parts of Europe. That was in the context of an 11% increase in the number of deaths in the region, with a projection of around 230,000 deaths occurring by December. Do the witnesses think that travel within the EU is now a significant risk factor in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That is fine. Moving on, I am confused about the regulation of booster vaccinations. Dr. Holohan has spoken about this issue previously. My understanding is that the administration of booster shots is not fully authorised yet. Will Dr. Holohan explain how we are progressing in the context of that scenario?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: In the meantime, however, we are moving ahead with rolling out booster jabs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it accurate to say that we would not move ahead with a full regime of booster shots for the general population until that process has played out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: We have seen a huge amount of testing over the past week, in no small part due to NPHET's hard work and the hard work of everybody on the front line. We will probably move to a different regime soon as the infection rate drops. Will Dr. Holohan outline what that might look like? For example, what will surveillance testing mean for a school where there may be an outbreak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Fair enough, but if we are doing national surveillance testing, how many tests are we looking at per day or per week?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19: Discussion (15 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That is very interesting. If the current numbers for schools are provided, I will conclude.

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Good afternoon. I am very happy to see the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, at the meeting today. I am delighted to see the mental health Bill moving ahead. It will be a major piece of work this year for the Government and an incredibly important one. There is so much to say, and I know that other people wish to speak as well, so I will probably bounce it around a little bit, and I hope...

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That is good to hear. With regard to staffing of those posts, is it the case that they have been advertised and not filled or that they have not yet been advertised?

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will stay on the issue of recruitment for a moment because I am very interested in the establishment of a national psychology placement office and workforce planning. In the past year, this committee and the Joint Committee on Health have heard a number of times about difficulties with workplace planning, moving people up through placements and the retention of trainees. Could we get an...

Joint Committee On Health: Impacts of Covid-19 on Mental Health Services: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I would like to understand a little better the movement between the two Departments. Some of the staff involved in generating the report in question are in the disability services. I believe the chair was the head of disability services. The disability side has not completely switched over to the remit of the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. Does that pose a difficulty with regard to...