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

Neasa Hourigan: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent to date on developing the HSE's integrated information system; how many hospitals it is connected to; how much of the spending has been paid to external contractors and management consulting firms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7264/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide recycling facilities for duvets and pillows, as opposed to current situation of placing them in the general waste bin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6146/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Policy (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his Department's policy on motor tax rates for pre-2008 vehicles; his views on allowing motorists to avail of rates based on an alternative basis to engine size, considering the embedded carbon preserved by pre-2008 vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the direct and indirect subsidies for international passenger air travel; the direct and indirect subsidies for international passenger ferry travel; the climate costs and benefits of each, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6139/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Electric Vehicles (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reassess the VAT rate for new electric vehicles, including new electric vehicles imported from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6187/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to on-going problems of discoloured water in Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no "do not drink" notice has been issued in relation to the problem, despite Irish Water acknowledging to Cork City Council on 16 January 2024 that the discoloured water is unsafe to drink at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if multi-annual funding is in place or planned to be in place for the built heritage investment scheme and/or the historic structures fund through local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6286/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for when the clinical review group will complete its work to determine if evidence exists to expand the scope of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6555/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work that has been undertaken to include payments incurred by families under the fair deal scheme for care in the consideration of eligibility for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6450/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Welcome to everybody. I want to stay on the issues of the regional roll-out, access and the postcode lottery, in light of the fact that we are moving to Sláintecare and have just seen the appointment of some of the senior roles in the CHOs. This relates to the last point about how we achieve parity of care across the CHOs and what the witnesses would like to see in that regard. Is it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: What Mr. Heffernan is describing to me sounds like a benchmark standard rather than an audit process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Heffernan would like every CHO to have a standard book, so to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: It sounds like Mr. Heffernan is seeking very clear boundaries and clarity for operations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, is there no central register of where all of our respite places are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: This seems crazy to me. It speaks to my question around whether we are looking at a benchmark or an audit. How can one know what service one is providing if one does not know what services one has?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: That sounds like we need a live register, not that we do not need a register.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: It is just complex. I hope there is a second round because I have many questions. On the regional roll-out, I am looking at the memory clinics. If other people were here, I would go through with a fine-tooth comb which staff are where, but there are ten roles and four clinics. There are ten roles or categories within each clinic. In terms of regional roll-out and parity of access, how is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Needs of Persons with Dementia and the Services Available: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I am asking for the impression of how it is working because the witnesses are the ones on the ground.