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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will stay in the same area but I wish to raise something that Senator Higgins raised as well. I know that some of this is still in play and still being discussed. I hope that there will be some kind of measure in place to incentivise green capital investment or expenditure and to allow some kind of exclusion for it. To some extent, TASC dealt with it a little bit with two of the options,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That process sounds pretty open-ended. Considering that some of the criticism of the fiscal rules related to the uncertainty on the metrics, I notice that the TASC report calls out the constant revisions of methodology in things like - I know we are getting rid of it - the structural balance. I can only imagine that when a partnership aspect with national governments is introduced, it would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: These changes are not earth shattering. They are tweaks and it sounds like a partnership approach to similar rules that existed previously. There is still a lot to play for. We just talked about the green agenda stuff. It is not clear to me what Ireland's role is at the moment in asking for things. We know that Italy is looking for green exclusions and Spain may also be. I do not want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Just to be clear,-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I absolutely accept that. However, in Dr. Sweeney's estimation, is it the role of the Minister for Finance to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It is not the role of IFAC.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. I would like to move on a bit. Regarding this adjustment path, let us hope we never see it. It sounds more like a partnership, working with countries. That would require somebody in the country who will work hand in hand on, for example, data analysis. Do we envisage that being the Department of Finance? There has been some suggestion that it might be the version of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the funding framework to reimburse local authorities for the proposed reduction in development fees; the percentage amount of reimbursement; the timeline for implementation, as it aligns with the implementation of the reduction of development fees; the budget line under which this will be included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20271/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has consulted the Data Protection Commissioner or carried out a data protection impact assessment in relation to the property marking scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20367/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the reason minutes of a meeting from February 2023 of the HSE Board's Safety and Quality Committee, at which the closure of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton was discussed, had not yet been published as of 25 April 2023; when the minutes of the meeting will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (3 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 487. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the guidance provided by her Department to local authorities in relation to public library membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20448/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we have a timeline for resolving that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. If the information on who would eventually run that service and will have overall operational control over that service could be included in that briefing it would be very helpful. I know that it is a it is British telecom service that will probably be amalgamated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: This might not be for the Minister but for some of the officials. I have a question about risk assessments and how often they are undertaken by ED departments outside of the HIQA process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that annually?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is the HIQA risk assessment fully publicly available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Internally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is a standardised schedule provided to hospital groups by the Department for the completion of risk assessments on a regular basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges in Hospitals: Minister for Health (26 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I take Mr. McCallion's point about the kind of operating procedures, day in and day out, but I am more interested in the formal document.