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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 1645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged 25 years or older who have travelled overseas for specialist cancer treatment not available in Ireland between 2016 and 2021; the number of these who travelled under the EU Cross Border Directive; and if he will present this data in tabular form. [20433/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 1646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons between the ages of 0 to 24 years of age who have travelled overseas for specialist cancer treatment not available in Ireland between 2016 and 2021; the number of these who travelled under the EU Cross Border Directive; and if he will present this data in tabular form. [20434/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (26 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 1834. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which found that failure to fund the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes over 21 years of age could result in €4.2 million per year in unnecessary costs to the HSE; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Energy Usage (26 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 1901. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the special measures his Department is taking to reduce energy usage in the scenario in which members of the public are being asked to do the same. [20290/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Energy Usage (26 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 1957. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the special measures her Department is taking to reduce energy usage in the scenario in which members of the public are being asked to do the same. [20299/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure Ireland delivers on the 5 GW target for offshore wind; if Ireland needs to be even more ambitious in order to support Europe weaning itself off fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18848/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: The Minister touched on this issue in some of his replies to previous questions, but I will ask him about the steps he is taking to ensure Ireland delivers on its 5 GW target for offshore wind energy. Should we be even more ambitious to support Europe in weaning itself off of fossil fuels?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister for his reply. It is encouraging to hear of the volumes we are now generating in the context of what our European neighbours are doing. Ireland is well positioned in Europe to be a leading light in this regard. Of course, we should have been moving on this years ago and ramping up over the last decade. Our offshore wind resources are by far enough to comfortably...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Generation (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I will touch on the issue of LNG. As a source of energy, it is not particularly cost-effective and it would be economically short-sighted to introduce it. We should also consider the impacts on communities of unconventional gas extraction methods such as fracking and the impacts on communities where LNG terminals are located, which is an issue we very rarely talk about in this country. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Single-use plastics represent one of our biggest environmental challenges and their rapid increase in production has overwhelmed our world's ability to recognise the problem. The price we now pay for whatever small convenience single-use plastics provided to us by the food sector has led to a throwaway culture where we now see plastic...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: As an inner city representative, I would like to touch on a related but very important topic, which is the privatisation of waste collection services. It simply has not worked and I would like to see the re-municipalisation of waste collection services. In my constituency of Dublin Central, this would mean bringing waste collection back under the control of Dublin City Council, with the aim...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on how quickly the food sector will be enabled to remove single-use plastic; if the circular economy Bill can be strengthened further in relation to different types and uses of plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18849/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I would like to ask the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, his views on how quickly the food sector will be enabled to remove single-use plastics and if the circular economy Bill can be strengthened further in relation to different types and uses of plastics.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Chairman and our witnesses this morning, and Commissioner Logan also. There are many moving parts in some of the scrutiny of this and it can be difficult to understand the pathway that we are following here. I want to ask a little bit more about GSOC’s perspective on the proposed legislation but before I do I want to understand the numbers a little bit more in 2019, 2020,...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: My apologies as I do not mean to cut across Commissioner Hume but when he mentions the time that it takes, what time does it actually take?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: What is the average time that would take?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I suspect that our witnesses could probably provide a ballpark figure for me. Are we talking six months, 12 months, 18 months or perhaps 24 months?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: When Commissioner Hume says "days", does he mean working days?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is important.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (7 Apr 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Commissioner Hume for those numbers, but within them, I still cannot tell how many complaints were upheld or resulted in a prosecution, as it refers to the ones that were actioned or, shall we say, closed.