Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response

Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am very glad to have had this chance to talk with Mr. Longmore about that because my own sense is that this has been very mixed. Of course, when a young person has a relationship with a clinician, to move that online is very difficult. On the other hand, we have all of these different entry points that we are all experiencing in different ways, which can provide greater access, and we have had this different, disrupted experience of having more time with family, more time at home and a slower pace, all of which have different impacts on general well-being and mental health. It is interesting.

While I have enormous time and respect for Mr. Longmore's sector, other sectors are experiencing similar disruptions in the delivery of their services. For example, I was talking to Multiple Sclerosis Ireland about the difficulty in providing physio and other support. It is happening in every sector but it is interesting to hear about the complexity of the different experiences. As I am out of time, I thank the witnesses.

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