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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding supports in place for trainee teachers of private colleges to attend their mandatory Gaeltacht placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10165/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for trainee teachers of private colleges to attend their mandatory Gaeltacht placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10166/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 756. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the 12-month bone marrow donation ban for gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 757. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the 12-month blood donation ban for gay and bisexual men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 918. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising persons with cystic fibrosis on the vaccine priority list. [9981/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (24 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 1032. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent audit of the management of hazardous waste by the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service; his views on this; his plans to ensure all the recommendations arising out of the audit are fully actioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10524/21]

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I reiterate something Deputy Sherlock said earlier, that is, that there is an expectation of transparency when it comes to remuneration in this day and age. I am rather perplexed that a group in receipt of significant public funds would suggest that such information would be made available to the committee. That information should be made available to the wider public. That would be best...

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: If I may characterise that as a loophole, is that loophole outlined in HRI governance documents? Surely somebody's attendance at the board in whatever capacity still counts as an attendance at the board.

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it possible they could continually change their positions in terms of their use to the board and continue beyond the two four-year terms?

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: That was introduced in 2016. It is now 2021. The four-year term is well and truly up and there could have been a change in that appointment.

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: In fairness, that would make it a little more problematic. Mr. Kavanagh raised the oncoming challenges HRI faces from Brexit and Covid for the next year. I have two follow-up questions about that matter. Mr. Kavanagh referred to the publication last March of the strategic plan up to 2024. I have read that report and it identifies a reliance on media rights as a weakness. At the moment,...

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I suspect I am out of time but I ask Mr. Kavanagh to give me a "Yes" or "No" answer to this. Is HRI carrying out a risk assessment on a possible ban on gambling advertising?

Public Accounts Committee: Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2019 (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Mr. Kavanagh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Alignment of Special Education Policy with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: I wish the Minister of State a good afternoon. I have three different areas I want to get to if possible. First, for those students who are not in a special class but who are in a mainstream class and receive resource hours, could the Minister of State outline what supplementary supports such children, for example, a child with a visual impairment or a deaf child in a mainstream class, are...

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: A number of weeks ago, I engaged with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, on a number of issues with regard to private emergency accommodation, which is a rapidly increasing proportion of the accommodation provided and, it seems, a very profitable one. The Minister persistently referenced the role of local authorities and the Dublin Region Homeless Executive in tackling our homelessness...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (18 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made in introducing legislation with regard to the EU conflict minerals regulation; the estimated number of companies to fall under the regulation; the supervisory authority that will be responsible for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9195/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 265. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent cancellation of all paediatric diabetes clinic appointments in the Regional Hospital Mullingar due to ongoing unsafe staffing levels; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9118/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 289. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider prioritising kidney patients on the vaccine priority list. [9194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (17 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce the amount of palm oil consumed in Ireland in view of the negative social and environmental impacts of palm cultivation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8589/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (17 Feb 2021)

Neasa Hourigan: 99. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs borne by the National Transport Authority to date in relation to the Phoenix Park transport and mobility options study; and the estimated further cost in respect of same. [8520/21]