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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position of Tusla in terms of requiring services providing accommodation to children under the Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection scheme for their staff to be Garda vetted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49489/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2024 (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 499. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of funding allocated to social inclusion groups in Budget 2024. [49418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 506. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the publication of the National Action Plan on Traveller and Roma Mental Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49457/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (14 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the Health Products Regulatory Authority’s role in conducting an inquiry into breaches of Article 17 of the Global Code of Conduct for Research that requires scientific research on animals conducted in non-EU countries to be performed in line with Irish and EU standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49997/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teagasc Activities (9 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It seems from that statement that Teagasc is disavowing the Dublin Declaration, which is interesting. Nobody, certainly not me, has suggested that the people involved in the declaration were not scientists, only that they are scientists who are fatally compromised. The conflicts of interest that I have read into the record in my initial statement are from Teagasc's briefing document, which...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Teagasc Activities (9 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The Guardiannewspaper, based on an investigation by Greenpeace UK, reported last week that leading European agribusiness groups using a manifesto called the Dublin Declaration have been lobbying senior EU officials against recommendations for reduced meat consumption in the bloc's cancer strategy, its sustainability policies and its climate goals. The Dublin Declaration of scientists on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to include decluttering support as part of the housing aid for older people grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33773/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We would never say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to put some questions about pharmacies myself before the end of my time. While I broadly accept the requirement for this legislation, it is useful for us to be clear about what we are talking about when talking about the rent-a-room scheme. While it is good that we are encouraging people to make the best use of their homes, we are also encouraging a system where people are not in any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When the review was done in the UK, it found that the most common substitution was in the area of things like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, SSRIs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The Department of Health has that capability already.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What is the level of communication with pharmacists in dealing with patients or customers because SSRIs, even generic substitutions, might affect people differently? Could Ms Seymour talk me through what the communication is from the Department to pharmacists on how they deal with that issue with patients?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: For the sake of clarity, is it the Department or is it a specific body which is issuing guidance to pharmacists around the particular substitution in the case of a shortage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The Minister is the final arbiter and is where the buck stops, which is fair enough, but are all of the groups or people listed out by Ms Seymour in the room when the Department is deciding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It is the HSE, then, which goes to the Minister with the recommendation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes, I know as I am just trying to understand how it might work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I notice in the UK that it has included a requirement - under what I believe is a separate piece of legislation - for the pharma industry to advise if shortages are imminent. Is that something we are looking at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Could Ms Seymour outline for me how that communication might work or happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What is the timeline for that?

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