Parliamentary questions

Care Services

Neasa Hourigan

355. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No 361 of 1 December 2022, the breakdown of the security costs associated with a facility (details supplied) in each of the years 2019 to 2022; if he will provide clear details on each of the component parts of those costs, including the duration of security presence in the facility per day for each of those years; if he will provide details of any tendering process that may have applied to the awarding of security contracts by the HSE for same in tabular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2626/23]

Business Supports

Neasa Hourigan

363. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if commercial companies that purchase gas at commercial rates in order to then supply district heating schemes will be able to avail of the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1930/23]

Tax Credits

Neasa Hourigan

364. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will allow renters to claim the rent tax credit in circumstances in which a landlord refuses to supply a RTB registration number given that the Revenue Commissioners online system currently does not allow an application to be submitted without this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1939/23]

Parking Provision

Neasa Hourigan

391. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost to date associated with the development of a new parking strategy for the Phoenix Park, as recommended in the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Study 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63216/22]

Parking Provision

Neasa Hourigan

395. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline any previous undertakings that a global engineering and transport infrastructure company (details supplied), engaged with the Phoenix Park parking strategy, has had with the Office of Public Works, in particular in relation to the national historic parks department and dealings related to listed architectural heritage buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63270/22]

Middle East

Neasa Hourigan

622. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the engagements that he has had with the government of Israel in relation to a case (details supplied) and the forced transfer of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1978/23]

Care Services

Neasa Hourigan

1293. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 23 November 2022, if the next-of-kin of the residents of the centre (details supplied) have, with consent from their relatives been invited to all integrated care-plan meetings for their relatives since January 2021; if the next-of-kin have been informed of the purpose of an integrated careplan meeting and shown a copy of the completed form; the number of integrated careplan meetings that have taken place for the residents since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63668/22]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Neasa Hourigan

1406. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 15 November 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the payments agreed by the HSE to each of the companies and individuals involved in renovations and adaptations of Glenwood House, Carrigaline, since its purchase by the HSE in January 2021 to date in tabular form; the names of those companies and individuals, alongside relevant costings; if he will provide details of any tendering process involved in the commissioning of those works on Glenwood House by the HSE; the funding sources for each of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1143/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1407. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE's use of Glenwood House as a mental health facility, two years after its purchase (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1144/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1408. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 23 November 2022, the date that, according to the HSE a change in service requirements was identified by CHO 4 Mental Health Services for Glenwood House necessitating a full refurbishment of the property for future accommodation use as a community residence on a permanent basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1145/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1409. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if any potential conflicts of interest among HSE managers were made known to the CHO 4 chief officer in respect of contracts of any kind offered by the HSE or in respect of any purchases made by the HSE during the years 2019 to 2022; if such declarations have been made, the number that were made during the timeframe in question in CHO 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1146/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1410. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents placed in a mental health facility (details supplied) in County Laois on 30 December 2019, 30 December 2020, 30 December 2021, and 30 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1147/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1411. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the HSE's intentions with regard to the use of a location (details supplied) as a mental health facility; if the HSE plans to use the location as a community mental health residence into the future; if so, the number of service-users who will be placed there; the extent of the HSE's engagement with residents and their families regarding future plans for the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1148/23]

Vaccination Programme

Neasa Hourigan

1551. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister 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 matter. [1716/23]

Vaccination Programme

Neasa Hourigan

1552. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the decision-making regarding vaccine sequencing to staff and patient cohorts by HSE managers will form part of the State's inquiry into its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1717/23]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

1553. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 638 of 5 October 2021 and 691 of 29 November 2022, the reason that the HSE is not yet clear if a property that it is purchasing in Midleton, County Cork, for the purpose of residential mental health placements will accommodate three or four residents even at the 'sale agreed' stage of the purchase; the way in which the HSE can reconcile its contention that the Owenacurra Centre had to close partly due the fact that its premises fell "significantly short of Government's Climate Action Plan requirements" with reports that it is now investing in a property in a part of Midleton that is at significant risk of flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1718/23]

Legislative Reviews

Neasa Hourigan

1631. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he is in receipt of the independent review of the legislation on Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [1907/23]

Health Services Staff

Neasa Hourigan

1692. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to categorise athletic therapists as a profession regulated by CORU, considering their specialisation in the field of neuromusculoskeletal medicine related to physical activity in sporting, recreational and working environments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2201/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1747. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost to Greyhound Racing Ireland of sponsoring a competition (details supplied) and a final on a television station on 17 and 24 September 2022, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63241/22]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1864. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the figure of 4,150 given in a report (details supplied) for industry-supported full-time and part-time jobs consists of jobs in the greyhound racing industry only; the number of these jobs that are related to the activity of hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2083/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1865. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the figure of 10,361 given in a report (details supplied) for the total number of persons deriving economic benefit from the greyhound sector refer to those deriving economic benefit from the greyhound racing sector only; the number of the 10,361 given for the total number of persons deriving economic benefit from the greyhound sector that are related to the activity of hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2084/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1866. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the figure of €103.8 million per annum given in a report (details supplied) for the gross wage bill refer to wages earned by those involved in the greyhound racing industry only; the amount of the figure of €103.8 million for the gross wage bill that relates to the activity of hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2085/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1867. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the figure of €88.2 million given in a report (details supplied) for net incomes generated in the industry refers to net incomes generated by the greyhound racing industry only; the estimated amount of the figure of €88.2 million given for net incomes generated in the industry that relates to the activity of hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2086/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1868. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the figure of 6,211 owners given in a report (details supplied) refers to owners of greyhounds used in the greyhound racing industry only; the number of the 6,211 owners that relates to the activity of hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2087/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1869. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of individual greyhound pups born in Ireland during the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, the breakdown of racing and coursing pups and the number of litters born in the same period. [2094/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1870. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs in the greyhound racing pool for each of the months January to December 2020, in tabular form. [2095/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1871. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the advice given to greyhound owners on the website of an organisation (details supplied) that greyhound owners never place any greyhounds with anti-racing rehoming groups reflects the official policy of Rásaíocht Con Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2096/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1872. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a feasibility study of the proposed development works at Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium has been carried out; if so, the outcome of this study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2097/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1873. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a feasibility study of the proposed development works at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium has been carried out; if so, the outcome of this study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2098/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1874. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds killed and injured at Irish greyhound tracks during the period 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022, in tabular form, by the categories of racing, official trials, unofficial trials and sales trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2099/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1875. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that were homed by an organisation (details supplied) in the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022, by directly and indirectly homed greyhounds and by coursing and non-coursing greyhounds in the directly homed number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2100/23]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

1876. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a greyhound (details supplied) was drug tested and checked by a veterinarian following his failure to leave trap six in the sixth race at Mullingar greyhound track on 18 December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2101/23]

Departmental Bodies

Neasa Hourigan

123. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the District Heating Steering Group will finalise its first set of recommendations; if he plans to publish those recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62789/22]

Housing Schemes

Neasa Hourigan

79. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider expanding the number of mortgage protection insurance providers available to local authority home loan applicants under the compulsory local authority mortgage protection insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62484/22]

Legislative Reviews

Neasa Hourigan

80. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the scope of the review of section 25 of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019; when the review is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62485/22]

School Staff

Neasa Hourigan

161. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she has considered plans to introduce a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers, where teachers seeking voluntary redeployment could enter their details on an online portal to seek a direct swap with a matching teacher seeking the reverse relocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62822/22]

Health Service Executive

Neasa Hourigan

564. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has had any discussions, formal or informal with a developer or other potential investor or State agency regarding the future use of the site or premises of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61806/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

565. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 484 of 16 November 2021, 1715 of 19 January 2022, 169 of 9 February 2022, 186 of 23 March 2022, 720 of 17 May 2022 and 1903 of 14 June 2022, in recognition of the fact that removing the majority of 24-hour staffed placements from east Cork will entail that service need being met in other parts of Cork where those placements continue to be funded; if the clinical directors of the west Cork, north Cork and south Lee HSE mental health catchment areas have agreed with CHO4 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 a centre (details supplied) is closed; if so, if he will provide dates for when any such agreements may have been made; the context in which such agreements were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61807/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

614. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funds generated from the sale of the now-vacated Dundrum hospital site will be reinvested in mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62083/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

9. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish an occupational injury scheme for healthcare workers with long Covid who were exposed to the virus in their workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61304/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

116. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the closure of a centre (details supplied) in Midleton, County Cork; if he will provide an update on the ongoing supports being provided to the remaining residents and their families in the process of being transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61305/22]

Hospital Facilities

Neasa Hourigan

316. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the 2018 HSE review of hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61475/22]

Banking Sector

Neasa Hourigan

20. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance the definition of "market failure" for the purposes of the retail banking review report; the criteria in his view that would constitute market failure in the retail banking sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61119/22]

Banking Sector

Neasa Hourigan

21. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance where responsibility lies in the Retail Banking Review Report for recommendations referring to ‘the retail banking sector’; the way that these actions will be assessed; if there will be any consequences for failure to achieve these actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61120/22]

Energy Policy

Neasa Hourigan

125. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for when the review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems and the recommendations originating from the same will be brought to Government for its consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60757/22]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

637. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons invited by the National Screening Service to partake in BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the percentage of invitees accepted their invitation in tabular form. [60670/22]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

638. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of breast cancers that were detected by the National Screening Service in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 through BreastCheck in tabular form. [60671/22]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

639. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of pre-cancers and cancers that were detected by the National Screening Service in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 through CervicalCheck in tabular form. [60672/22]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

640. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of pre-cancers and cancers that were detected by the National Screening Service in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 through BowelScreen in tabular form. [60673/22]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Neasa Hourigan

641. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the overall national radiology waiting lists by hospital and scan type, that is, ultrasounds, CT scans and MRIs in tabular form. [60674/22]