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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: That is the hard work.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: My next point is in the same area. I will put it not only to the ESRI but also, in a moment, to Professor Kinsella. As Dr. Healy said, the PBO did incredible work this year looking at the budget. It gave us our own briefing. Something it did, perhaps to put it in context for members who might not be economists, was to talk about the Estimates for public services in 2023 and the average...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I am glad we are not worried about it today but of course the committee is meant to be looking at medium term budgets which is three to five-years.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Does Dr. Healy envisage that would be rolled into the new fiscal rules?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay. I just want to get that straight.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I think we are all expecting to see adjustments. I would be interested in what Germany would think of that kind of warehousing proposal.

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the witnesses for being here. This is an area in which I am very interested and one I hope has been improving in the past couple of years. I have a lot of questions, which I will try to organise into groups. I start with the questions that are about the interaction of this issue with other issues. For example, reference was made to eating disorders and how they interact with...

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Are there systemic barriers? We have heard before at this committee that we have nothing near the kind of supports needed for eating disorders. I am using eating disorders as an example. Are there any systemic barriers such that there would be concern around admitting somebody who is also pregnant into a particular service? No. Okay; that is not happening. I would like to ask whether-----

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: Fair enough. I want to ask about post-birth. We have seen a reduction in person-to-person engagement, such as somebody coming to your home, like the community nurse or whoever it might be. Is that a challenge for perinatal mental health?

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: We will miss them.

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: What should we be aiming for? If I came home with my baby, what would be best practice if we were both providing care to the baby and providing support to a mother who it is felt might be slightly vulnerable or might need support? How many visits would there be in the first 100 days?

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: One a week. That is the answer. I want to know, honestly, if one had a magic wand and the funding and staffing were not an issue-----

Joint Committee On Health: Issues Relating to Perinatal Mental Health: Discussion (18 Oct 2022)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a follow-up question. I know the staff involved are very over-run and I accept all of that. Is there sufficient training for those particular staff members, especially around things like ADHD or issues around disability in the early stages of a baby's life, which is very hard to diagnose sometimes? It is not that they would need to know everything but to identify where there is an...