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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 895. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendation made by the national immunisation advisory committee in respect of the prioritisation of family carers in the roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (3 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 1071. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new agreement of Horse Racing Ireland with a group (details supplied) includes an agreement for Irish participation in specific race meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11421/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (3 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 1072. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new agreement of Horse Racing Ireland with a group (details supplied) includes an agreement for domestic or non-domestic advertising rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (3 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 1073. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the competitive concerns that preclude the reporting of remuneration at Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland (3 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 1074. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance rules of the board of Horse Racing Ireland relating to board members serving more than two four-year terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11424/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a different set of questions but I wish to follow up on what Deputy Munster was querying. When Mr. Quinn said there is no single body responsible for gathering data on the performance of contracts, was he referring to capital works or general expenditure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: From the previous conversation, I understand Mr. Quinn's position is that no single Government body has the task of gathering data on the performance of contracts.

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Does that entail both capital works and general expenditure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I would like to return to the use of environmental and social considerations in public procurement. Mr. Quinn has already outlined a number of projects where that initiative is in place. Will he outline the scale of the implementation of those sustainable targets across public procurement generally?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: There is a three-year timeframe and, as Mr. Quinn said, that relates back to the 2019 climate plan. The Government is about to publish a climate Bill, which will have significantly updated and binding targets. Is there an intention to review the current initiative in light of those?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Most environmental assessment methods would utilise a baseline year for review if they are going to implement procurement changes. Am I to take it that the baseline of any system would be 2019?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is there no intention to update it for any new legislation that might come through that has binding targets in terms of public procurement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: The Land Development Agency, LDA, is already operating and we are about to see legislation on it coming through the Dáil. What kind of commencement supports does the OGP offer to new State or semi-State bodies in terms of procurement and setting up procurement standards?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: To be clear, the LDA has to reach out to the OGP. The OGP does not necessarily go into any State or semi-State body on its commencement to set up procurement standards for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Chairman. I wish the Minister and the Ministers of State, who are in the room with him, a good afternoon. I want to ask the Minister about the requirements HSE staff are being asked to meet to volunteer for the vaccination teams. I have been contacted by an employee of Crumlin hospital who has responded to a call for people to join the vaccination team in Citywest, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: It sounds onerous. Can we agree in principle if a person is registered by a relevant medical body, that is proof of a qualification?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Covid-19 Health Related Issues: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to follow up on the previous session we had. One of the questions I asked related to the use of GPs as the primary referral into the vaccination programme. I highlighted the fact that many people in Ireland do not have a relationship with, or access to, a GP. We all know we are relatively short on GPs in this country. That is particularly relevant in communities where people are...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome the clauses in the Bill that make provision for unaccompanied minors or those seeking international protection. I would like to draw his attention to people who have been granted a legal right to enter the State as family members of refugees or under the international humanitarian admission programme. It is not practical for these people to further delay their travel to Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to impose conditions on the transfer of residential mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10538/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waste Management (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the requirements on event organisers and vendors to have integrated waste management plans when hosting events in the Phoenix Park; the guidance provided by the Office of Public Works, OPW, to help event organisers and vendors minimise waste when hosting events in the Phoenix Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10390/21]