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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1302. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures, outside of constitutional amendments, his Government is taking to implement the Report of the Citizen’s Assembly on Gender Equality and the recommendations and action plan produced by the Joint Committee on Gender Equality. [55935/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (17 Jan 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1499. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is aware of the presence of the semi-synthetic cannabinoid, HHC or hexahydrocannabinol, in Ireland; if so, when the HSE was first made aware of its presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56526/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (17 Jan 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 1860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures undertaken by his Department to assist students accessing graduate-entry medicine courses with the costs of fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1484/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand the Fresh Start principle to include divorced applicants seeking to remortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56144/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 176. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to publish the final evaluation report on the Local Community Safety Partnership Pilots; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55741/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 206. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to extend leave entitlement for parents who have a child through surrogacy, to align with maternity or adoptive leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55495/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 212. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many assessment of need reports as set out in the Disability Act 2005 were completed in 2021, 2022 and 2023 (year to date); and for those same years how many were completed by companies or sole traders employed by the HSE. [55658/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I will start with that issue as to where this sits within the system, which I know can be a bit dry in terms of what is actually happening. It is striking that there is a lot of frustration in the room. Usually, when we have advocates for a particular area come in, and they all agree on the shortfall or the shortcomings in our approach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: There currently is not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Has there ever been since the programme's inception in 2020?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We are in 2023 and there has never been any patient advocate within the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Would the fact that it is so clinically focused have an impact on its reaching out to more community settings and the longer-term rehabilitation issues and how it interacts with that primary care? Is that one of the concerns about the NHP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Exactly, because nobody is representing these patients on the NHP. Ms O'Shea talked a little about the difference between the cohort who might experience an event and then maybe need quite long rehabilitation and people who may be born with a congenital issue. It strikes me that there is a parallel between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. We have had a very successful approach to type 1 with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that the kind of thing Ms O'Shea would like to see for people who have congenital issues with which they have to live for ever and ever?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Ms O'Shea is a very good advocate for her group. I know I am out of time but I will just propose that we write to the CMO and the HSE. There absolutely should be a patient advocate or representative involved in any programme like this. It touches on a great many people's lives and it is completely unacceptable that this has been the case for three years.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a residential retrofit loan guarantee scheme; when the scheme will be open for applications; the details of the eligibility rules and other operational aspects of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54925/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will outline her Department's policy on extending the powers of local authority traffic wardens to include enforcement of other traffic offences in urban areas, such as driving in bus lanes and the failure to obey traffic lights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her Department's policy on automatic number plate recognition technology; if she intends to legislate if necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54495/23]