Parliamentary questions

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

754. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds named in each of the years 2015 to 2021, inclusive. [58710/22]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

755. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown by status, for example, racing, injured, exported, deceased and so on, of the 23,760 non-coursing greyhounds subject to traceability on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system in each month from January to December 2021. [58711/22]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

756. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown based on year of microchipping for the 23,760 non-coursing greyhounds subject to traceability on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system from January to December 2021. [58712/22]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

781. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds that were microchipped and tattooed in Ireland from 2010 to 2021 and to date 2022, as recorded and maintained by an organisation (details supplied). [59103/22]

Corporate Governance

Neasa Hourigan

46. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the negotiations regarding the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; if he plans to ensure that companies and financial institutions, including asset managers and institutional investors, as part of the Directive will be held responsible for violations of human rights and environmental standards along their entire value chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58185/22]

Energy Policy

Neasa Hourigan

51. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to a number of EU member states that have chosen to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty; if Ireland plans to reconsider its position in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58180/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

193. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 12 October 2022, if the residents of a centre (details supplied) who have been offered placement in another centre in Cork city have been informed that this is a temporary placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58371/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

194. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if next-of-kin of the residents in a 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 care plan meeting and shown a copy of the completed form; the number of ICP meetings that have taken place for the residents since January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58372/22]

Vaccination Programme

Neasa Hourigan

195. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when senior mental health management in Cork CHO4 were offered their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine relative to when long-stay residents aged over-65 years in facilities (details supplied) were offered their first-dose vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58373/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

196. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the final cost of the works carried out on a centre (details supplied) in Carrigaline since January 2021; the reason for the increase in cost of these works from the original budget of €250,000; the reason that the original number of placements to be provided at the centre was reduced from fourteen to ten; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58374/22]

Waste Management

Neasa Hourigan

187. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on his plans to ensure the provision of an organic waste bin as part of a waste collection service for all households; his plans to roll out organic bins to the varying types of homes in Dublin such as terraced housing with no front gardens and apartment complexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57869/22]

Departmental Priorities

Neasa Hourigan

207. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if studies have been conducted on the way that projects relating to BusConnects, MetroLink and the Royal Canal Greenway will impact local communities during their respective construction phases, particularly in the Dublin 7 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57364/22]

Bus Services

Neasa Hourigan

219. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will consider extending the free travel currently offered to staff of Luas, Go Ahead and Dublin Bus on each respective service to cover all three transport operators, regardless of which of the three individual operators where a person works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57633/22]

Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

696. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the HSE plans relating to the retention of telemedicine as part of the care pathway for early medical abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57907/22]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

784. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that an incorrect figure of €15,600, which included coursing pups, for the number of pups born in 2019 was provided by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to the author of a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57482/22]

Greyhound Industry

Neasa Hourigan

785. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of persons in attendance at Shelbourne Park for the Irish greyhound derby competition nights between 19 August 2022 and 24 September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57483/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

303. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of service-users under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh, Glenville Adult Mental Health Services in east Cork who have availed of either short-term respite or longer-term placement in nursing-homes or in CHO4 mental health facilities from 1 January 2021; the names of the mental health facilities and the number of service-users transferred to each facility since that time; if the service-user is in single-occupancy or shared rooms in the case of each transfer to either a mental health facility or nursing home since 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57174/22]

Healthcare Policy

Neasa Hourigan

190. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the progress that has been made on his work to introduce a public health obesity act, including examining restrictions on promotion and advertising aimed at children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56998/22]

Mental Health Services

Neasa Hourigan

191. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of residents in the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton on 1 January 2021; the facilities that each of those residents from that date onwards have moved to since, including the number of residents who may have moved to the same facility; the number of residents who have moved to single rooms; the number of residents who have moved to shared rooms in other facilities; the number of other residents in those shared rooms in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57001/22]

Tax Code

Neasa Hourigan

193. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance the reason that the reduction on VAT on newspapers from 9% to zero was not extended to periodicals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56114/22]