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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State and Professor MacLachlan for those responses. I am going to sidestep into another area, although it is related to multidisciplinary primary care and all of that. I want to raise the issue of home care supports and their availability. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to statutory home care provision. If people have a chronic illness or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I agree with Ms Crehan-Roche that it is progressive and encouraging that we will move towards more home care, but where home care is provided by a private entity, I have a concern about the interaction between the private entity and the community healthcare organisations, CHOs, or Sláintecare. A privately supplied employee might not be aware or have suitable training to allow the person...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve cybersecurity in the public sector in the aftermath of the cyber-attack on the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61430/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to offer zero-interest green loans to homeowners and renters to retrofit their residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the gender diversity and make-up of the panel undertaking the recently announced retail banking review within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applicants to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan are required to wait until three months after their last employment wage subsidy scheme payment until they can be approved for a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on her plans in relation to implementing new training, licensing and standards requirements for private security contractors enforcing evictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on a public health (obesity) Act, in particular the work undertaken to examine restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61197/21]

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

Neasa Hourigan: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will allow the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force to proceed with the appointment of its elected chair and to go ahead with organising meetings attended by all its members, including statutory representatives in order that it can carry out its essential work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the details of emergency meetings held on 7 December 2021 regarding the impact of Storm Barra on the mental health services in counties Cork and Kerry, the recorded attendance of HSE managers who had agreed to attend an Oireachtas Committee on Health meeting that day and the times of the emergency meetings. [61580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 608. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount invested by Cork and Kerry HSE management in a community residence (details supplied) for persons with mental health difficulties; the breakdown of the figures for purchase, renovations, legal fees and other costs that may be associated with the residence; the projected total annual running costs of the facility; the date of purchase of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken by his Department to ensure ventilation and clean air quality in public and private nursing homes particularly in relation to the installation of CO2 monitors, ventilation systems and HEPA filters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61850/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Members and all those in attendance are asked to exercise personal responsibility in protecting themselves and others from the risk of contracting Covid-19. They are strongly advised to practice good hand hygiene and to leave at least one vacant seat between themselves and others attending. They should also always maintain an appropriate level of social distance during and after the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Thank you for your opening statement, Mr. Makhlouf. I now open the floor to members. They have nine minutes each for questions and answers. If time allows, we will go to a second round. Our first member to speak is Deputy Doherty.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Sorry, the Deputy's time is up. Perhaps Dr. Cassidy would like to add his comment.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay, but Deputy Canney had better be quick.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Deputy Canney and call Deputy Mairéad Farrell.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: If any of the Deputies present would like to come back in for a second round, please raise your hand. I have some questions of my own. During the previous two sessions on inflation, we heard that the expectation that this inflation will last for a short period. Hopefully, it will ease over the next year. However, we are all mindful that the pandemic is unprecedented and we are really not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: In my defence, I was just about to bring that up.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Well the pandemic has been a pre-play of what we expect to see from climate change. It has disrupted supply chains and made us look at our systems. I wonder if the issue of reshoring is directly related to this considering that in the past number of weeks, we have seen a province in Canada almost cut off from the rest of the country due to climate events. Are those two issues linked?...