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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Am I correct in saying that vaccine programmes are part of how we deal with sepsis, particularly for children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Awareness, Prevention and Services for the Treatment of Sepsis: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: In the previous session, we spoke about which medical professionals would benefit from training in sepsis. I notice that in other jurisdictions, there is a possibility for sepsis certification as part of postgraduate education for pharmacists. If a small child presents with flu-like symptoms, a pharmacist would be able to say that it is not flu and the child should be brought to the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure all schools in the State have access to drinking water for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49389/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his plans to engage with relevant stakeholders in drafting of legislation in respect of the recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the seventh amendment to the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the average length of time for an application under the Afghan Admission Programme; the average length of time for the provision of a PPS number under the same programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49459/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the position of his Department on the involvement of Teagasc in the production of the Dublin Declaration of Scientists on the Societal Role of Livestock; his views on the conflict of interests as outlined by the recent Greenpeace UK investigation into the declaration (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position on the requirement on services providing accommodation to beneficiaries of temporary protection for their staff to be Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49488/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position of Tusla in terms of requiring services providing accommodation to children under the Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection scheme for their staff to be Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49489/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of funding allocated to social inclusion groups in Budget 2024. [49418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the publication of the National Action Plan on Traveller and Roma Mental Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49457/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s role in conducting an inquiry into breaches of Article 17 of the Global Code of Conduct for Research that requires scientific research on animals conducted in non-EU countries to be performed in line with Irish and EU standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49997/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teagasc Activities (9 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It seems from that statement that Teagasc is disavowing the Dublin Declaration, which is interesting. Nobody, certainly not me, has suggested that the people involved in the declaration were not scientists, only that they are scientists who are fatally compromised. The conflicts of interest that I have read into the record in my initial statement are from Teagasc's briefing document, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teagasc Activities (9 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The Guardiannewspaper, based on an investigation by Greenpeace UK, reported last week that leading European agribusiness groups using a manifesto called the Dublin Declaration have been lobbying senior EU officials against recommendations for reduced meat consumption in the bloc's cancer strategy, its sustainability policies and its climate goals. The Dublin Declaration of scientists on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to include decluttering support as part of the housing aid for older people grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33773/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We would never say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to put some questions about pharmacies myself before the end of my time. While I broadly accept the requirement for this legislation, it is useful for us to be clear about what we are talking about when talking about the rent-a-room scheme. While it is good that we are encouraging people to make the best use of their homes, we are also encouraging a system where people are not in any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When the review was done in the UK, it found that the most common substitution was in the area of things like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSRIs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department of Health has that capability already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What is the level of communication with pharmacists in dealing with patients or customers because SSRIs, even generic substitutions, might affect people differently? Could Ms Seymour talk me through what the communication is from the Department to pharmacists on how they deal with that issue with patients?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: For the sake of clarity, is it the Department or is it a specific body which is issuing guidance to pharmacists around the particular substitution in the case of a shortage?