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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Would the fact that it is so clinically focused have an impact on its reaching out to more community settings and the longer-term rehabilitation issues and how it interacts with that primary care? Is that one of the concerns about the NHP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Exactly, because nobody is representing these patients on the NHP. Ms O'Shea talked a little about the difference between the cohort who might experience an event and then maybe need quite long rehabilitation and people who may be born with a congenital issue. It strikes me that there is a parallel between type 1 and type 2 diabetes. We have had a very successful approach to type 1 with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that the kind of thing Ms O'Shea would like to see for people who have congenital issues with which they have to live for ever and ever?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Cardiovascular Health, Stroke and Heart Attack: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Ms O'Shea is a very good advocate for her group. I know I am out of time but I will just propose that we write to the CMO and the HSE. There absolutely should be a patient advocate or representative involved in any programme like this. It touches on a great many people's lives and it is completely unacceptable that this has been the case for three years.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a residential retrofit loan guarantee scheme; when the scheme will be open for applications; the details of the eligibility rules and other operational aspects of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54925/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will outline her Department's policy on extending the powers of local authority traffic wardens to include enforcement of other traffic offences in urban areas, such as driving in bus lanes and the failure to obey traffic lights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline her Department's policy on automatic number plate recognition technology; if she intends to legislate if necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54495/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces (12 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 779. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the appointment of a new co-ordinator for the Finglas-Cabra local drug and alcohol task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has issued any guidelines to the National Treasury Management Agency with regard to ethical investment, particularly the need to not invest in the arms industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53947/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to move to digital servicers but before I do, I will go back to one question answered by Mr. Patterson about purchasing existing sites or buildings for elective hospitals. I want a bit of clarification in that regard. Mr. Patterson said it was not possible to locate buildings in Cork, Dublin and Galway. Is that what he said? That implies there was an attempt to look at it as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: For clarity, was there an option on the table whereby we would buy a hospital in Dublin and build a hospital in Galway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: So there was a hybrid version.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Were they looked at individually by region or were they looked at as a package? Were we asking if we could buy three hospitals in three different areas or build three hospitals in three different areas? Was there a hybrid version-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: -----whereby we could buy one and build another?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That is great. I thank Mr. Patterson. I will move to the digital roll-out and digital patient health records. I am looking for an update around where the business case is. I appreciate that information has been put in around the general move and that our guests are taking the issue seriously. Can we have an update on timelines? In January this year, we talked about the way the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The 2018 business case has been substantially updated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Mr. Thompson is expecting the first draft to be completed by January. When will we get news of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: By "the Department", does Mr. Thompson mean the Department of Health or the Department of public expenditure and reform?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When do we talk to the Department of public expenditure and reform?