Parliamentary questions

Pharmacy Services

Neasa Hourigan

1317. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress made to date in respect of the programme for Government commitment to commence talks with pharmacists on a new contract and enhancement of their role in the delivery of healthcare in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28491/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

297. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds microchipped with the Irish Coursing Club and entered on the Irish Stud Book between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, that were born in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27017/23]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Neasa Hourigan

135. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors referred to Tusla for eligibility assessment who were found to be adults (ineligible); and the number who were found to be minors (eligible) between 2021 to date, broken down by nationality of applicants. [26486/23]

Climate Action Plan

Neasa Hourigan

13. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach the role his Department has in ensuring climate action is a key priority across all Departments. [25678/23]

Foreign Policy

Neasa Hourigan

172. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he plans to appoint a chair to the consultative forum on international security policy; if so, if he will outline a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25662/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

695. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints made to the HSE in relation to breaches of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 which resulted in a person being found guilty of an offence under the Act. [25854/23]

Prison Service

Neasa Hourigan

6. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the most current schedule of audits on the accessibility of prison facilities, upholding the principles of the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24627/23]

Prison Service

Neasa Hourigan

40. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the work currently being undertaken to provide reasonable accommodations to prisoners with disabilities, including those who may be neurodivergent, autistic or have mental health conditions, as it relates to overcrowding and access to services in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24626/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

64. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the governance and oversight frameworks that reside with his Department in instances of the governing body of greyhound racing or coursing having failed to act on evidence of breaches of animal welfare legislation or to exclude trainers convicted of animal welfare breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24629/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

99. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department accept and endorse the findings of the 2021 Power report, commissioned by Rásaíocht Con Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24628/23]

Tax Rebates

Neasa Hourigan

131. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance whether VAT refunds are available specifically on the purchase of through-floor lift used by people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25471/23]

Housing Schemes

Neasa Hourigan

186. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grants and supports available for the purchase and maintenance of through-floor lifts used by people with disabilities in households that currently exceed the €60,000 yearly household income threshold under the housing adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25482/23]

An Garda Síochána

Neasa Hourigan

199. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice when the last full meeting of the Garda national diversity and integration forum took place; what supports are in place to assist the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25405/23]

Disability Services

Neasa Hourigan

243. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the grants and supports available for the purchase and maintenance of through-floor lifts used by people with disabilities outside of the housing adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25483/23]

Hospital Services

Neasa Hourigan

268. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of scalp-cooling services in the oncology ward of the Mater Hospital, which was previously curtailed on infection control advice related to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25396/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

272. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 918 of 8 November 2022, 299 of 19 January 2023 and 659 of 21 February 2023, if he will provide the information already sought and not provided in the response to Parliamentary Question No 299 of 19 January 2023, namely, a breakdown in tabular form of all costs associated with the removal of a row of trees outside Cork University Hospital on 22 October 2022; to include the names of the companies or persons that were commissioned for each of these services, including the arborist assessment, the tree-removal works, the clearance of the timber and the tree-planting assessment and any other associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25423/23]

Departmental Strategies

Neasa Hourigan

7. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [24231/23]

An Garda Síochána

Neasa Hourigan

21. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [24232/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

179. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds microchipped and entered (details supplied) between 1 January 2022 and 30 April 2023, that were born in 2022. [25291/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

180. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by year of birth, of the 5,312 non-coursing greyhounds recorded as "exported" in 2022 on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system. [25292/23]

Redundancy Payments

Neasa Hourigan

80. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the work undertaken by her Department to support the 200 people facing redundancy from a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24359/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Neasa Hourigan

83. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline her Department's plans to provide support for healthcare workers experiencing long Covid as a result of their service; her plans to provide recognition of long Covid under the section 87 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24358/23]

Courts Service

Neasa Hourigan

246. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the engagements he has had with the Department of Justice in relation to the restoration of barrister fees under the criminal legal aid scheme following FEMPI cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24097/23]

Departmental Policies

Neasa Hourigan

247. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the engagements he has had with the Department of Health and the HSE in relation to funding proposals for the new HSE Home Support Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24099/23]

Legislative Measures

Neasa Hourigan

528. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the status of his plans to bring forward a general scheme of a criminal legal aid Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24095/23]

Courts Service

Neasa Hourigan

529. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice his plans for the restoration of fees, arising from the FEMPI cuts, for barristers under the criminal legal aid scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24096/23]

An Garda Síochána

Neasa Hourigan

530. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the number of members and staff of An Garda Síochána, per grade, that resigned or were dismissed in each of the years 2018 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [24137/23]

An Garda Síochána

Neasa Hourigan

531. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the number of members and staff of An Garda Síochána, per grade, that resigned on health grounds in each of the years 2018 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [24138/23]

An Garda Síochána

Neasa Hourigan

532. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána holding full-time equivalent posts at the rank of Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent, Assistant Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner, in each of the years 2018 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [24139/23]

An Garda Síochána

Neasa Hourigan

533. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána, by grade and by division, in administrative posts who are in receipt of overtime payments; and the value of those payments from 2018 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [24140/23]

An Garda Síochána

Neasa Hourigan

534. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the number of complaints received by GSOC from 2018 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and the number of those complaints that have resulted in a criminal complaint. [24141/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

628. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of trainers' licences granted annually from 2018 to 2022 inclusive under the Greyhound Trainers Regulations 1961, in tabular form; the number that were revoked annually; and the number of previously registered trainers that are deemed ineligible to register. [24767/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

724. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progress of funding proposals for the new HSE Home Support Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24098/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

783. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of charities or individuals in the direct employment of charities registered in Ireland that are subject to tax withholding arrangements by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24352/23]

Health Services Staff

Neasa Hourigan

800. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will set out in tabular form the number of full-time posts and the number of part-time posts currently funded and staffed for non-clinical data management across genetic and rare disease services in the HSE. [24531/23]

Disease Management

Neasa Hourigan

801. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the current dedicated funding to support clinical leads in European Reference Networks on Rare Diseases in their engagement with European partners in the provision of services (outside of research funds, given the network is not a research network); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24532/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

802. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the HSE on legal fees in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 involving the defence of Grievance and or Dignity At Work cases or advice on such cases taken by HSE employees against HSE managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24533/23]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

803. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the cost of legal representation of HSE staff who are not at management level is covered by the organisation in Grievance or Dignity At Work cases taken against them by less senior ranking HSE staff, or if this is extended solely to managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24534/23]

Legislative Measures

Neasa Hourigan

335. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to progress the Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017; his plans to impose an obligation on housing authorities to recognise homeless families as a family unit, and to have specific regard to the best interests of the children of homeless families in crisis-accommodation situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23921/23]

Equality Issues

Neasa Hourigan

416. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his plans to address the prevalence and use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination and sexual harassment disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23679/23]

Departmental Data

Neasa Hourigan

468. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 25 April 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high-support hostels outside those HSE catchments since June 2021; the number of people in this cohort of service-users within those HSE catchments who have been transferred in the same timeframe to nursing homes, either within those HSE catchments or outside them; the reason that this information was not provided in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 25 April 2023, given that the respondent could obtain the information with ease by requesting 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 given its relevance to the broader impact of the decision by the HSE to close the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, without providing interim residential service provision locally beyond a three-bedroom property that is yet to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23917/23]

Departmental Programmes

Neasa Hourigan

46. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the bodies included in the second phase of the implementation of the Financial Management Shared Services Project; the number that will have migrated to the new system by the end of the second quarter of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/23]

Departmental Programmes

Neasa Hourigan

47. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how many and which bodies are scheduled to take part in the third phase of the Financial Management Shared Services Project; the number of the original 50 identified bodies that will remain for further phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23365/23]

Departmental Programmes

Neasa Hourigan

48. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the completed expenditure on the Financial Management Shared Services Project currently; the projected expenditure for 2023/2024; the current estimated cost of the project on completion by the NSSO of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23366/23]

Departmental Programmes

Neasa Hourigan

49. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current projected completion date for the Financial Management Shared Services Project by the NSSO; if the number of bodies that have migrated to the new system is up to date with the agreed project timeline from the project's commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23367/23]

Departmental Programmes

Neasa Hourigan

50. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline any further procurement or tendering required for the completion of the Financial Management Shared Services Project by the NSSO; if any further procurement of tender packages sit outside the original business case accepted by his Department; the estimated cost of further packages beyond the original €115 million estimate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23368/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

227. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health how the National Gender Service implements operational standards and guidance in fulfilling its remit under the Health Act 2004: Your Service, Your Say on dealing with complaints and feedback; if there is work ongoing in that implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23362/23]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

228. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline any interventions, memorandums of understanding or guidance provided to the National Gender Service from national oversight bodies such as the Mental Health Commission or the Patient Advocacy Service on improving the service and patient experience in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23363/23]

Renewable Energy Generation

Neasa Hourigan

164. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will consider allowing multiple homeowners in the same locale to apply for a solar electricity grant through a joint application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22497/23]

National Transport Authority

Neasa Hourigan

228. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline a timeline for when the National Transport Authority will produce recommendations on the development of camera-based enforcement at junctions and for management of bus/cycle lanes; when its report will be finalised and provided to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22590/23]