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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Agreed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: May I again make a plea for us to schedule a date for a discussion with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on emergency accommodation? I say this at many meetings.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Should we request that document?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I do. I think we should request it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 161. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce minimum mandatory staffing levels for nursing homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50169/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (14 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the guidelines that are provided to State and private providers in the design, construction and fit out of new nursing home facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50170/21]

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for being with us. The opening statements and submissions have been excellent. I thank the witnesses for them. To continue the point made by Deputy Ward regarding advertising, Ballymun is only a hop, skip and jump over from my constituency, where temporary gambling advertising for particular events is a major problem. Gambling services are using their own...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I completely agree. I can only speak from the experience of my constituency. Mr. Greaves raised the issue of increased violence associated with drug debts but I see that with gambling as well. Increased societal unrest seemed to arise during Covid-19 from that issue too.

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: The issue of younger people was touched on and I am sure those representing Ballymun, and everyone else speaking here, will have had experience of this issue. When we are talking about grooming in this context, we are talking about young children being involved. Some research implies that children being included in the drug trade can be as young as ten or 11 years old. Can we explore how...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Children below the legal age are being specifically targeted.

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Children in primary school.

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That makes total sense. The local drug and alcohol task forces are doing incredible work. I have several questions on staffing. I will ask all the questions first and then whomever wishes to answer can come in. Ms Leonard will want to address some of them, I am sure. We have heard in this committee before about the difficulty regarding staffing in some roles, such as psychologists, for...

Joint Committee On Health: Impact of Covid-19 on Addiction Services: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That makes sense. I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: From Accessibility to Universal Design: Discussion (14 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for their powerful presentations. I support the call for Part M to be reviewed and reconsidered. I am very glad to hear there is significant progress on changing places but, having worked in the construction industry, I believe there is an institutional lag or resistance to changing regulations for fear it will disrupt an already broken housing sector. This committee...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (21 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the organic farming scheme will be reopened for new entrants given the PFG 7.5% and the EU 25% targets for agriculture land under organic farming; the resources his Department is putting in place to drive achievement of the 7.5% target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51437/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken to improve the welfare of animals over the past year; the plans he has to build on these improvements over the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Emergency Accommodation (21 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to suspend the local connection criteria for accessing emergency accommodation as the cold weather period approaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51747/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (19 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the work undertaken to date by the post-implementation surveillance monitoring group of his Department established to assess the impact of the change to blood donor deferral policies in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 220. To ask the Minister for Health if he is a plaintiff in the case related to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s CBD ruling or a respondent in the case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50878/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Citizens' Assembly (19 Oct 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date in relation to the programme for Government commitment to establish a citizens’ assembly to consider the type of directly elected mayor and local government structures best suited for Dublin. [50978/21]