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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Ms Kate Mitchell: I thank the Chairman and committee members for inviting Mental Health Reform to appear this afternoon. Mental Health Reform is the national coalition on mental health in Ireland. It comprises 64 member organisations. We advocate for improved mental health services and the social inclusion of people with mental health difficulties. We very much welcome the opportunity...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Mental Health Reform has been calling for a such a system in budget submissions since 2013. It is not acceptable that more than 12 years after publication of A Vision for Change,there is no information system to account for the more than €800 million to €900 million in public expenditure on mental health care each year. On HSE structure, there has been substantial...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

...'s questions. On data and the types of indicators which we should develop, I completely agree with Dr. McCarthy that there is a huge deficit in data collection and research. That spans the mental health system. For example, in primary care we have very little information on the numbers of people presenting to primary care settings with mental health difficulties, the types of mental...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Ms Kate Mitchell: I will pick up on the Deputy's question about staffing in mental health services. He is correct that there are massive challenges with recruitment and retention in mental health services. In general adult services, we only have about 75% of what is required, and the situation is much more dire in child and adolescent mental health services, with only about 51% of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Ms Kate Mitchell: To answer the Deputy's first question, we responded soon after the budget for 2018 had been announced and had some very serious concerns about the mental health services budget allocation to maintain existing levels of service. The HSE has been very clear in its most recent operational plan that, owing to demographic changes, national pay agreements and various other...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Ms Kate Mitchell: On the mental health side, there is an obligation for Ireland to provide mental health services to all members of the community. That includes people from ethnic minority groups, including refugees. There are significant barriers there with regard to help-seeking behaviours among people from ethnic minority groups, language barriers, and being able to access appropriate...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Ms Kate Mitchell: In accessing income support people with mental health difficulties, including young people, have reported a number of difficulties, including in liaisng with staff in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. They often cannot access an advocate or bring one along with them to address some of the issues related to income support. That is a significant...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

.... It will be very interesting to keep an eye on that space. Something that also seems to have been working effectively is having liaison points between the local authorities and disability and mental health services. The liaison officers are very aware of housing needs in their areas, the individuals who require housing and the particular things that need to be taken into account in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

John Lahart: I thank Ms Carthy. I call Ms Mitchell, senior policy and research officer with Mental Health Reform, to make her presentation.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Joan Burton: ...question. On the issue of income support, obviously, in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection it is accepted as such. With respect to younger people, particularly those with mental health issues, what are the delegates' experiences in their being able to access income support and subsequently being able, as they choose to do on a voluntary basis, to access help and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...suggested that the Department of the Taoiseach should be the link Department, which is a straightforward request we can make. It makes sense. On the lack of personal assistant supports and mental health services, is the biggest problem in terms of getting additional personal assistant hours a resistance to allocating bigger budgets or is there also recruitment issues? I have heard...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Disability Funding and Disability Proofing Budget 2019: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

John Lahart: ...the Disability Federation of Ireland Dr. Joanne McCarthy, senior executive officer, policy and research; from the Irish Wheelchair Association Ms Joan Carthy, national advocacy officer; and from Mental Health Reform Ms Kate Mitchell, senior policy officer. I thank them for making themselves available to meet the select committee and taking the time to prepare material for submission. I...