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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (15 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a national advisory group on school library provision; her plans to develop a national strategy on school library provision to ensure that there is a school library, school librarian and full access to the JCSP library project digital library service for all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41067/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for when citizenship certificates will be sent to all those who attended their ceremony in September; if new citizens who do not receive their certificate in time will be able to vote in any upcoming general election; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40957/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason citizenship certificates are not printed and given out at citizenship ceremonies to ensure new citizens can access their full rights, such as applying for a passport, immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40958/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (15 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 2 October 2024, the reason that there are no standard diagnostic policies or guidelines for diagnosing or treating children with an organisation (details supplied); the steps being taken to establish a statutory diagnostic criteria; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 639. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of the HSE’s purchase of 1D Griffith Avenue, Dublin 9, D09 EW70. [41293/24]

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a very quick comment on the point about living in the real world. In the lifetime of the Government, we have seen, for the first time in 25 years, an increase in young people starting to smoke and vape. We are talking about nicotine replacement therapy or treatment as a temporary issue, but that is not what we are talking about when we talk about vaping. We are talking about...

Select Committee on Health: Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: It is not a question for the Minister.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: This has been a useful conversation. We are still talking about it in terms of saying that people are getting off scot-free. There is a sense of that in the public; I do not mean the witnesses are saying it. That there is a sense in the public that diversion means that people are getting scot-free for hurting themselves just seems crazy. Deputy McAuliffe left and is coming back in a...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Are there no treatment beds there?

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Duffin is talking about somebody in crisis.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: It may be somebody who had a close call - an overdose or something. They then have to drive up the road-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: They need residential-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: For people in Limerick, the closest is Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I am often on the road between Dublin and Limerick. That journey seems particularly onerous for someone who might not be having their best few weeks. However, Limerick in general-----

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Duffin said that gardaí are very co-operative and that they have a very good relationship down there. That brings me to my next question. I have encountered somebody who had previous convictions and who does a lot of work on it. They said to me - I was surprised because they are a huge advocate for drug treatment - that they would not be in favour of decriminalisation because they...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I was just thinking of something that someone said to me on the doorstep last night. He said someone broke into his car and the person also had an addiction issue on top of that. What this man was describing to me was that for that person the point at which they access services or were offered anything was at the point when they went into the court system. Surely that is a problem. It...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: And they will still receive care.

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I never offered Ms Brennan my congratulations on her new role. I am very impressed she came to the committee straight after being appointed. I have a few questions on how our witnesses navigate assisting more vulnerable users, such as women and people from the Travelling community. Ms Foley may wish to respond on this. There has been a large increase in international persons in my area....

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, the court has translation services set up that it can access?