Results 821-840 of 6,785 for speaker:Neasa Hourigan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: When does the new fiscal year begin for the HSE?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: It is in January. Mr. Gloster is not committing to looking at the freeze again at that stage.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I accept this completely. I have a question for the Department also but before that I have one more question for Mr Gloster. It is the control number the same for next year? Is it 1,400?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: We do not know the cap number yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: My next question is for the Department and I want to stay on this issue. In terms of bringing forward new developments and projects, such as the diabetes register, where will the freeze leave this work? Money was allocated in budget 2023, which I presume will not be spent. How is that being dealt and what does it mean for budget 2024 if there is no realistic expectation those projects will...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: What Mr. Gloster is saying is that any discretion the HSE has is being used to keep services going. That implies there is no serious staffing space for new developments, registries or programmes. Is the Department aware of that and planning for that, or will we continue in 2024 to be told about this or that new programme or policy when we know they will not move forward?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: In 2024, we probably will not realistically see any new programmes launched, though we might get the document.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Are the Department and the HSE not at a stage where they know the staffing and budget situation is such that there will be no significant movement on new programmes? Taking those individual programmes, it seems clear that nothing will happen in the next 12 months.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: So we will still see documents and proposals launched but with no staffing behind them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I would like more detail on the hiring freeze for managerial positions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: Can I glean from this that where work exists for which we cannot have new staff we are going to ask existing staff to cover some of it to keep the service going.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: That is exactly right. We fund a lot of them. In 2023, there was funding for the diabetes register but it is not happening.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: I totally accept that. The Department has the strategies and funding but there is a practical implementation that is not happening at a vital point in the system. The funding and policy are there, but the staff are not.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (26 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHOs currently prescribing methadone to those experiencing opioid addiction; and the number of prescriptions prescribed in respect of each CHO in 2022, in tabular form. [41129/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (26 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CHOs currently prescribing methadone to those experiencing opioid addiction; and the number of prescriptions prescribed in respect of each CHO in 2022, in tabular form. [41129/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (26 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the data being collected on the effects of the marketing of zero-alcohol products with the same branding, logos and colours as their parent alcoholic counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41146/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (26 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the data being collected on the effects of the marketing of zero-alcohol products with the same branding, logos and colours as their parent alcoholic counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41146/23]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (26 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: 95. To ask the Taoiseach whether data is collected on rates of child poverty, particularly in areas of deprivation, as defined by Pobal, by his Department or any relevant bodies; the methods used; and the subsets under which this data is collected. [41134/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (26 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: 136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to staffing and hiring issues affecting the current operation of, and the planned extension of, public bus services in the Cork metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41101/23]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Sep 2023)
Neasa Hourigan: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to undertake a review of the VAT classification of hairdressers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41143/23]