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Position paper on Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs

Neasa Hourigan TD has today published the Citizens’ Assembly on Evidence Informed Drugs Policy from a Harm Reduction Perspective, which proposes a framework for how the upcoming assembly might approach its work. The paper calls for people’s lived experience to…

Statement on the new National Maternity Hospital

The ownership of the National Maternity Hospital must be secure and fully in state ownership. Those accessing healthcare in Ireland have the right to expect that the Irish state has fully committed to provide the oversight and governance of state…

Councillors call to reallocate road space to make COVID-19 restrictions safer for all

Green Party councillors on Dublin City Council have written to the Council’s Chief Executive, Owen Keegan to call for reallocation of road space for walking & cycling during COVID-19 including: cones to widen footpaths; temporary road pedestrianisations; bollards to create…

Closure of the Owenacurra Centre

During a session of the Public Accounts Committee Neasa questioned representatives of the Department of Health on the closure of the Owenacurra Centre in Midleton, County Cork. Transcript: Deputy Neasa Hourigan: I want to return to the Department. As the…

Access to termination of pregnancy services by telephone or video conference consultation

The current model of care for early medical abortion, which was introduced as a pandemic measure, allows healthcare providers to offer care via phone or video consultations. Telemedicine abortion has proven a positive development that is patient-centred, enables choice, and…

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Homelessness

Neasa raising the ongoing difficulties with homelessness, its interaction with addiction issues and how these have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and its resulting restrictions. Transcript: I will use my time to draw attention to the ongoing difficulties with…

Mandatory vaccinations unlikely to help

NPHET minutes from December indicated that NPHET will discuss the issue of mandatory COVID vaccination when a paper from from the Department of Health on the ethical and legal considerations involved is produced. Long prior to COVID, Green Party health…

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Position paper on Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs

Statement on the new National Maternity Hospital

Councillors call to reallocate road space to make COVID-19 restrictions safer for all

Closure of the Owenacurra Centre

Access to termination of pregnancy services by telephone or video conference consultation

Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Homelessness

Mandatory vaccinations unlikely to help

Review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018

Neasa gives a quick 60 second run-down on the Climate Action Plan

60 Seconds on What Budget 2022 Means for Women’s Health