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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline on the reopening of the Midwest home birth scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19483/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and the timeline for the establishment of a Commission on Care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 610. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information on the commencement and funding of the Model of Care for Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19485/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline data gathering undertaken from 2020-2023 inclusive on levels of mental health difficulties amongst older cohorts by either the HSE or his Department; the data gathering that is planned for 2023-2024; and if he will make data on this issue publicly available. [19486/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (25 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his work on the development of an Action Plan on Loneliness, committed to in the Programme for Government, the Roadmap for Social Inclusion and the Healthy Ireland Strategic Plan; if he will outline timelines for the publication of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19487/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 613. To ask the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the National Positive Ageing Strategy from 2016 to 2023, inclusive; if he will outline the targets that have completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19488/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (20 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the first home scheme and the right to first refusal for a tenant whose landlord wants to sell their rental home, if he is aware of the exact number of property owners who are prevented from selling their properties to a health board, local authority, housing authority or government agency due to a clause in...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank Deputy Lahart and the Cathaoirleach. The hoarding issue is very interesting. I have a friend in the UK who is from an architecture background and now works with people who engage in hoarding. One of the issues we talk about often is that councils in the UK have started to set up specialised units to deal with this issue. Hoarding is a growing disease because we all own more stuff...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It is also one that does immense damage to buildings. Councils, as planning authorities, have a vested interest in ensuring people are supported through it.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Absolutely.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have questions on funding. Were the witnesses surprised to find there is not a huge amount on the needs of older people in the implementation plan for Sharing the Vision for 2022 to 2024? In preparation for this meeting, I looked through the plan and could not find any mention of loneliness. Is it a major stumbling block when it comes to the drawing up of annual budgets if these issues...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: The issue is mentioned twice in the 136 pages of the implementation plan.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I have a follow-up question. Ms Clarke referred to the need for an integration of services, which is something that applies across a number of sectors, not just for older people but right across mental health provision. Any group or cohort needs an integrated service. We see it in disability services, where there is the involvement of families and so on. Time and again, when I ask why a...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I am well aware. I am sure Mr. Taylor has a lot to say about them.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: When there was a devolved version before, for example, the mid-western health board, councillors went to the board's meetings and could ask specific questions. There was, therefore, a democratic role.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To put them into one.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: My final point is about my experience in my community. I want to talk a little about day centres, the support for day centres and how integral they are. During Covid-19, they all closed. At a time before the election, I was volunteering and we were very aware that they were open for five days a week. Then, all of a sudden, they were shut. For many people, it was their only social point....

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That sounds a little more like the personal budget model in the UK.