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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is the 2013 Bill. We have also talked about safeguarding and there are a number of other-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Is there concern around the division of that? Was consideration ever given to an omnibus Bill to bring everything under the one banner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Would it be fair to say that we are giving a number of discretionary powers to inspectors under this Bill? Ms Casey has mentioned serious patient safety incidents and it seems we need something like that. I know that does not arise under this Bill. Is the removal of a designation for a particular nursing home at the discretion of the inspector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. Does this legislation involve a considerable expansion of an inspector's powers in terms of his or her discretionary remit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Let us take, for example, a case where the inspector can remove that designation. What is the benefit of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: We have talked a little about the current legislation as a hammer and perhaps too blunt an instrument. I am concerned that we are dealing with a relatively privatised industry and we are now introducing a level of discretion for inspectors. I have a concern about the oversight of those powers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Ms Casey mentioned in her opening statement how non-registered facilities will be affected.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: How would an inspector come to believe that is happening? Is it a matter the Revenue would flag? Would it be associated with the financial turnover of a private person? Is it a matter of a report from a person who has placed a relative in what he or she considers a facility? How does this kick off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: If such a centre is identified, an inspector would knock on the door and enter. If he or she finds the facility is relatively compliant, does it become a criminal matter where a prosecution is brought immediately? Is the intention to put facilities on the road to registration? What is the goal within the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Will the definition of the designation be contained within this legislation or within the review of standards more broadly that will happen in the coming months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department is not going to vary that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department does not envisage that definition being reviewed significantly in the next round of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Chair.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I know Deputy Durkan cannot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Department of Health (23 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Can we return to that? I would like to understand the position further. If a facility is registered, the stick, as opposed to the carrot, is that it can lose its registration if it is non-compliant. Will Ms Casey give an example of how that will work with non-registered facilities? I am trying to understand a number of issues. What would be the nature of the report? Could families...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his plans to ensure the provision of an organic waste bin as part of a waste collection service for all households; his plans to roll out organic bins to the varying types of homes in Dublin such as terraced housing with no front gardens and apartment complexes; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Priorities (22 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if studies have been conducted on the way that projects relating to BusConnects, MetroLink and the Royal Canal Greenway will impact local communities during their respective construction phases, particularly in the Dublin 7 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will consider extending the free travel currently offered to staff of Luas, Go Ahead and Dublin Bus on each respective service to cover all three transport operators, regardless of which of the three individual operators where a person works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Nov 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 696. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE plans relating to the retention of telemedicine as part of the care pathway for early medical abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57907/22]