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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: 1654. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 7 December 2021, the status of negotiations between the National Ambulance Service and the local authorities in County Louth regarding fire service staff being utilised as emergency first responders to cardiac arrest calls across the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1223/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: EU Digital Services Package and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: At the start, there was a discussion about the DSC. One of the responses was that the media commission was being examined as the possible co-ordinator. If this turns out to be the case, is it provided for in the Bill or will additional legislation be required to give the media commission this function?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: EU Digital Services Package and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: My question is about disinformation, or fake news, for want of a better word. Is that included in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill? Do we need to legislate for it or will it be covered by the DSA?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: EU Digital Services Package and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: If it is not going to be dealt with directly, one would imagine that it would be important that it be covered in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill through provisions or sanctions relating to disinformation.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: EU Digital Services Package and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: I have further questions and I apologise if they were asked when I was in the Chamber. Will the witnesses provide some details on the provisions within the DSA for an individual complaints mechanism? What is covered? How will it work? Who and what is covered by it? That has been a major omission in the online safety Bill in its present form. We have heard about the importance of its...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: EU Digital Services Package and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: It was about an individual complaints mechanism.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: EU Digital Services Package and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: When we had stakeholders and some of the major social media companies in, the general consensus was that action is rarely taken on harmful content and some of the issues Mr. Shanley mentioned. In the absence, thus far, of an independent regulator or complaints mechanism in the Bill, how will that work, in practice?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: EU Digital Services Package and the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill: Discussion (19 Jan 2022)

Imelda Munster: Will there be sanctions if they do not?

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: I do not think anyone would have anticipated that we would find ourselves in such a precarious and difficult position again this Christmas after the shocking situation last Christmas and January. We are contending with consistently high case numbers as well as the arrival of the Omicron variant, which is wreaking havoc in other jurisdictions. The first issue I want to raise is testing. It...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: I tabled this question because there has been a major increase in population in the Laytown-Bettystown area. The majority of those people have relocated from Dublin and travel to Dublin every day. We have a situation where the cost of an adult monthly train fare from Laytown to Dublin is €247. The fare from Balbriggan to Connolly Station in Dublin is €145 a month and Drogheda...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: The NTA has no interest in extending the short hop zone to Laytown and Bettystown. The Minister is responsible for policy. When we talk about getting cars off the road we are happy enough to slap a carbon tax on people, but not to make a basic adjustment to extend the short hop zone to that area to encourage more people to leave their cars at home. Is the Minister of State seriously saying...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: That is a separate issue.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: 8. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to incentivise public transport use for commuters in the Laytown and Bettystown areas of County Meath in order to ensure increased use of public transport and a reduction in car journeys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62106/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: I ask the Minister of State what measures are being taken to incentivise public transport use for commuters in the Laytown and Bettystown areas of County Meath in order to ensure increased use of public transport and a reduction in car journeys. Will she make a statement on the matter?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: I will direct my questions to Mr. Watt. I want to touch first on the issue of the national children’s hospital. In July, an official of his Department told the committee categorically that costings of €2 billion for the hospital had not been considered but, three weeks ago, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform refused to rule out the figure of €2 billion. The...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: To get back to the question in respect of the figure of €2 billion, is it referenced at all within the report that Mr. Watt has?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: The reason I asked the question of Mr. Watt is that he, the Department and the board of the National Children’s Hospital wrote to the committee, indicating they would be able to discuss updated costing once a report was completed. That report is now with the Department. Can Mr. Watt provide the committee with the report?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: From the point of view of the Committee of Public Accounts, Mr. Watt has had the report since May. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: Mr. Watt confirmed to the committee that he received the report in May. Can he give us absolute confirmation that he will forward that report to the committee?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health (16 Dec 2021)

Imelda Munster: From a public purse perspective, one would imagine that it would be of interest to publish the report.