Results 41-60 of 267 for long speaker:Neasa Hourigan

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

Neasa Hourigan: In the medium to long term, so in three to five years, and right now as the Bill is coming through, are we still in the process of creating or spending capital funds on systems that rely on IHIs?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...to Parliamentary Question Nos. 200 of 15 February 2023 and 1151 of 21 March 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16772/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...; in particular, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas agreed with CHO 4 HSE senior management to accept out-of-area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is closed; if so, if he will provide the exact dates for when any...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representatives from her Department have met with trade unions representing healthcare workers with long-Covid since June 2022 regarding their pay arrangement; if so, the dates of those meetings; if any of these meetings were cancelled by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15231/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the dates that meetings were scheduled, since June 2022, between his Department and trade unions representing healthcare workers with long Covid to discuss pay issues relating to this medical condition; the dates of such meetings his Department and trade unions on long Covid and healthcare workers that were cancelled by his Department since June 2022; the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...15 February 2023, the number of staff directly employed by the HSE and the number of staff employed in Section 39 healthcare facilities known to be on leave from work for more than one year due to long-Covid symptoms, as evidenced by their receipt of special Covid leave with pay for that period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...the Minister for Health the medical basis on which a decision is being taken to remove special Covid leave with pay entitlements on 30 June 2023 from a large cohort of healthcare staff with severe long-Covid symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12344/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...physically present or who give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts is protected pursuant to both the Constitution and statute by absolute privilege. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...physically present or who give evidence from within the parliamentary precincts is protected pursuant to both the Constitution and statute by absolute privilege. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage in...

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

Neasa Hourigan: ...19 January 2023, if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas have agreed with CHO 4 HSE senior management to accept out-of-area respite or long-stay referrals from east Cork into community residences under their clinical governance in the event that the Owenacurra Centre is closed; if so, if he will provide the dates for when any...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...very specific project and the Department has said it is not particularly proceeding with it at present. There is no funding, no business case and no procurement. It is linked to a project that is long delayed. What is the agency saying about that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency: Discussion
Chapter 20: Management of the Clinical Indemnity Scheme of the Report on the Accounts of Public Services 2021 (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Yes, I am, because this has been a very long interaction to get a "No" answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Exactly. The division of e-care in the long term is that there would be an app on your phone with all your records and you could go to any doctor's office or anybody. I apologise because I know I have taken up a huge amount of time, but I just have one final question. Is overcrowding an issue in prisons at the moment? Are there facilities that would be identified as overcrowded?

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...been better and there were constraints that maybe did not need to be there. I am also very supportive of the idea of the corporate credit union, something the industry has been seeking for a long time, as an answer to the spectrum of credit unions in the market and a way of parsing the difficulty in respect of the scale and size of some credit unions as opposed to others. I welcome...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...two further points that the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, could pass on to the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. The first is that there seems to be a disconnect in terms of recognising long Covid. We could communicate very quickly with GPs by means of a one-page circular outlining the symptoms of long Covid and what it looks like. We know it is difficult to diagnose. It is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Mar 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: In some ways, the matter I want to talk about - the ongoing issue of long Covid and how it affects healthcare workers - is related to the pressure that we see in emergency departments and hospitals because it speaks to the staffing issue we are experiencing in the health service. By "healthcare workers", I do not just mean nurses and doctors. I also mean healthcare assistants, cleaners,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...back all the different decisions. Certainly, when we were looking at tax expenditures, it seemed like often the Department just did not know that was happening, or it had not reviewed it in a long time. I wonder if it would be possible to undertake that kind of work in-house. I would almost expect it to have more eyes on it than just that. Would it be fair to say that we would need a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: On recommendation 9.6, which is a long one relating to research and development tax credits, the simple question is whether the witnesses believe there is a good sense of what is happening with research and development tax credits now? Is there sufficient budgetary oversight of those issues? Do our guests, as two groups who work in this area, feel that they understand what is happening and...

Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (21 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...the citizens' assembly on drugs might not feel lucky when their names are picked out of the hat but I will consider them very lucky to enter into this debate. They might actually save lives in the long term. I echo what Deputy Ó Ríordáin said and I also hope we can hold the person at the very heart of the discussion. What I mean by this is that the drugs will come and...