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

Neasa Hourigan: That touches on my next question. Was the advice sought from the Office of the Attorney General on one occasion? Did the Office of the Attorney General conduct one review for the Department, or was it an ongoing dialogue?

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

Neasa Hourigan: It has been said today that there has been no wrongdoing, that completely correct practice was followed and that it is a long-standing practice, which I must say is different from it being a correct practice. Therefore, the Department has stressed that it has broken no laws and finds no wrongdoing. Based on that, is it fair to assume that the practice, as outlined, continues to be employed...

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

Neasa Hourigan: If Mr. Watt does not mind, I probably only have one minute left.-----

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

Neasa Hourigan: I am speaking to what Mr. Watt is speaking to. Mr. Watt has made that point several times today, and has also said things like there is an implication here that something untoward was happening and it is absolutely not the case. With the greatest respect, until the Data Protection Commissioner decides that, Mr. Watt cannot possibly know that.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Those are legal issues. Data protection is also a legal issue.

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

Neasa Hourigan: As Deputy Shortall asked, does the Department make any differentiation between live or imminent cases and dormant cases in its approach to data collection?

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

Neasa Hourigan: So there is no cut-off point, for example after five or ten years, after which it is decided that a case is not going to be pursued. The Department continues to gather information.

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

Neasa Hourigan: Even when a child ages out, the Department continues to gather information.

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

Neasa Hourigan: I am finished.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Private Rented Accommodation (29 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. That was very helpful. I am very happy to hear that the RTB is considering the issue of illegal evictions and reporting to the Minister of State on it. This is very useful. I realise the matter is dealt with in the programme for Government. I am delighted to hear about it. What the RTB can do is very much about process and will be after the fact. What...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Private Rented Accommodation (29 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I am mindful that I have come into the Chamber to talk about illegal evictions. While the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is most definitely tasked with the reduction in the number of evictions generally, and we will try to get through it today, this might be more of an issue for the Department of Justice. That is the Department I had in mind when I tabled this matter....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Private Rented Accommodation (29 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I think I did but it may be that somebody was not available.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I am quite glad that I get to speak on the second week of the debate on the Bill because it gives me a chance to read and listen to the contributions Deputies have put forward, which has been very interesting. There has been quite a spectrum of responses to the Bill. For some the Bill goes too far and there is a feeling that it might pit communities against the inevitable reforms that will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Local Employment Service (29 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to score tenders in the procurement process for expanding local employment services; if a tender will be chosen based on the lowest cost provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (29 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 120. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to mental health reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22413/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Consultation Process (28 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 297. To ask the Minister for Finance the public consultation process through which members of the public can engage with the newly established Commission on Taxation and Welfare and table issues for its consideration. [22175/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology (28 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 1093. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline and expected completion date for the move of over 200 legacy financial systems in the health service to a single integrated financial and procurement management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22266/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for attending. To return to the issue of the licence fee, commitments were made in 2019 by the then Minister with responsibility for communications to examine the device-based model, which I am under the impression RTÉ would support. Has there been any significant communication or development between RTÉ and the Department of the Environment, Climate and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Apologies have been received from Deputies Lahart and Nash. Today the committee will engage with the Minister for Finance on the draft stability programme update. I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, and Mr. John McCarthy, assistant secretary at the Department of Finance. Before we begin, I will explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I will now open the floor to members. Leinster House has been experiencing all sorts of technical difficulties today, so let us all keep our fingers crossed that we get through this session okay. The first speaker is Deputy Boyd Barrett.