Results 801-820 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: Ms O'Donoghue is amplifying the issues around bureaucracy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: And the disparities between men and women. As part of the HSE family, does Ms De Brun have any questions or comments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: What about the medical card?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Could that time be better spent on other matters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: It would seem to be wasting valuable GP time as well. There is merit in examining this issue, in particular, and drilling down because of the bureaucracy but also the interface with the Traveller healthcare project workers as well. That is a specific issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: It sounds like there is much good practice out there. It seems to have been upped in scale. We kind of know the answers but it is the scale of the response that needs to be looked at.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I ask the witnesses to let us know if there is a price tag associated with any of those because we can include those in our deliberations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: We would be very happy if Ms De Brun wrote to us as a committee with those proposals because we want to come up with concrete proposals and ideas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: It is a good model but it needs to be scaled up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: There are also issues with dual diagnosis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: We are coming to the end, but I have a few questions. One question, which is for the Irish College of General Practitioners and the HSE, in particular, is whether you think there is prejudice among HSE staff and GPs towards Travellers. What is your honest opinion on that? What happens when that arises? Are the appropriate measures, such as disciplinary action and so on, followed through?...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Has anyone ever been sacked because he or sh was racist?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: You think that is the way. What about the health action plan? When will health be at the same level?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: You have been around the block a long time but in terms of the work, and I am not being in any way ageist, when do you think Traveller health and that of the general population will be comparable?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Thank you very much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Have you been consulted about this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Thank you very much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: What is your impression to date in terms of that partnership?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Okay. Dr. Favier said she thought it might be 25 years. How does that sound from your point of view?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2019)
Colette Kelleher: There are practical things we can do.