Results 6,461-6,480 of 7,412 for speaker:Neasa Hourigan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when proposals will be brought forward for the recognition of a dissolution of marriage granted under the civil law of another state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28888/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will open the floor to members and our first speaker is Deputy Durkan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Deputy Doherty is well over time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will open the session to another round of two to three minute slots if Members would like to indicate an interest in contributing. In the meantime, I will ask some questions of my own. On corporation tax data and the impact of regulatory changes we may see in the next few years, we saw an effective doubling in corporation tax receipts between 2015 and 2020, when they increased from...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will stay on the issue of data and analysis and ask a more contextual question about how we devise budgets in this country. Mr. Barnes mentioned that we do not have up-to-date figures on the implementation of Sláintecare. There is certainly huge frustration that people cannot have sight of the capacity review for the health service because that will obviously have major budget...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: One of the key messages from the IFAC report is that a large-scale untargeted stimulus would not necessarily be needed if the economy recovers as strongly as anticipated. What would the IFAC consider a targeted stimulus?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witness and the Deputy. We have reached the end of the session. All that remains for me to say is that the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has published quite a significant report. The committee will discuss it at its private meeting. Personally, I would be interested in a formal response from the Department on the concerns the council has raised in its report, which I think...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Today, the committee will engage with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, regarding the fiscal assessment report. I welcome our witnesses from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Mr. Sebastian Barnes, chairperson, Dr. Adele Bergin, Mr. Alessandro Giustiniani, Ms Dawn Holland and Professor Michael McMahon, council members, and Dr. Eddie Casey, chief economist and head of secretariat. ...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it fair to say that as we navigate changes in the regulatory environment, such as BEPS, our inability to differentiate between phantom FDI and FDI that delivers jobs in Ireland will become an issue? As Mr. Barnes said, it may be that even if revenue goes, the jobs will stay, but does that impact on our ability to navigate those regulatory changes because we simply do not understand what...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Bodies (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department has taken to address the block booking of appointments on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service website by third parties for the purpose of selling them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28402/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to stick to the area of testing for a moment. It is great that Ms Daly finally got her test, but I suspect that once she did, her experience was very different from that of most people. I want to unpack a little the experience of families dealing with this issue. What is the average experience in Ireland at the moment? My understanding is that when a medical professional suspects a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. Where the testing is unsuccessful in reaching a conclusion, is there a significant population of people experiencing rare diseases who are living with an incomplete diagnosis or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay, exactly. That is what I was trying to get to. I know they are not in place yet but I refer to access to particular registers, which may open the door to treatments or certain trials, or particularly, genetic counselling. I am mindful, particularly for families with small children, that genetic counselling often has on impact on the choices they will make, perhaps about having more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Do they have access to counselling?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Where that diagnosis is not full, is whole genome sequencing offered in that case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I understand. I will try to get one quick question in because my time is almost up. We are talking about private companies and we have mentioned a little about the new frontier of science and medicine being genetic treatments. I know some very important work and research is being done, particularly in the area of retinal research and certainly, some treatments seem to work. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Chair for letting me back in. I am mindful that while many areas within the remit of this committee are just emerging from an extraordinary time that upset many of our normal, day-to-day services and processes and stalled the progress we would have liked to have seen achieved in 2020, we are also now moving into a new period where, hopefully, we will see Sláintecare fully...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That sounds like a case for personalised budgets and a scheme that would allow people to adapt the services they receive to their particular needs.