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- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Business of Joint Committee (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: The joint committee went into private session at 11.05 a.m. and resumed in public session at 11.10 a.m.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I welcome members and viewers who may be watching our proceedings on Oireachtas TV to this meeting of the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. The purpose of today's meeting is to continue our deliberations on the topic of Traveller mental health. We will meet representatives of the Travelling Counselling Service, West Limerick Primary Health Care Project, Offaly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: There will be questions later but we will listen to all the opening statements first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Keating. The Traveller Culture and History in Education Bill will be back in the Seanad next Wednesday and we have high hopes that it will be passed. I call on Ms McDonagh to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms McDonagh. We will return to some of the very difficult issues, but there are answers here if we choose to have them. I invite Ms Kelly to make her opening statement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Kelly. There is a lot of food for thought in what she has said. The Minister, accompanied by officials from the Department of Health and the HSE, will come before the committee next week. We will be able to ask plenty of questions based on what Ms Kelly has said. I invite the representatives of Exchange House Ireland National Traveller Service to address the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Carnicer for her presentation. There were many thought provoking comments, in particular the comment that suicide is not a mental illness but an attempt to create a life without intense emotional pain, and all of the other factors that become the social determinants of mental ill health and suicide attempts. A plea was made regarding how the State and Government can watch what is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Deputy Collins. I call Deputy Corcoran Kennedy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Because of the Offaly connection, Ms Sandra McDonagh might like to respond first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Are there any other comments in response? I will bring in Ms Bridget Kelly and then Ms Maria Carnicer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: There are modules on employment and education coming up, at which we can further examine some of those ideas and suggestions. I am aware that the Yellow Flag programme is not a well-resourced project, and yet it does so much good work. I thank Ms Kelly for that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: That is a direct question to Mr. McCann on politics and politicisation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Does the Deputy have a question for the panel?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: What is going on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I remind the Deputy not to name people outside the House.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Has the Deputy a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I call Mr. McCann. We are coming to the end of our time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Mr. McCann should answer in a word.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: One person with allies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Will the Deputy put a question?