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

Neasa Hourigan: It the standard Courts Service translation services.

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

Neasa Hourigan: We had some brilliant contributors last week who talked about the specific challenges women face when they find themselves in addiction, often around accessing services while having to deal with things like childcare. There is often a complicating factor in that they might themselves be the victim of domestic or sexual abuse or trauma from childhood, although that is not gender-specific. Is...

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

Neasa Hourigan: Who does it link in with on those issues?

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

Neasa Hourigan: What Mr. Duffin like to come in on that?

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

Neasa Hourigan: Yes. Not to put too fine a point on it but not only has the number of people on the streets increased, but they are often people who do not have English as their first language. I know from my area that, whether we like it or not, homeless services and other services are under increasing pressure.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline her Department’s provision for the additional funding and resources of veterinary services by local authorities to implement the XL bully ban, given that all current local authority vets will transfer to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine by January 2025; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the Just Transition initiatives that specifically target women to maximise their employment opportunities as Ireland transitions to a climate neutral economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40712/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the general scheme of a Bill to govern overseas deployments into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40667/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a timeline for his Department to undertake its examination of the report reviewing income eligibility for social housing; when he expects to develop a new social housing income eligibility model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40722/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gender Equality (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 240. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the initiatives to address gender inequalities in the agriculture and food industry and to promote female participation and leadership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (10 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 282. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given by his Department to the inclusion of care work in climate policy in line with the Environmental Protection Agency’s recognition of the social-ecological value of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40713/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the ‘housing for all’ commitment to examine the creation of a system of deposit retention based on best international practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40400/24]

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

Neasa Hourigan: 195. To ask the Minister for Health when the current national policy on palliative care for children with life-limiting conditions will be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40378/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: We have heard questions from previous Deputies on the issue of people with disabilities, and this is related to that. One of the main reasons some of us got involved in politics was to ensure people with disabilities are safer, feel safer and are protected in their everyday environment. For Dublin, that means walking down the street safely. We are in the middle of implementing BusConnects...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Budget 2025 (8 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated in Budget 2025 for the maintenance of existing active travel infrastructure, as opposed to the construction of new active travel infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39960/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the form a petition should take requesting the holding of a plebiscite under section 47 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024; in particular with regards to a petition in electronic format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40281/24]

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I might go back to some of the practicalities around receiving treatment as well as the requirement for urine analysis, which is something we discussed last week as well. It seems we have a model that is trying to catch people out. Ms Kearney spoke about that earlier. It is about catching people out and putting them on the spot. I am wondering about service users' rights and how we get...

Committee on Drugs Use: A Health-Led Approach: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Is there a peer-led aspect to that?