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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: We are quite short in that regard. I will move on to the service plan. I will take a minute to talk about GP services. I have the information open in front of me and so much of the work that needs to be done links in with GP care. The HSE has identified GPs as key to providing diagnostic texts and early identification to take the pressure off emergency departments. There are a couple of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What work are we doing in that regard? This matter has been raised to me by constituents who work in the field. Many medical professionals have to come here before they are assessed as to whether they pass the standards for language and meet all the requirements. Other countries sometimes allow those assessments to happen in the medical professionals' home countries to facilitate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That might be something to think about. The other point I want to make will return us to the discussion around those larger catchment CHOs, including CHO 8 and similar areas. We tend to think of the dearth of GPs in rural areas but for areas of deprivation, the lack of GPs is a massive issue. One model that has come across my desk is GP care for all, which is organised on a not-for-profit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Perhaps I could come back to Mr. Gloster in a private moment and make a pitch for such a model.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: HSE National Service Plan 2023: Discussion (24 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I promise Mr. McCallion that is definitely an issue in my area.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (18 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to progress the Housing (Homeless Families) Bill 2017; his plans to impose an obligation on housing authorities to recognise homeless families as a family unit, and to have specific regard to the best interests of the children of homeless families in crisis-accommodation situations; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Equality Issues (18 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 416. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on his plans to address the prevalence and use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination and sexual harassment disputes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23679/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (18 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 468. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 604 of 25 April 2023, the number of people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties under the care of the Cobh/Glenville and Midleton/Youghal adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care or high-support hostels outside those HSE catchments since June 2021; the number of people in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (30 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the role his Department has in ensuring climate action is a key priority across all Departments. [25678/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will go back to My Options and referral pathways in the community because the vast majority of people accessing care will be doing it in that manner. The report states there is very little access to subnational population data for each of the community healthcare organisations, CHOs. That seems extraordinary. We talk about data a huge amount in this committee. The point of CHOs was it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The witnesses cannot look at the contracts and say those 400 contracts equal 600 doctors. They have no idea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will not even bother asking if Ms O’Shea thinks the provision of such disaggregated data for evidence-based decision-making in healthcare is useful, necessary or required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To your report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does Ms O’Shea accept that reasoning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Do you find it obstructive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Moving to the contracts, 40% of them do not register with My Options.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: At first view, that itself is hugely problematic. From the quotes in the reports, which were really helpful in explaining why that is, one understands this comes with a body of work and it is urgent work because it is on a timeline. If you do not register with My Options, it allows GPs to limit the number of patients they accept to those on the surgery books and existing patients. Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: So services-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Report of the Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: My point is that with regard to My Options there is an almost built-in option not to register.