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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will concentrate on how we arrive at the building standards we have and implement, and how we implement and enforce them. We are talking about quite a broad spectrum of typologies. Things like hepa filtration and single-room occupancy have been issues in hospital settings for at least a decade. Businesses and schools are a different consideration than homes. I know there has been some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Ventilation and Covid-19: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That brings me on to my next question because as the witnesses know, there was a commitment in the Safe As Houses report and the programme for Government to end the self certification of buildings in general, which would improve the situation greatly. I wish to address the construction products regulations declaration of performance. We have talked about ventilation systems. I know a lot...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (13 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25186/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (12 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that employees involved in the current ESB dispute have received consultation and information rights on the outsourcing of their work as outlined in the Employees (Provision of Information and Consultation) Act 2006 and the Industrial Relations Act 1990 (Code of Practise on Information and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (12 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 226. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to commence vaccination of pregnant women as recommended by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee; when pregnant women will start receiving the vaccine; if vaccines will be administered to those that are 36 weeks pregnant first rolling backwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24769/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Perhaps we could stay in the area of midwives and lactation consultants, on which Ms Cahill made a good point. It is fantastic that we have seen some movement from the Department on this with the announcement last night. That is in no small part down to the huge amount of highlighting and work that both of our organisations have done on this issue. Well done to them. I want to go into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to return to the issue of data, which came up in the submissions today. A lack of data and of reporting on progress seems to be a recurring theme. I am very much a supporter of evidence-based policymaking, which is built on data. Data is a huge challenge to the system if we do not have it readily available. The counterbalance to that, however, is creating a space within a system in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: How long is it since the national breastfeeding committee was disbanded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will finish with one quick question to both groups. I realise this is probably a very niche question. For those of us with children who were born with a disability or a particular challenge, is there work or research in the area with which the witnesses are familiar, or that they have available to them, around supporting families of children with disabilities to breastfeed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Updates on Breastfeeding: Discussion (12 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Ms Atherton wanted to come in.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (11 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 941. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow pharmacies to administer the HPV vaccine considering the drop in HPV vaccination rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 163. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Protection Surveillance Centre plans to resume its reporting on underlying conditions in confirmed cases of Covid-19. [23316/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 598. To ask the Minister for Health the current wording used in HSE administrative and patient forms provided to guardians of children, adult patients and advocates of adults with disabilities on the sharing of personal information with other services and Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23000/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 629. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the human tissue (transplantation, post-mortem, anatomical examination and public display) Bill; the legislative timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23156/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will try my best to keep within the time limit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Many points have been covered by other Deputies. I want to concentrate on the due diligence that the Department would have undertaken around the legality of this. We have talked about RTÉ, but obviously this was a conversation that was happening within the Department itself. I am trying to understand how it got to the stage of commissioning the senior counsel's report. Was it the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Were the questions raised by that review significant enough to necessitate a senior counsel's report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Did the Department ever seek the legal advice of an expert in data collection or seek a senior counsel who had expertise in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Whistleblower Allegations: Department of Health (5 May 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I do not want to go through the resumé of the senior counsel. That is unfair because he is not here. I have actually done that myself and data protection law is not listed as one of his areas of expertise.