Results 781-800 of 1,013 for speaker:Colette Kelleher
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I will call the representatives of the HSE in the order in which questions were asked of them. If the witnesses from the ICGP wish to respond, they may come in as well. I will also give Ms O'Donoghue and Ms McGrath an opportunity to answer the questions put to them by Senator Ruane.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I have a question on budgets-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I ask Ms McArdle to speak about budgets.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I invite Ms O'Donoghue and Ms McGrath to answer Senator Ruane's questions before we move on to Deputy Corcoran Kennedy's questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: The medical card is a major issue as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: The Deputy asked questions about cultural awareness training, accommodation and influencing others to make progress.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: That is a very short answer but a very clear one on which we can reflect. We will return to the issue of accommodation. It is our final module.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Dr. Favier is describing red tape.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: The Deputy is looking for a price tag for closing the health gap between the general population and Travellers. There were also questions on the terms and conditions of people providing a valuable service in primary healthcare units. Who would like to start to respond to those questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: What is the response from the GP point of view to the price tag question in terms of GPs providing a service they would ideally wish to be able to provide?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Dr. Cox very much. The issue with Travellers is that they do not get to older age.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: We need to start earlier. It would be helpful for us to have a quantification of the resources for this group, as sought by Deputy Joan Collins. Perhaps the ICGP could provide the information. Are there any Travellers who are GPs or nurses and are there any measures in place to bridge that gap between people in the profession and those who aspire to get into those lines of work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Is Dr. Favier suggesting an area-based premium?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Does Dr. Favier wish to comment on the recruitment of people from a Traveller background into medicine and nursing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Are there none?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Recognition of experience.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Maynooth is a good example.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: We would be very open to ideas and suggestions from the delegates following today's conversations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: The Deputy is reading all our minds. It would be a good idea to make such an invitation and the clerk to the committee and I have discussed it. In the meantime, while we wait for the invitation to be made, could our guests comment on some of the barrier issues, such as to men accessing healthcare and the bureaucratic barrier we have discussed at length?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: It may be helpful for the committee to communicate with the section of the HSE that deals with this. I am always cheered to hear anyone say that an issue would be easy to deal with and that will not only be a recommendation but an action for the committee. I thank Dr. Favier. Would anybody else like to comment on the points made by Deputy Ó Cuív?