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Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Everything is out of hours under Jigsaw's service. No specific hours are applied.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Programmes have been beefed up in recent years as conduits for better services. For example, Healthy Ireland has received considerably more funding. NGOs are cited as partner organisations, though. Is that happening? What is the relationship between Jigsaw and Healthy Ireland?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That sounds more like leadership, with Jigsaw taking those policies as templates. That sounded more pejorative than I meant it. Healthy Ireland is not a partner for Jigsaw in any of the latter's programmes.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Recommendations in the 2022 document overlap significantly with Jigsaw's work, for example, the well-being promotion process, but that is 100% owned by the Department of Education. Where something is owned by the HSE or the Department of Health, I imagine that there are relationships, but the Department of Education might be another step again for Jigsaw, albeit not for the USI. How do the...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a question for Jigsaw specifically. Its opening statement referred to accountability across services in both the voluntary and statutory sectors. Could Jigsaw elaborate on what that might mean? Are we collecting, collating and making available sufficient data on this whole sector for the use of Jigsaw and for its policy development?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have heard this described in addiction services as a "no wrong door" approach. No matter who someone asks first, that person sends them to the next person. No wrong door seems to be a good operating principle. I have a question for the USI on the addiction and substance abuse issue. I imagine that in the cohort the USI deals with, there is a higher level of addiction or substance...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: What about particular cohorts such as people with disabilities and Travellers?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Can I just ask a quick question around numbers? I was thinking about the numbers given to us earlier. I think Ms Hughes said that 15,000 people had reached out for services. Is that right?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: There are 204,000 people in third-level education. I am raising this in the context of us only spending 5% of our health budget on mental health and it should be 10%. We are only at half of the level of funding required. I am under the impression that as a population, approximately 25% have a diagnosable mental health issue. The WHO would say that among the youth, that is around 20% so in...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: This is absolutely not a criticism of Ms Hughes. I am just highlighting how far short the funding falls.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Anti-Terrorism Measures (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the current position of his Department on the transfer of money between Ireland and Cuba. [21314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline plans to address regulation of independent operators of ATMs, given that 75% of ATMs in Ireland are now owned by organisations that are not banks, are not regulated as regards service standards or fees and charges and for whom the Central Bank's conduct of business rules do not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21313/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the deposit return scheme; the timeline for the development of the relevant IT, infrastructure and communication systems associated with the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to allow school groups, accompanied by a teacher, to use public transport without fares for expeditions; if he will consider the matter as a policy position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support school groups, accompanied by a teacher, to use public transport for expeditions; if he is aware of current operational difficulties in organising the payment of fares and-or collection of tickets for school groups using public transport in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21495/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the contribution of the Irish greyhound industry to GNP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21577/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 554. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the work of his Department in relation to youth-specific mental health initiatives and promoting positive mental health among young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated costs of the construction of independent living pods near the Millfield House mental health facility in Blackpool, Cork; the estimated costs of any additional renovations of Millfield House itself; the HSE managers who proposed these plans; when these proposals were first made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21215/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the date that capital funding committed to renovations of Milfield House and the construction of independent living pods nearby was applied for by local HSE management; the date that this capital funding was approved by national HSE management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21216/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the projected timeline associated with the construction of independent living pods near the Millfield House mental health facility in Blackpool, Cork, and with renovations of Millfield House itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/23]