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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (21 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome that information, particularly that the Minister will be meeting with SIPTU on this issue. I was lucky enough to go to the bus depot in Summerhill to look at the electric buses recently, which are fantastic to see. One of the issues we discussed was the need to attract more women into the service. One of the big barriers to that is the need to communicate to the public or those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (21 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: To reiterate, part of that is a perception of safety. I would not endeavour to speak for SIPTU but one thing that might be useful would be to have a transport stakeholder forum where unions can work with the Department to ensure that across the board, across all of our public transport, there is a perception that you are safe when you use a bus, a Luas or a Local Link, that you are protected...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (21 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address anti-social behaviour and abuse directed at workers on the public transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13225/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (21 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I ask the Minister to provide an update on plans to address antisocial behaviour and the abuse of drivers and workers on public transport.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: As was alluded to, most of us in politics have spent the last few weeks discussing care, people's right to care, how we care for our families and how we care in the home. Can we get an update in that regard, in light of the fact that a very large portion and majority of older people would like to stay in their homes for as long as possible? The programme for Government made a commitment to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: First, I thank the Minister for her earlier comments in which she clearly differentiated the perpetrator of the tragic incident last week on Parnell Square from those who inhabit the streets of my constituency, Dublin-Central. There is an increasing appetite for scapegoating people in addiction or who are forced to live on the street, often due to the failures of us in this House, and to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister for the two confirmations of those two important approvals. I take her point that community use is a matter for the parish, but what we are talking about today is how in use the building is. As the Minister will know, the hall closed in 2020, ostensibly for fire-safety reasons - there are some differing views on that - and there has been a hard fought local campaign, as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Accommodation (30 Nov 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister for that information . I know she met the group from the school and the area and has engaged with the issue. I welcome that and the further information about the project manager framework. We will monitor its progress with a view to ensuring it is done as urgently as possible.

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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. She is right insofar as there is sometimes a dearth of clinical data. Most services are now linking up with that issue. We have good principles from WPATH, including dignity, equality, equity, justice and fairness. At the moment we have entered into a public debate around people's very right to exist, but in real life those services do not exist in Ireland....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the revised care plan for those seeking gender identity services, taking into account World Professional Association for Transgender Health, WPATH, standards of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40454/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: How is the Department seeking to review services for gender-affirming care according to WPATH best practice?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (21 Sep 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am wondering, given that the question was put to the Department in July, whether it is possible to get some sort of timeline for those with the issues in question. As the Minister of State knows, WPATH set out that part of best practice would be to respect patients, part of which would involve a workable service. It sets out the need for local, accessible services that are affordable and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (12 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the European Council meeting. [33682/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Transport Policy (4 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach the policy in his Department regarding the use of the Government jet. [30916/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Jul 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with drugs policy will next meet. [30915/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government (27 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he is considering new divisions in his Department. [30914/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Will the flagged idea of a sovereign wealth fund be on the agenda for the next meeting, as it is possibly one of the most important investments this Government will make? We have seen sovereign wealth funds perform very well around the world. However, they are now almost all engaged in an environmental, social and governance, ESG, framework, which acts very similarly to climate targets...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [29297/23]