Results 1-20 of 220 for cork speaker:Neasa Hourigan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (16 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department supports a potential accelerated programme for the Cork Luas to be ready for passenger operations in 2031; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16080/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2024: Discussion (20 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I want to return to something we have spoken about a lot at the committee, namely, the provision of long-term residential facilities for mental health, particularly in Cork. I acknowledge the seriousness with which the HSE listened to the communities and the concerns and needs of the service users and their families. The way ahead is certainly very encouraging for the community,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (27 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 562. To ask the Minister for Health if Garnish House, Cork, has ceased operating as a residential mental health service; the names of the services where residents are being or have been transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9062/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (20 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be made available for the construction of the Dunkettle Road active travel scheme phase 2 in Glanmire, Cork in 2024; whether his Department is aware that there is approximately a 500 metres section of uncompleted walkway/cycleway at this location; whether his Department is aware that completion of this gap...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (20 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: ...for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional funding will be made available in 2024 for construction of the Leghenaghmore road improvement scheme, given that part 8 planning was approved by Cork City Council in 2021 and that there is currently no continuous footpath by which residents can exit their estates safely other than in a car in what is now a large residential area with further...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund an extension of the number of fully funded radiation therapy places in Trinity College, Dublin and University College, Cork ahead of September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7570/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to fund an extension of the number of practise tutors for radiation therapy courses in Trinity College, Dublin and University College, Cork ahead of September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (13 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to on-going problems of discoloured water in Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no "do not drink" notice has been issued in relation to the problem, despite Irish Water acknowledging to Cork City Council on 16 January 2024 that the discoloured water is unsafe to drink at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the provision of school bus transport to a school in Glanmire, County Cork (details supplied); if she is aware of growing attendance at the school and interest in bus transport from surrounding areas, including Crawford Woods; how her Department intends to address this pressure on school bus transport to the school; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (7 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: ...Local Government if he will provide a timeline for when the Government will conclude its consideration of sites recommended for transfer to the Land Development Agency; if he anticipates the former Cork Prison site to be included among these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4993/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jan 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the implementation of next generation ticketing and cashless payment under BusConnects Cork; the expected benefits of this, especially with regard to punctuality and reliability of public transport services in the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56752/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (17 Jan 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 414. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of IDA lands north of the Kilbarry Enterprise Centre in Cork, which were re-zoned for residential development in the most recent Cork City Development plan; whether the IDA agreed to transfer these lands to the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56715/23]

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

Neasa Hourigan: ...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 package. Is that correct? I presume that of those three, there would be locations in one or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on total projected costs for the renovation/extension of Carraig Mór intensive care psychiatric facility in Shanakiel, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50998/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...it from the consultant psychiatrists on the two mental health teams under whose care the service-users in questions would have been, and given that similar information on the transfer of east Cork service-users was provided in response to previous Parliamentary Questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47588/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...to keep Owenacurra open have always emphasised that the decision on closure was not based on the best interests of the residents, and that it would affect a broader cohort of people in east Cork. It removed those beds from east Cork and there were no similar beds, and there are still no similar beds, in east Cork. I will start with that question of putting patients at the heart of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...what happened to the people who were living in Owenacurra. Since it was decided that Owenacurra is not now a viable option there would be a cohort of, I suspect, between 15 and 20 people in east Cork who needed those options. Those are not now on the table. There was also a cohort who never stepped through the door of Owenacurra, or who were perhaps making use of intermittent respite...

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that location in east Cork?

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sorry. I am trying to be accurate and I do not mean to cut across Ms O'Donovan. How many beds are available in east Cork now?

Committee on Public Petitions: Closure of Vital Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: No, that is north Cork.