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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The sitting is suspended until after the vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We resume in public session. I apologise for the delay, but these are the joys of parliamentary democracy. I thank Professor Eamonn O'Shea for his presentation and ask Dr. Caitríona Crowe to give her opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Caitriona Crowe for her passionate presentation. I now welcome Ms Tina Leonard, head of advocacy and public affairs at the Alzheimer Society of Ireland. I also welcome Ms Emer Begley, policy and research manager of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Mr. Noel Maher, clinical nurse specialist, Mr. Richie Molloy and Ms Maeve O'Neill all from the South Tipperary Dementia Project,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Professor O'Shea has had to leave us for a while due to another engagement, and we apologise for the interruption, which was a result of the votes being called in the Dáil. We will hand over to Ms Tina Leonard, head of advocacy and public affairs at the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, who is very welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I am conscious of time constraints as there will be votes in the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Deputy Mitchell O’Connor for suggesting the committee invited the Alzheimer Society of Ireland to this session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I was struck by Professor O'Shea's remarks about transforming the care and changing the model. Arising from the pilot project and his own work, is there a buy-in for that concept across the strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Has Ms Leonard anything to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Services for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Discussion (16 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank sincerely Professor Eamon O'Shea, Dr. Caitríona Crowe and Ms Tina Leonard for the quality of their presentations and the work they do. Deputy Healy made the suggestion that in our meeting tomorrow morning we might reflect upon the proposal he made on the request to write to the Minister and the HSE. Is it agreed that we will discuss that in the morning? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Business of Joint Committee (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The joint committee has agreed to request a meeting with the Health Service Executive, HSE, St. Vincent's University Hospital Group and the Beacon Hospital on procurement practices for the purchase of hospital medical supplies and equipment and issues arising from last night’s “Prime Time” programme. We will facilitate members as soon as we can with information on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members, delegates and those present in the Visitors Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting as they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings. I welcome from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, Mr. Gordon Jeyes, chief executive; Ms Colette Walsh, director of human resources; Ms Eibhlin Byrne, director of educational welfare...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Jeyes for his presentation. I will now take questions from members, beginning with Deputy Robert Troy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: There must be a new coalition coming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The next speaker is Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, to be followed by Deputy Ó Caoláin, who I know has to attend another meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: How confident is Mr. Jeyes that he will be able to achieve his end aim, given what he has just said?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not necessarily about staying lean but it is about the way we interact and how we do business. In Mr. Jeyes's case it is about the need to have that specification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Are engagement, consultation and communication taking place across the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Does this involve staff at all levels?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Child and Family Services: Tusla - Child and Family Agency (17 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I will allow the Deputy to speak at the end.