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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The management and oversight of it can be difficult.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Dr. Burke.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: The voluntary hospitals are involved as well.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Inequality in Access to Health Care: Discussion (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: We look forward to receiving that e-mail. I thank Dr. Burke for coming in and being so generous with her time and sharing her expertise with us. Dr. Burke's input has been very helpful to the committee and we appreciate that she responded to all of the questions so well, especially appearing before us when she has only been back a few days from maternity leave.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I remind those present to either turn off their mobile phones or place them in flight mode. This is our second session and we are meeting representatives from the Seanad Civil Engagement group, who will make a presentation on the importance of a citizen-led approach to integrated care. At the outset, and as a formality, I remind Members of the long-standing ruling of the Chair to the effect...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank Senator Kelleher for her comprehensive presentation. I also acknowledge the excellent submission she made to the committee some weeks ago. It is very good and I thank her for that. We will also hear from Senators Black and Dolan so who would like to speak first?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I call Senator Black.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the three witnesses for their comprehensive presentations. The committee is very pleased to have the benefit of the group's experience and expertise on the front line. There is no doubt that the Civil Engagement group has a huge amount to contribute to the work of the committee and we very much welcome the presentations and Senator Kelleher's earlier submission. Most of the material...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Senator think there is a lot of scope for amalgamating charities?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Is the Senator talking about citizen representatives participating through service user groups or through elected public representatives?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: What is Senator Dolan's view on that?

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Senator Colette Kelleher made an important distinction between advocacy groups and service providers. Too often in our past, charities have had to step in to provide services where the State has failed. We seriously need to look at the State providing services that it should have provided in the past and, in that way, to bring more coherence to service delivery as well. Will Senator...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: Senator Black makes her point very well that the distinction within the HSE between mental health services and addiction services is an unreal distinction which to be bridged and that the services must be co-ordinated.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: There are a number of related questions.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: A number of members raised the issue of dual diagnosis.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I would be interested in hearing Senator Dolan's views about the issue of the delivery of services through the primary and community care model and the role of charities.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: If you are brief, as we have been sitting since 9 a.m. and are keen to wrap up very soon.

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Citizen-Centred Health Care: Civil Engagement (5 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: I acknowledge the submission made by the Disability Federation of Ireland. It is very comprehensive and we very much appreciate it. A number of members of the committee were not able to be here this morning because the meeting clashes with other committees. That is an issue we are all grappling with. It is very unsatisfactory and the issue must be dealt with separately. I thank the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (6 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that funding that has been promised by his Department for the past 16 years (details supplied) is made available to an educational institution in order to complete a vital piece of infrastructural development. [29062/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Oct 2016)

Róisín Shortall: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 29 September 2016, if he will provide the data on which the claim on sustainability regarding social mix is based. [29073/16]