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Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I wish to discuss how consultants and doctors relate to the interdisciplinary teams. Some of the phrases used in the opening statements expressed concern over the blurring of the lines of accountability and the various roles. I am not a medical professional, but I was under the impression that multidisciplinary teams are being introduced across a number of European countries or have been in...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I wish to clarify this because two things have been thrown out there. I would have assumed that consulting with another member of staff would provide some extra oversight which I cannot imagine is a bad thing. I can understand that a person is either responsible or not. Is this a contract issue because the previous speaker said it did not reflect what was in the consultant's contract, or...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: For clarity, there is no particular clash with contracts as they stand?

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Will Ms Clyne outline that?

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I take that point but I am trying to get a clear sense of the issue to assist with this pre-legislative scrutiny. If there is a clash between language in the legislation and a contract that is widely used among consultants, we need to be aware of that. For the sake of clarity, our guests might indicate whether they believe that would be a clash.

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I wholeheartedly agree with the suggestion in the IMO's opening statement regarding increasing the remit of the Mental Health Commission, but I have a query about the suggestion that we should examine whether services have suitable funding. Is the suggestion that the commission would undertake not financial auditing but financial overviews of services? Some services receive funding from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 67. To ask the Minister for Health the organisations that are now providing services previously provided by the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force given his that Department has suspended the activities of the task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing infrastructure improvements to the neonatal intensive care facilities at the Rotunda Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Consultations (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the retail banking review public consultation process; the start date of the public consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7512/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Consultations (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 19 January 2022, the stakeholders that have been contacted by the retail banking review team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7513/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will encourage public sector and civil service employers to top-up the salaries of employees availing of the paid parents' leave scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8450/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the operation of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7454/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a report (detail supplied); her views on the recommendations contained therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7455/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 641. To ask the Minister for Health the date changes were brought forward by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service relating to deferral policies for blood donations, in particular when the change to reduce the existing 12-month deferral for methylsulfonylmethane to four months will be introduced. [7456/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 642. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which the Irish Blood Transfusion Service will introduce new technology to replace the existing paper health and lifestyle questionnaire with an electronic questionnaire to be known as the self-assessment health history. [7457/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research and Development (15 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 709. To ask the Minister for Health the work undertaken by his Department to promote research in the third-level education sector on genetics and genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6443/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (16 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the cost of breastfeeding equipment and supplies; if consideration has been given to removing VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (16 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to include breastfeeding equipment and supplies as part of the upcoming pilot of the baby box initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8592/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Good morning everyone. I will start with the governance structures for the housing assistance payment, HAP, as outlined under chapter 8 of the document we have been given. I am not sure to whom I am addressing this question. I had to also attend the Joint Committee on Disability Matters this morning. The tender won by Limerick City and County Council, LCCC, was very helpfully outlined, as...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes. It is about governance structure.