Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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A person should be told to get a PPSN the moment they arrive here. We talked about how it is not possible to silo people off into particular areas. However, I am aware that members of the LGBTQI community who come here need specific help and might sometimes find it difficult for ask for that help. Women from ethnic minorities often have poor outcomes in maternal care, for example. However, this country has done a huge amount of work in the past few years around mental health supports during the maternal time for women both pre- and post-natal mental health supports. I can only imagine that is much more complex for women who are in an ethnic minority and have language barriers. There are probably other groups that I am just not citing. Have the witnesses any thoughts about we could be better in this?