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Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [25953/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: At recommendation 1.4 of Ireland's competitiveness challenge report, the NCPC recommends that the actions put forward by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare are addressed. In its reply, the Government has undertaken to consider changes in site value tax, or tax in general as it relates to land. Has the Taoiseach considered, or has there been significant consideration of, a site value...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next due to meet. [25680/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sure the Taoiseach is well aware, as a fellow Dublin Deputy, that community leadership on addiction and in the provision of services is core to how we deal with that issue in our communities. In my community, in 2022, the Government began a review on the north inner-city drugs and alcohol task force. We did not see its terms of reference, but it has been ongoing for nearly a year and a...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank everyone for being here this morning. I thank Ms Riordan for that last piece. For any parent who has kids with different needs, that was a very moving statement. I suspect that everybody in Ireland probably has somebody with ADHD in their lives - I know I do. I will start at the beginning. One of the most striking things that Mr. Kilbride mentioned in his statement is that there...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: In the statement there is some reference to mild ADHD as opposed to co-morbidity or people who might have much more complex issues. What would a standard protocol look like? What would the witnesses like to see? What would be useful to clinicians in terms of assessment? I am trying to get a sense of whether it is a case of the Department of Health or the HSE issuing a protocol. What...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I was talking to a parent yesterday who is looking for a particular assessment. They will be waiting for two years for that and the child is five. I want to lead on to where that interacts with things like private assessment. If we had a strong protocol that was applied within the public sector, setting out the standard and the requirements, I presume that would have a knock-on effect in...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we have a sense of the size of the cohort? I know a number between 200 and 300 was mentioned. How many people in this country are on medication for ADHD?

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Do we know the number?

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am aware there is a global discussion around access to some of those medications. There are shortages in some countries. We could be having a different conversation if we were to have more accurate numbers in front of us, which is a shame.

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I was just about to move on to the Changing Lives Initiative and how a diagnosis is not required to access services. That is really interesting.

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does anybody else want to make a comment on that?

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Does that mean not waiting for some kind of clean diagnosis but looking at people's behaviours and seeing if they can be helped?

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That brings me to the broader question about the current placement of ADHD in CAMHS. The Changing Lives Initiative appears to be approaching the condition from the ground up. It appears to be identifying the reality and then deciding to work with people. On the other side, as Dr. McDonnell has said, it is really important that people have access to diagnosis and medication. On one hand,...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Okay.

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Obviously, the community health organisations, CHOs, will have to step up. Maybe we should explore whether clinicians are attached to CAMHS exclusively and if something a little more broad should be available, such as the neurodivergent teams. What role do institutions such as schools have to play in moving people towards the representatives' service or services in general?

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That is my next question. Is Mr. Kilbride aware of teachers getting any kind of flagging? We have entered into a discussion with schools. Schools are starting to engage more with the issue of mental health, which is very welcome. In my area, there are things such as nurture rooms and very progressive policies that are fantastic but are we aware whether teachers have access to training in...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Honestly, I have always found teachers so willing to do that extra training, even outside their hours. They are so willing to learn. I wish to touch back on the issue of gender, in particular for this service. What is the gender breakdown? Is there a corollary for that younger cohort, that it is more boys than girls coming for services? Are there strategies to combat that and deal with...

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Dr. McDonnell means male parents.

Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That is key. If we know those girls are out there, ultimately, how do we get them back in? I am on social media as much as everybody. I am fascinated where particularly women in their 30s and 40s say they just got diagnosed with ADHD, they describe it and loads of people in their comments say that they do those same things as well. How do we uncover that? There is a whole generation now...