Results 5,761-5,780 of 7,412 for speaker:Neasa Hourigan

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

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, what is the process for fact checking that against Government policy?

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

Neasa Hourigan: In the instance I described, where the local area has made a decision to close a facility in direct contravention of A Vision for Change, what recourse does the Department have?

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

Neasa Hourigan: The problem is the question of suitability, if applied to most residential mental health facilities, would lead to a tsunami of closures throughout the country. In that light, why the HSE picked this particular building to close is a mystery to everyone, including the families being left behind by the decision. I understand Mr. Watt will not have had sight of or information on this case,...

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

Neasa Hourigan: Has that ever happened?

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

Neasa Hourigan: I accept that point but it is also the key problem in that it is difficult for any of us to second-guess. It looks like the HSE is unaccountable in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 501. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the national steering group for the implementation of the Neurorehabilitation Strategy 2019-2021 has met only twice since an implementation framework was published in 2019 and not at all to date in 2021; the investments that will be made to support implementation in 2022 given that only two of the promised network of nine community...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department intends to apply reduced or zero-rated VAT rates on new sanitary products, such as menstrual cups and period proof underwear in line with point 3 of Annexe 1, in view of the agreement reached on 7 December 2021 by the Council of the EU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (15 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the promised new IT system to prevent bots block booking INIS appointments at the Burgh Quay office is now operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62020/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve cybersecurity in the public sector in the aftermath of the cyber-attack on the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61430/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to offer zero-interest green loans to homeowners and renters to retrofit their residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61828/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reviews (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the gender diversity and make-up of the panel undertaking the recently announced retail banking review within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applicants to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan are required to wait until three months after their last employment wage subsidy scheme payment until they can be approved for a mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on her plans in relation to implementing new training, licensing and standards requirements for private security contractors enforcing evictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 560. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date on a public health (obesity) Act, in particular the work undertaken to examine restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61197/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will allow the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force to proceed with the appointment of its elected chair and to go ahead with organising meetings attended by all its members, including statutory representatives in order that it can carry out its essential work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the details of emergency meetings held on 7 December 2021 regarding the impact of Storm Barra on the mental health services in counties Cork and Kerry, the recorded attendance of HSE managers who had agreed to attend an Oireachtas Committee on Health meeting that day and the times of the emergency meetings. [61580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 608. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount invested by Cork and Kerry HSE management in a community residence (details supplied) for persons with mental health difficulties; the breakdown of the figures for purchase, renovations, legal fees and other costs that may be associated with the residence; the projected total annual running costs of the facility; the date of purchase of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 739. To ask the Minister for Health the measures taken by his Department to ensure ventilation and clean air quality in public and private nursing homes particularly in relation to the installation of CO2 monitors, ventilation systems and HEPA filters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61850/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I was going to begin with another question but I wish to stay on that issue. Can I take it from that then that the HSE’s plan for east Cork is to have zero residential facilities and to move people to St. Stephen’s facility? That seems to be what the HSE is saying, namely, that it sees no qualitative difference between that and long-stay hostels and that it has no intention of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: My apologies, Mr. Fitzgerald, but the policy gives guidelines around the numbers of residential facilities for 24-hour care. Are we now saying that there are no waiting lists in east Cork for these kinds of placements?