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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Sláintecare Reforms (27 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: At the time of the announcement there was not a duration specified but that would imply that in the next fiscal year we begin again.

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: 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: 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 Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (26 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed bridge across the River Liffey at the War Memorial Gardens; the timeline for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41094/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. She is right insofar as there is sometimes a dearth of clinical data. Most services are now linking up with that issue. We have good principles from WPATH, including dignity, equality, equity, justice and fairness. At the moment we have entered into a public debate around people's very right to exist, but in real life those services do not exist in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 724. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds that participated in a least one official trial at an RCE-registered track, broken down by year of birth, for each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form. [39504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1024. To ask the Minister for Health whether the full investigation report into the handling of Covid-19 at a facility (details supplied) in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, in 2020 will be published; whether he has discussed this report with the HSE CEO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40607/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (13 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the hall at a school (details supplied) can be returned to school use by September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34785/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (13 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 612. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether the IPAS facility at a location (details provided) was procured under a formal tender process or as emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34784/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the European Council meeting. [33682/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It would be very big because that is the chief point at which the State might recoup some of its costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: At what stage is that tender expected to come back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: If it gets started around Christmas, then, we are looking at having this up and running in mid-2025.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When the employer's representative looks at the document and does not deem it compliant, the board will not refer that information to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: There is a reason I am asking this question. At that point of substantial completion, the board takes its hands off the wheel and it is with CHI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I completely understand that but Mr. Gunning and I both know that best practice is that 18 or 24 months before a patient walks in the door, the operational commissioning has a full schedule and people are looking at it and are on site. There is a reason I am asking this. Has there been an exploration of phasing within substantial completion? Has the board looked at that, whereby it might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I totally understand but I am asking specifically about handover. Mr. Gunning pointed to the supplementary information he provided to us on the claims. As I only have one minute left, I seek a quick point of clarity on the 2,175 claims. The subtotal under disputed claims and adjustments comes to 1,278 and then there is that overlap of 997 claims. I acknowledge I am throwing a load of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on New National Children’s Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am just mindful that as we hopefully, at some stage, approach substantial completion, for many of these claims, the average run time would be 15 or 20 months or two or three years. The employer's representative determines whether a claim is valid. Is that-----