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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I want to highlight the issue of the Owenacurra Centre in Midleton, which is home to 19 people who have severe and enduring mental health difficulties, some of whom have lived there for many years. It is the only long-stay adult mental health facility in east Cork and prior to the Covid-19 emergency, it also provided respite and day care. On 28 June the residents received the shock...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I am standing in for our leader, Senator Higgins, who could not be with us. On behalf of the Civil Engagement Group, I welcome our colleagues from the European Parliament. It is lovely to see them again. This is about Irish and European parliamentarians. It is both important and timely that we have the opportunity to discuss the role of the EU in addressing challenges such as the Covid-19...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald. I now invite contributions from members. Our first speaker is Deputy Hourigan, to be followed by Senator Dolan and Deputy Buckley.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: Apologies have been received from Senator Hoey. Today, we are meeting representatives from the HSE to provide the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health with an update on the proposed closure of the Owenacurra centre in Midleton, County Cork. I welcome the witnesses to the meeting: Mr. Michael Fitzgerald, chief officer of Cork Kerry community healthcare, HSE; Dr. Sinead O’Brien,...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: Thank you, Deputy Hourigan. Our next speaker is Senator Dolan.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: Yes. The Senator does.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I thank the Senator.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I am sorry Deputy, but we have run out of time and many members wish to contribute.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: Perhaps we could get written replies to the questions asked by Deputy Buckley. I call Deputy Lahart.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: Do you have a response?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: The next speaker is Deputy Stanton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I thank the witnesses for their fantastic presentations. It is wonderful to hear them speak. I have so many questions and I hope I can get them in on time. The witnesses spoke about cross-departmental engagement. As chair of the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health, I see a huge need for that cross-departmental approach to mental health and to address the factors relating to mental health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: The witnesses mentioned that the €10 million announced in February to deal with the mental health impact of Covid-19 has not been spent. This funding must be ring-fenced and proposed initiatives must be in place by the end of the year. Could the witnesses give us an update on this and tell us their thoughts on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I am flying through my questions because I want to get through as many of them as I can. The witnesses said effective leadership would be key to driving the rebuilding of mental health services and that for that reason, they strongly believed that a dedicated lead for mental health needed to be created within the HSE. The HSE appeared before the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I thank Ms Coyle for that response. I direct my next question to Dr. Keogh. Apart from capital investment, what in her opinion is the biggest obstacle in our public health approach? She mentioned in her opening statement that "... resources for mental health have almost exclusively been directed towards specialist psychiatric services to the neglect of primary care mental health services"....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I thank Dr. Keogh for that response. Have I time to ask one more question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I will keep it short. I want to ask one of the representatives from Mental Health Reform about an issue we touched on in the sub-committee meeting last week. How does Mental Health Reform engage the views of service users, of people with lived experiences, in its work? This is such an important issue as we move forward. We need to hear more from the service users. Can one of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: I thank Ms Coyle for that response.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: Before I call Deputy Buckley and then Deputy Stanton, I will read out a note sent to us by one of our members, Senator Martin Conway, who is unfortunately not on the grounds of Leinster House today. He has asked me to say that he would like the HSE to answer Deputy Stanton's final set of questions and that he would like to register his disappointment about the lack of answers to many of the...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: Our final speaker is Deputy Stanton, if he would like to come in and hear the answers to his previous questions. I am sorry for cutting him off.