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Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: A matter of concern in the context of the report is the identification of risk management failures. The report noted a communications defect between some mental health operation teams and CHO management. What can be done to improve organisational communication channels and tighten up risk management?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Some of the most upsetting stories in the report involve young people and their families having to attend accident and emergency departments during times of crisis in order to get out-of-hours help. According to the report, this is an issue. Has the HSE a timeline for the full implementation of its 2019 service plan, which contained a commitment to provide a seven-day-per-week CAMHS? Where...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Does Mr. Ryan have any idea how much that would cost? Is that what is stopping the HSE from moving forward on that?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I think Dr. Burke mentioned early intervention services. What is there at the moment? What are the early intervention services? Is there an early intervention or preventative service before it gets too bad? Is that what Jigsaw does? Will she say a little about that?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: That is fantastic. That would be really powerful and brilliant if it was really looked at. I believe in intervention and prevention, always. That is where the money should be invested, always. Will the witnesses explain what it would look like if they had a perfect scenario? What would a perfect CAMHS system look like? What would the end result look like?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I thank the witnesses for their assistance to the committee on this really important matter. We look forward to future considerations and hearing more from the witnesses. As a committee we would like to support in any way we can.

Seanad: Report on Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland's Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister and congratulate the Cathaoirleach of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media, and all its members on the publication of this very timely and insightful report. I also thank and congratulate the staff of the committee secretariat who work so hard to produce documents that are of such a high standard. Sometimes those staff do not get as much...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No.3: In page 12, line 29, after “legislation” to insert “or other relevant legislation”

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: My amendments in this grouping seek to address the issue, discussed on Committee Stage, of the framing of the accountability framework. Amendment No. 3 seeks to amend section 53B(2) by inserting after the obligation to act in accordance with obligations under financial services legislation that there would also be an obligation to act in accordance with other relevant legislation....

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 4: In page 14, lines 39 and 40, to delete “financial services” and substitute “relevant obligations or”.

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 5: In page 14, line 42, to delete “financial services” and substitute “relevant obligations or”.

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 6: In page 15, line 2, to delete “financial services” and substitute “relevant obligations or”.

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 7: In page 16, line 26, to delete “obligations under financial services” and substitute “relevant obligations or”.

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 8: In page 22, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(2C) The Minister shall, within the 2 years following the commencement of this section, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas detailing— (a) the level of effective implementation of the designation of person who perform a controlled function, (b) the effectiveness of the...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: This amendment would require that the Minister shall, within the two years following the commencement of this section, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas detailing the following: the level of effective implementation of the designation of persons who perform a controlled function; the effectiveness of the identification and designation of persons who perform a controlled...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I move amendment No. 9: In page 52, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(ia) whether it has had a widespread impact on the welfare of the State generally,”.”. The amendment seeks to stipulate that when imposing a sanction on an individual, consideration should be given to the effect of the prescribed convention with regard to whether it has had a...

Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I thank the Labour Party group for tabling this really important and timely motion which I wholeheartedly support. I sit on the Joint Committee on Health and the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health with Senator Hoey and was present during the recent shocking health committee meeting where trade union officials representing healthcare workers detailed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Yesterday morning, the Israeli military murdered ten Palestinians, including two elderly men and a child, and injured more than 100 in a vicious raid on Nablus. Throughout the brutal attack, the Israeli military blocked Palestinian medical personnel from treating the wounded. The raid on Nablus is the second massacre by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank in 2023. The Israeli...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I am calling for a debate. I want to quote the Tánaiste. He continued: Those responsible, those carrying out these actions, and those directing them will be held fully accountable, and there will be no hiding places. That is why we have provided additional funding to the International Criminal Court, to give it the capacity to follow up on these crimes. I am asking the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: It is colonisation and it is horrific. I feel so emotional about this. It is horrific.