Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 May 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Local Authority Performance Indictor Report: National Oversight and Audit Commission

Photo of Fergus O'DowdFergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

While I accept and welcome this - and it is excellent and I praise it - in this case the authority is saying someone is a non-person who does not even have a name. It is stating it does not deal with the problem so the person should go somewhere else. I did not make this point earlier but the HSE is stating it is a matter for the local authority while the local authority is stating it is a matter for the HSE. Meanwhile, the poor mother is in a dreadful situation. I accept and acknowledge it is an exceptional case. I do not put the blame on any individual but the system is rotten if it cannot deal with it properly. If everything else is so perfect, why can we not have a process in a case such as this whereby the fundamental training of the individuals concerned in the local authority and health board would mean they pick up the phone to speak to each other about it? This is not happening. NOAC should audit this and highlight the need for constructive engagement that is respectful and gets the action that is needed. I appreciate the good work being done and I am not taking from it.

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