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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: To clarify, parents felt they had to leave. It was not about the quality of care they would get but the time they would wait to get it. These parents had their diagnosis before their son was even born. There is no question about the quality of care; it is about the fact that people are waiting so long to get it. Have we failed in our approach to children's healthcare and scoliosis...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I hope everyone can hear me okay. I have a number of notes here on questions I want to ask. In its opening statement, the commission states that it wants to ensure parity between mental health issues and general health issues. I asked a question on this at our last meeting on this topic. The expert group did not recommend an independent route for making complaints. When I asked about...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank Mr. Farrelly for that. Mental Health Reform and other organisations have been calling for this. I thank Mr. Farrelly for his thoughts on it. I have another question. We talked about the continued use of coercive practices. In Sharing the Vision, in connection with recommendation 92 it is suggested that we "Progress a ‘zero restraint, zero seclusion’ action plan"....

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I am sorry; I was just turning the volume up so I can hear a little better. I have notes absolutely everywhere. I will ask a little about advocacy for people who need services and their families. That is all quite complicated for legislators and those who draft legislation. How does the commission see people being supported to access advocacy and the decisions support service? Will they...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for that. We have a broad representation here today of people coming to talk to us. The witnesses have made a submission and they have compiled a report. Is there any outstanding concern or input they would like us as a committee to consider that perhaps has not been highlighted elsewhere either in the report or in the submission? There are a number of witnesses who...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses very much. I have no other questions.

Seanad: Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: We are using a lot of language about extracting and harvesting. I do not know if that is a reflection of what we are talking about when we speak of removing peat from the earth. It is more suitable to say we are mining peat because it is not renewable in any relevant timescale. It takes an enormous amount of time to renew peatlands. We should start calling it mining. I do not know how...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister for coming to the House on this issue. On behalf of the Labour Party grouping, I express my sincere sympathies to all survivors and their families. We have received, as has every Oireachtas Member, an enormous amount of communication on this issue. We have met and spoken to survivors and affected persons and their families. Even when walking through the corridors of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Antisocial Behaviour (1 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Deputy James Browne, to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (1 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospice Services (1 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. Senator O'Loughlin has four minutes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospice Services (1 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister of State for coming in to address the matter and Senator O'Loughlin for raising it.

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Education): Statements (2 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister for Education to the House. I am the education spokesperson in the Seanad but I also cover further and higher education, innovation, research and science. If the Minister will indulge me, I might discuss education from primary level to tertiary level. I am the Senator for students, after all, so I might try to cover a couple of different areas, if that is all right....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: I refer to the Fórsa campaign. There was a briefing in the past hour. I would say it is hot off the presses but, alas, the campaign is about an ongoing issue. It is the Respect for SNAs campaign, which aims to highlight the value and role of special needs assistants. This is following up on the Department of Education's refusal of a new union claim for a new minimum qualification for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: The witnesses have spoken a lot about long-established tobacco companies presenting themselves as vape companies that allegedly want to get people to quit smoking and about their slight smoke and daggers approach. Can they outline the rules and regulations for lobbying by the tobacco industry in Ireland and internationally and how lobbying works here? I ask because it is important for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I have some outstanding thoughts to express about the presentation made by the Department a couple of weeks ago. Obviously the Irish Cancer Society, in its submission, has expressed concern about the threat posed by e-cigarettes. A lot of submissions from the industry mention the Public Health England, PHE, report stating e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful than tobacco. I have heard the 95%...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I wish to put it on the record that the 95% figure is tosh. Ms Power has said that e-cigarettes are not recommended as a cessation method except for long-term adult smokers so why do people use e-cigarettes to quit smoking? Is it because there has been a powerful marketing campaign and we have let the ball slip? I have the 95% figure in my head and I remember that she said a couple of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 (Resumed): Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: Those are all my questions. I thank our presenters. It has been very interesting.

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister. Many of us saw this day when we would need to have extra restrictions coming. I remember saying here that it would be a nightmare to have to come back here and do all that again, but here we are. I suppose that is the nature of the pandemic. I hope we are operating as though this is the last time it is going to happen. We can hope it is the last time but we must...