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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. In the context of what we have been talking about a lot this morning, which is an increase in cancer year-on-year of 3%, we really need to be putting more focus and more energy into preventative measures and then genetic testing surely is a massive part of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I have left less than two minutes remaining. There is the issue around the lack of new development funding and the correlation between this and the recruitment issue. The increase in recruitment between 2021 and 2022 has been cited a number of times. It is also raised in the briefing note to the committee, which states specifically that it ends at 2022 and cites 742 staff. Can I make the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Surely if there is a package of new development funding, the HSE would have some room to manoeuvre in addressing some of those more complicated issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Around what might be barriers to taking up employment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: So it is a fair correlation that in 2021 and 2022 when new development funding was in place, this is when progress was actually made on recruitment.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 155. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1427 of 20 March 2024, in which month of 2023 the security contract for a location (details supplied) was terminated; the reasons for doing so at that particular time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15600/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to follow the steps taken by Spain and set about officially recognising the state of Palestine in the first half of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 567. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her Department's support for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14491/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to merge the voter registration websites checktheregister.ie and voter.ie; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14155/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department's policy on protection of social insurance entitlements for parents who leave paid work to provide periods of care in the home, such as for young children; her plans to review situations where workers have lost social insurance entitlements as a result of exiting the workforce for periods to provide care in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1090. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps taken to address issues around the undersupply of childcare services for children under one year in the Dublin 1, 3, 7, 9 and 11 areas, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14031/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1419. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the HSE home birth service to serve the Leitrim area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14489/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1421. To ask the Minister for Health the projected total costs arising from the purchase and renovation of two properties in Midleton by the HSE to accommodate six people with severe and enduring mental illness; for an estimate of costs where finalised figures cannot yet be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14494/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1470. To ask the Minister for Health the additional development funding allocated to each of the national clinical programmes in mental health in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14743/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1471. To ask the Minister for Health if the mother-and-baby inpatient perinatal mental health unit will be in place in quarter 4 of 2024, as outlined in Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan; when it is expected to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14744/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline an itemised list of funding allocated to mental health services in the voluntary and community sector, both section 38 and section 39 organisations, in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14745/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1473. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Sharing the Vision Implementation Plan; which of the 100 recommendations are delayed and the reasons for those delays, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14746/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on HIQA's health technology assessment of infant immunisation against RSV; his plans to ensure the development of an RSV immunisation programme prior to the next winter season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15303/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1458 of 24 March 2024, the reason a building (details supplied) has not yet opened as a mental health facility since it received planning permission from An Bord Pleanála in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15483/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (21 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome that information, particularly that the Minister will be meeting with SIPTU on this issue. I was lucky enough to go to the bus depot in Summerhill to look at the electric buses recently, which are fantastic to see. One of the issues we discussed was the need to attract more women into the service. One of the big barriers to that is the need to communicate to the public or those...