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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission (27 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 705. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 602 of 25 April 2023 and 617 of 9 May 2023, the reason the Mental Health Commission has declined a request from the Oireachtas Committee on Health to benchmark the provision of community residential mental health placements serving the combined East Cork HSE catchments of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 706. To ask the Minister for Health if he will identify the national mental health policy guiding Cork HSE management in its plans to replace long-stay mental health facilities in hospital campus locations in St. Stephen's Hospital and St. Finbarr's Hospital with new congregated settings involving a 50-bed unit in St. Stephen's Hospital and a 20-bed unit in St. Finbarr's Hospital; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 707. To ask the Minister for Health the names of the companies or individuals contracted by the HSE to remove 70 trees from Merlin Woods in 2023; the name of the arborist who carried out an assessment of the trees in advance of the works; if he will provide details of how the timber from the removed trees was disposed of, and in particular the destination of this timber and its use; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Policy (22 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the measures Iarnród Éireann has in place to foster biodiversity along its routes and land banks; the funding provided for and actions that have been taken on biodiversity since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28432/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Will the flagged idea of a sovereign wealth fund be on the agenda for the next meeting, as it is possibly one of the most important investments this Government will make? We have seen sovereign wealth funds perform very well around the world. However, they are now almost all engaged in an environmental, social and governance, ESG, framework, which acts very similarly to climate targets...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [29297/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the first progress report for the first quarter of 2023 of the climate action plan. [29296/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Taoiseach for the progress report. There is renewed concern about meeting our climate targets and about our emissions, given recent reports. Something I have been chasing up is our progress on geothermal energy. Based on the reply to a previous parliamentary question, it seems that what we really need is completion of the policy statement. The Minister tells me the policy...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome the Minister. I want to focus on a specific suggested amendment from the Irish Kidney Association. It is about the statutory responsibility for organ donor awareness. Could we have a conversation on that? Organ donation in general requires huge public trust and confidence. We exist in a climate where there is much misinformation. It speaks to the issue of managing...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Who will own that? Does the HSE own that?

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is it the HSE broadly or a particular spine of the HSE?

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: So it will take that on.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The thinking is that if there is a statutory delineation of those powers, resources and funding might follow. I notice in the Welsh legislation that there is a requirement for the minister, for the first five years, to report back to the Welsh Parliament or maybe a committee, since it is a significant change for people. Has the Department looked at this?

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I accept the GDPR point but we have also had the Health Information Bill come through this committee. Does the Minister envisage that this legislation will need to be updated at any point to align with any electronic health record requirements?

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That is okay. I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Will the Department consider putting it into the legislation that it is the HSE's role to engage in public education?

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I refer to the issue of data if we have a register. One of the amendments is about having an audit. That will require a considerable body of data. Significant work is being done in the health service to move towards electronic records and having more access to those data. In the collation of those data, has work been done to align what is outlined in this legislation with the plans up to...

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does this cover any data? We have a hybrid system where we have private hospitals. The physical aspects themselves are in question but the data collected in this context are also in question. Is this aspect covered by this legislation?

Select Committee on Health: Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. I thank the Minister.