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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: ..., we have the ESRI report on the impact of this crisis on a particular group of people, which is children. The report found that inadequate, cold and damp housing has long-term impacts on the physical and mental health of children, while mothers living in inadequate housing tend to have higher levels of depression, worse health outcomes and damaging knock-on effects on children. Children...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (30 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...the costs go up over the years, but what is the cost-benefit of having proper rail corridors in the country? What is the cost-benefit of having proper greenways? You exercise for the good of your mental health and everything. I have seen the benefits of both, but it is not for me to make the decision here. As the observer, all I would say is I think there is a long way to go before we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Women and Constitutional Change: HERe NI (30 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...planning. Our current society is failing many LGBTQIA+ women. Currently our organisations are stretched to capacity due to inadequate resources. Our organisation continues to see a high demand for mental health services among women who have experienced hate crime based upon their sexual orientation and-or gender identity, women who have been subject to conversion practices, on which...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Stephen Donnelly: I move amendment No. 18: In page 53, line 33, to delete “mental” and substitute “intellectual”.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...stated the person would have to find a HAP tenancy that would suit their medical needs, which is impossible. We need to do something where we do not have second-guessing of medical professionals, mental health professionals or allied health professionals when it comes to ascertaining what someone’s housing needs are. It should not be determined by the question of resources. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emergency Services (29 May 2024)

Mary Butler: ...are important, so this pilot will determine the statistics. To address the Senator's other point, we fully buy into North-South co-operation. I continually engage with my counterparts in mental health in Northern Ireland. This is crucially important. The fact that the North-South Ministerial Council is back up and running is also extremely important.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 May 2024)

Eileen Flynn: ...to be. That was internalised and externalised oppression. We have come a long way as a community. The theme of Traveller pride is voices less heard within the community around addiction, mental health and LGBTQI+ people within our community. We are not just Travellers; we are Travellers who want to be something in the world. Even yesterday, a Senator with a crowd stopped me and...

Seanad: Housing Commission Report: Motion (29 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

Fintan Warfield: ...can buy are now further and further away from the places where they work and where their children go to school, and the community that supports them. That has its own cost in terms of huge commutes, a huge impact on their financial well-being, especially as the cost of petrol and diesel rises, and huge impacts on their mental health and our environment. If all that was not bad enough,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Challenges Facing Community-based Cancer Support Services: Discussion (29 May 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

...our sustainability and capacity to respond. In addition, the objectives of the national cancer strategy will not be met, cancer patients will face even more isolation, loneliness, depression and mental health difficulties, thus placing an even greater burden on the acute medical services at a much higher cost than our services cost to operate. Another challenge is with the provision of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Chairperson Designate (29 May 2024)

...to make sure patients experience the full benefit of having senior decision-makers rostered on site for greater proportions of the day, including at weekends. The board completely supports Sharing the Vision, which is a mental health policy that envisions a mental health system designed around the requirements of the individual. Of concern to us were the findings of the look-back review...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Carer’s Allowance and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (29 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...here today. For those who may be unaware of the work of Care Alliance Ireland, we are an umbrella organisation, with our 90-strong member groups drawn from across the caring, disability, addiction, mental health, chronic illness and broad community sectors. We provide research, policy and governance supports to our membership, as well as providing online supports to a growing number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (29 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...an outside agency for evaluation and ongoing support. The NEPS psychologist can identify the most appropriate referral pathway and supports schools with the onward referral to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team (CAMHS), HSE Primary Care/Community Psychology teams, or an identified local community based specialist mental health service. NEPS’ Support and Development work...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (29 May 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...; Clare, Cork, Limerick, Kerry, Tipperary. Towns: Ennis, Bessboro, Listowel, Kilgarvan, Tralee, Limerick City, Garryowen, Newport, Clonmel, Thurles 20 visits per year in each centre. Music in Mind (music for mental health) – Meath, Wicklow, Donegal, Galway, Offaly, Kildare, Westmeath, Sligo, Wexford, Leitrim. Towns: Julianstown, Arklow, Letterkenny, Galway City, Tullamore,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing First provides a comprehensive and holistic approach to addressing homelessness for individuals experiencing mental health, physical health, substance misuse, social, behavioural, and other challenges. The Housing First approach to addressing homelessness places direct access to housing first and foremost for vulnerable individuals using homeless services consistently or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the invalidity pension; the mental health conditions that qualify for the receipt of the invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24250/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (29 May 2024)

Stephen Donnelly: ...was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). Regulations were made in 1971, 1973 and 1975, prescribing 16 conditions covered by the Scheme. These are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy;...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...in this country are below that level, and huge numbers of them are dramatically below it. People are living in poorly insulated homes, which very often results in damp affecting people's health and mental well-being, their children and the most vulnerable, whether the young, the old or the sick, because their homes are not properly insulated and have not been refurbished to the standards...

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Brendan Howlin: ...of resourcing. Far too often, council tenants are told their requirements have been approved and the improvements are necessary but that the resources are not available to do the work. This is a fundamental issue. The advent of the so-called Celtic tiger period, during which Bertie had two terms as Taoiseach, saw the virtual dismantling of the excellent housing departments that used to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Tim Lombard: ...at all. It is appropriate now that the Minister should come to the House to tell us her vision for these 13,000 children who will be put through examinations that will put them under exceptional mental and physical pressure because we will not do what happens across the entire European platform and we will not do what happens at third level. I really am lost for words here. This is not...