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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...of witnesses 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the number of healthcare workers known to be currently out of work due to long-Covid symptoms; his plans to devise a scheme that would grant financial security to those healthcare workers with long-Covid who contracted the virus in the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7690/23]

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That means everything turns on and everything talks to everything else. How long is the optimisation phase - two years?

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I am cognisant of the seriousness of the spectrum of issues we are discussing. I will use my time to focus on the issue of long Covid because it is an emerging issue. Like a lot of people, I am trying to get a good handle on it. It is one of those issues arising out of the Covid pandemic that we possibly will be dealing with long into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Commission (8 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 349. To ask the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission has concerns about Owenacurra Centre residents being offered shared rooms in long-stay wards far outside east Cork as alternative placements, as well as temporary accommodation in Cork city; the way this action is in line with our commitments under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...what happens? For example, the HSE has closed down the Owenacurra Centre and there are 42 placements in north Cork and none in east Cork. This repudiates regionality in terms of the provision of long-stay beds. When that happens and someone flags it, what transpires next?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...the HSE, the Department and, to be honest, also the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and the Office of Public Works, OPW. We had the OPW here not so long ago and we were asking about some issues around funding decisions. I am aware, obviously, that officials from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4: Re-allocation of Voted Funds
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 7: The Housing Agency’s Revolving Acquisition Fund (26 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will move on. I want to pick up a little on the AHBs issue. We had a long discussion last week of the process whereby we will not own the asset towards the end of the process in respect of AHBs. We also talked about the level of public oversight in AHBs' decision-making. Representatives from the Housing Agency described to us that there will be an AHB group in every local authority....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What the letter raised is an issue that significantly damages people's lives in real time and in very quick order. The solving of that issue took an incredibly long time, and I am unhappy with that. I do not know when the last time was that we had the Charities Regulator in front of us.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...from a location outside the parliamentary precincts may not benefit from the same level of immunity from legal proceedings as a witness who is physically present does. 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Electronic Health Records: Discussion (25 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...18 months of data. This will push it very far out. Surely the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform can see this is not a reasonable way to make a decision. If it accepts that point, how long will it take the HSE to do the business case? How long did it take in the case of the partnership with the US company with regard to newborns, for example? How long will it take the HSE to...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ..., at the end of any kind of financial lien with an AHB, the AHB has full control over the asset and there is no allocation rights from the local authority. Is that correct? Okay. We can have a long conversation about value for money in terms of the State and having absolutely no allocation rights in perpetuity. However, just to be clear, regarding the briefings we received, much of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...December 2022, 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 centre (details supplied) is closed; if so, if he will provide the dates for when...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 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: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit: Discussion (resumed) (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...1 involved in that sector. There are definitely issues relating to workers in that sector. It contains a young cohort of workers, which is similar to many other creative sectors. I worked very long hours as an architect, perhaps 23 or 24 hours a day. That seems to be rife in the gaming industry. We might end up talking about the gaming credit at another time. However, I am mindful...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: ...for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 23 November 2022, when senior mental health management in Cork CHO 4 were offered their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine relative to when long-stay residents aged over-65 years in St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, and the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, were offered their first-dose vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: At a recent committee meeting, we discussed the HSE buying an existing home for long-term residential care that flooded in the past 18 months. I am aware of a development of 2,500 units just outside Midleton. Midleton has flooded significantly on ten occasions since 1993 and, yet, 2,500 units are being built at Water Rock. There is irony to the name. I am trying to get to the bottom of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
Chapter 8 - Contract payments in respect of Convention Centre Dublin (15 Dec 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: ...time the OPW was here. Obviously, there have been massive levels of construction inflation. Considering the cost of concrete, I am of the view that 20% is going to be a conservative figure in the long term. Are we building 20% fewer flood defences or will we increase the €1.3 billion figure by 20%?