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Joint Committee On Health: Services and Supports for People with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: There is a real sense of loss. Women I have spoken to feel they have lost their whole lives to this. They were told they were good girls and were diligent, when they were losing their minds trying to be good girls and doing all these things. They feel very betrayed. It is not anybody's fault; it is just how the system was. They feel they have lost their lives. A mourning piece is now...

Seanad: Impact of Cost of Living Issues on Young People in Ireland: Motion (28 Sep 2022)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. The cost-of-living crisis has been hard on the country and based on what we know it looks like it will be with us for years to come. I feel this personally because me and my peers came of age during the last recession. A lot of us left and some of us came back and now it feels like it has all gone to pot again. That is a sentiment I toss...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank Ms McGrath for that answer. I had a conversation with a person who suffers from a rare disease and who feels the only way it is possible to describe the situation at present is that there is a price on life in this country. The experience of the health system has left the person feeling that way. No treatment is currently available for the condition in question, but there may be in...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...they have a lot of concerns about the general scheme. If they want to respond, they are more than welcome. They have raised some concerns and referred to what could be tweaked and improved. I feel a bit silly asking this, given what has been said, but do the witnesses feel we are heading in the right direction and that this proposed legislation underpins human rights that can help...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Rare Diseases: Discussion (26 May 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...where it is known that a treatment for a condition may be available and the people with the condition are willing to do whatever is required because their lives are being affected, and yet they feel that the required political or medical support will not be forthcoming. I cannot imagine what it would be like to live with that feeling of facing an uphill battle to get support. Ms...

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

Annie Hoey: ...members on industrial action. Many in the INMO, IMO, SIPTU and Fórsa would probably take umbrage with the Minister saying there is not a recruitment and retention crisis when they are saying they feel unsafe in their workplaces because there are not enough staff. I am struggling to marry these two aspects together. HE outlined enormous recruitment numbers, but are we accounting for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Health Service Executive: Engagement with Chief Executive Officer (22 Mar 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...policy. It is something that comes up not very regularly but it does come up. What would Mr. Gloster's approach be to protected disclosures and whistleblowers? When we hear from them they feel very aggrieved and it can be a very difficult process. What is the cultural approach to those people who feel they want to come forward for something that could potentially be long before Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Welfare and Safety of Workers and Patients in Public Health Service: Discussion (8 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...There is a nurse here and I want to thank her for coming in and sharing her testimony. She has elaborated on the impact the assaults are having on her and her colleagues. Does she go into work every day feeling safe? I cannot believe that in 2023 in a committee, we are asking the question, "Do you even feel safe going into work?" I cannot believe that we are at that. We should not be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...be a safe family of friendly and fun events. It will be filled with colour, laughter and joy. For a huge amount of the community we are almost separated from those dark times when people did not feel safe to walk down the streets and when people could not stand up in their national Parliament and say they were out. Other members of the community are still facing harassment daily. They...

Seanad: International Women's Day 2022: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...raising them. I am sick of raising them. I would not like to be the Minister for Children, Equality, Diversity, Integration and Youth because it must be an enormous pressure, with all of these things that just keep going around and around. It feels a little bit hollow standing up and talking about International Women’s Day when I think of Ms Vicky Phelan, who announced that she...

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...society and we need to develop a national plan to tackle it. Research published last summer showed that Ireland had the highest rate of loneliness across the whole of Europe, where 20% of people feel lonely most of the time compared with an average of 13% across Europe. It is very hard to think that one in five of us feel lonely all of the time. That is a very dismal figure. The US...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: European Media Freedom Act: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...that would seem to me to be almost an extreme example of conflict, where the body would be adjudicating something and funding it. At least at a minimum, those should be separated out. However, I feel based on what Dr. Flynn has said there is an opportunity for a lot more dispersing.

Seanad: Student Nurses (Pay) Bill 2021: Second Stage (19 Feb 2021)

Annie Hoey: .... When offered the opportunity to stay at home or find work elsewhere, many have gone back into hospitals, which is incredibly admirable. A student described it to me as: Terrifying, stressful, feel unsupported, feel as if I am a staff nurse and not an intern - 8 of my patients tested positive for covid, all staff nurses present were identified as close contacts and told to isolate - I...

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...struggled over that time and found it exceptionally difficult. To anyone listening to this debate, reading about it tomorrow or perhaps watching online, I point out they are certainly not alone in feeling strain on their mental health. There is no shame in feeling tired and low during this time. We have been faced with an incredibly difficult task of isolating from loved ones and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Annie Hoey: Ms Reynolds feels that that charitable purpose is watertight. I am just trying to tease this out because I know there are people listening to this who have raised these concerns, and I am as interested as they are in getting clarity on this. Do the witnesses foresee any situation whereby in 30 years' time, when, it is to be hoped, we will all still be around, this could happen?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Annie Hoey: I appreciate Ms Forbes taking the time to respond. I am sure she feels that she is addressing this issue a lot and the review has been done. I invite her to respond to my question in respect of the board. I know it is tangential to the issue for discussion today but it is related to it. Is there any update on when the vacancy for a midlands correspondent will be filled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Appointment of Chief Medical Officer to a Role at a Higher Education Institution: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...come up, such as waiting lists and satisfaction and stuff like that - and whether he thought this, while it was extraneous, was enough to do reputational damage to the system, but if he feels it is just par for the course, that is of course his business. That was my only question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (14 Jul 2021)

Annie Hoey: It is very interesting that Senator Conway asked about the next plan, the contingency plan. I feel it is a good bit further on and that we are on plan D or E. The Minister said he wants to ensure clinical and operational independence for the national maternity hospital but does he still envision a situation where the hospital will remain within the ownership of the St. Vincent's group and...