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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 722. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022, 1903 of 14 June 2022, 565 of 13 December 2022, 354 of 19 January 2023, 570 of 7 March 2023 and 1454 of 18 April 2023, when the clinical directors of the North Cork, West Cork and South Lee areas agreed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 725. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 25 April 2023, the estimated costs associated with renovations of Millfield House, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23133/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 726. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 9 February 2022 and 597 of 25 April 2023, if he can confirm that the ten-bed replacement service for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, will be a 'continuing care' mental health service, as suggested in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 597 of 25 April 2023, bearing in mind that continuing care mental...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (16 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations specific to his Department outlined in the Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 to improve the functioning of the ISL Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22769/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline a timeline, completion date and cost to the State of the financial management shared services project by the National Shared Services Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21316/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Will the Minister of State outline the timeline, completion date and cost to the State of the financial management shared services project of the National Shared Services Office?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. To be clear, the first phase was started in April 2022 with eight bodies. In mid-2022, this House was told that phase 2 had begun, that it would include 15 bodies and that it should have been completed by the end of 2022. Will the Minister of State clarify whether we are still in phase 2? Has that begun? How far along is that phase? Have we started phase...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: If possible, special attention should be given to that costing because there obviously will be a projected cost. I understand that these are proprietary ICT programmes so it would be possible to know how much it is going to cost by 2025. It is a pretty medium-term range so I expect there is a number out there somewhere. I will flag for the Minister of State that a core element of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with other Departments and State bodies in providing employees with the option to avail of a four-day week; the number of employees in State bodies currently doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work his Department has undertaken in relation to reviewing sick leave entitlements and how it interacts with other entitlements such as maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21318/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any allowance will be made for out-of-hours community use of a hall (details supplied) under the agreement to transfer the hall to school ownership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22319/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Service (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many civil servants are currently seconded to An Garda Síochána; how many of those seconded employees have an active transfer request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22317/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Service (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many civil servants were seconded to An Garda Síochána in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to 1 May 2023; how many seconded employees transferred out of An Garda Síochána in the corresponding timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22318/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome the witnesses before the committee again. That is and interesting point because those involved in the EU work have also struggled with who is a data holder and who would have access to data, particularly where it overlaps with things like wellness apps. There is a very live conversation in the US on this at the moment. Obviously, wellness apps, which are proprietary, contain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I do not mean to cut across Mr. O'Connor. I welcome a strategic framework. People who sit on committees like this are very used to that kind of language. However, there was a very straightforward way ahead here which was not to link the business case to the hospital currently in development. We hear all the time that versions of e-health are being rolled out in maternity care and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We tend to think of that as people who go on a run and want to see how they are doing, but actually for people with diabetes it can be lifesaving.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is there a conflict between our legislation and EU protocols. People go to Türkiye and the UK for all sorts of things. Does Mr. Lennon consider that a difficulty?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What is timeline for the completion of that work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: There are several areas I want to cover. The first is the IHI and it is like wading through custard talking about it. On the IHI, I agree with Deputy Shortall that we have all come to a conclusion that the direction of the legislation is that the PPSN is the core identifier. Earlier it was said that sometimes PPSNs are wrong or that people might have two of them. Having two unique...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We have spent a lot of capital funds-----