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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (10 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the research his Department has undertaken to examine the experiences and impact of in-work homelessness; if he will outline the supports in place for people who are working whilst experiencing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43696/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (10 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 469. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce mandatory fortification of foodstuffs with folic acid following his Department's Folic Acid Policy Committee report on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43498/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 489. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 27 September 2022, if he will outline which five recommendations are still in progress as part of the full implementation of the Chief Medical Officer’s report on The Use of Uro-Gynaecological Mesh in Surgical Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43586/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (10 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 512. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding to ensure that defibrillators are available in public places, such as community centres and schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43663/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (10 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 515. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure hospital pharmacy technicians are subject to a statutory professional regulatory regime and that their qualification is standardised across the various providers of pharmacy technician education and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43709/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the name of the external supplier procured by his Department in conjunction with the Public Appointments Service to assist in the search of a permanent replacement for the role of chief executive of Dublin City Council; the cost of the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43232/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I do not know if the witnesses would like to address the issue raised by Deputy Canney, because I am going to move on to Owenacurra.

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Chair for letting me in, as this is not my usual committee. I also thank the witnesses for appearing today. I will start by saying that over the past 18 months the Owenacurra issue has been before the Joint Committee on Health, the Committee of Public Accounts and the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health. It is a little disheartening to hear the witness citing the Mental Health...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Exactly right.

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will give some context to reiterate the question. I have other questions about what happened to the people who were living in Owenacurra. Since it was decided that Owenacurra is not now a viable option there would be a cohort of, I suspect, between 15 and 20 people in east Cork who needed those options. Those are not now on the table. There was also a cohort who never stepped through...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that location in east Cork?

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry. I am trying to be accurate and I do not mean to cut across Ms O'Donovan. How many beds are available in east Cork now?

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: No, that is north Cork.

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That was not the case until 2021, was it?

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: East Cork and north Cork were separate. North Cork had 36 beds and east Cork had 20 beds. Now, east Cork has no beds and we are considering it part of north Cork.

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I fully support the community model. I fully support people staying in their home as long as possible with their family. There will always be a small cohort of people who need 24 hour care in a much more supportive community. We had 20 places in east Cork. Are we now saying that not only do we have no beds in east Cork, but we do not even recognise east Cork as a separate entity to north Cork?

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We will come to that.

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will move on to the safety and quality committee of the HSE board, which met in February 2023 to discuss the Owenacurra closure. This is more about those residents who were in Owenacurra. The minutes of that meeting stated: "Some members of the Committee expressed dissatisfaction with the need to transfer the residents away from the Midleton area contrary to their expressed wishes." That...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It can be seen from the minutes that the clinical team was very unhappy.