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Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will follow up on a couple more-----

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That is a good point although it is the Minister of State's timeline rather than mine. It is important to make that distinction. I will follow up on a couple more of those recommendations, specifically those in which NGOs are cited as partners. On the out-of-hours response for children and adolescents in every single geographical area, has there been outreach to the witnesses'...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Everything is out of hours under Jigsaw's service. No specific hours are applied.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Programmes have been beefed up in recent years as conduits for better services. For example, Healthy Ireland has received considerably more funding. NGOs are cited as partner organisations, though. Is that happening? What is the relationship between Jigsaw and Healthy Ireland?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That sounds more like leadership, with Jigsaw taking those policies as templates. That sounded more pejorative than I meant it. Healthy Ireland is not a partner for Jigsaw in any of the latter's programmes.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Recommendations in the 2022 document overlap significantly with Jigsaw's work, for example, the well-being promotion process, but that is 100% owned by the Department of Education. Where something is owned by the HSE or the Department of Health, I imagine that there are relationships, but the Department of Education might be another step again for Jigsaw, albeit not for the USI. How do the...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a question for Jigsaw specifically. Its opening statement referred to accountability across services in both the voluntary and statutory sectors. Could Jigsaw elaborate on what that might mean? Are we collecting, collating and making available sufficient data on this whole sector for the use of Jigsaw and for its policy development?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have heard this described in addiction services as a "no wrong door" approach. No matter who someone asks first, that person sends them to the next person. No wrong door seems to be a good operating principle. I have a question for the USI on the addiction and substance abuse issue. I imagine that in the cohort the USI deals with, there is a higher level of addiction or substance...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What about particular cohorts such as people with disabilities and Travellers?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Can I just ask a quick question around numbers? I was thinking about the numbers given to us earlier. I think Ms Hughes said that 15,000 people had reached out for services. Is that right?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: There are 204,000 people in third-level education. I am raising this in the context of us only spending 5% of our health budget on mental health and it should be 10%. We are only at half of the level of funding required. I am under the impression that as a population, approximately 25% have a diagnosable mental health issue. The WHO would say that among the youth, that is around 20% so in...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: This is absolutely not a criticism of Ms Hughes. I am just highlighting how far short the funding falls.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline a timeline, completion date and cost to the State of the financial management shared services project by the National Shared Services Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21316/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Will the Minister of State outline the timeline, completion date and cost to the State of the financial management shared services project of the National Shared Services Office?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Minister of State. To be clear, the first phase was started in April 2022 with eight bodies. In mid-2022, this House was told that phase 2 had begun, that it would include 15 bodies and that it should have been completed by the end of 2022. Will the Minister of State clarify whether we are still in phase 2? Has that begun? How far along is that phase? Have we started phase...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: If possible, special attention should be given to that costing because there obviously will be a projected cost. I understand that these are proprietary ICT programmes so it would be possible to know how much it is going to cost by 2025. It is a pretty medium-term range so I expect there is a number out there somewhere. I will flag for the Minister of State that a core element of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Anti-Terrorism Measures (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the current position of his Department on the transfer of money between Ireland and Cuba. [21314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline plans to address regulation of independent operators of ATMs, given that 75% of ATMs in Ireland are now owned by organisations that are not banks, are not regulated as regards service standards or fees and charges and for whom the Central Bank's conduct of business rules do not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the deposit return scheme; the timeline for the development of the relevant IT, infrastructure and communication systems associated with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to allow school groups, accompanied by a teacher, to use public transport without fares for expeditions; if he will consider the matter as a policy position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21494/23]