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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: This is a huge issue. We have opened a huge Pandora's box. Once the committee has heard from the HSE, it will consider whether it needs to do additional work in this regard. Hopefully, there will be further opportunities for the witnesses to speak. On behalf of the committee I thank Mr. Allen, Ms O'Malley, Dr. Long, Mr. Stoker, Ms Lennon and Ms Gilhool for their time. We will suspend the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: In today's second session, we are meeting representatives of the HSE to discuss the new SOP for the AON under the Disability Act 2005. I welcome Dr. Cathal Morgan, head of disability operations, HSE community operations; and Ms. Angela O’Neill, national disability specialist, HSE community operations. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: I invite Dr. Morgan to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: I apologise as we invited the witnesses to appear at 11 a.m. I understand they did not get an opportunity to view the previous session but they would have seen the dissatisfaction of professional bodies and parents in how their applications, assessments, interventions and treatments are processed, as well as the delays involved. I appreciate that the y did not get the opportunity to see the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Deputy Donnelly is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: I propose to give everybody an opportunity to make opening comments and then we will come back again on matters of clarification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Will Dr. Morgan try to answer all of those questions, if possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked about the consultation. Why was there a lack of consultation with parents and therapy groups in drawing up this process? This group would have had an important input into how the structures were put in place. Why was there a lack of consultation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Those figures are absolute numbers. Can Dr. Morgan give figures per head of population regarding children? There were 50 overdue assessments in Kerry and over 1,000 in Cork. Is there a disparity in terms of the number of people to whom those figures apply as opposed to the absolute numbers per area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: I am sorry to cut across Senator Cownay-Walsh but we are under pressure for time so I have to call Deputy O'Connell before we conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Patient testimony is very important. We heard testimony from a parent on behalf of the patient this morning. There is a huge gap, two to three years, between the assessment and the service being delivered. That is where the system is breaking down. In general practice, I would have no idea whatsoever how to navigate the system. I receive reports from therapists but, apart from that, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Would it be possible for Ms O'Neill and Dr. Morgan to provide a timeline or schematic outline of how the process works from the point of referral to the point of assessment to the point of delivering a service? This would help us to understand how the process works and what the target would be if we were in an ideal situation. Today's meeting has raised a huge number of issues, many of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New Standard Operating Procedure for Assessment of Need under the Disability Act 2005: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: I thank the Senator for that reminder.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: This motion seeks to draw attention to a group of workers who have become a vital cog in our education system. As definitions of educational need evolve so too does the range of services that we need to provide a holistic approach to developing the child. I refer, especially, to developing and caring for children with disabilities or other special needs. This means other skills are needed...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Most of the reply from the Minister of State refers to patching up deficiencies in services, particularly in west Clare. The answer he has given offers only stop-gap solutions. When speaking about recruitment and retention last week, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Jim Daly, indicated that, in the context of the challenges that are arising, there should be...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: I wish to raise the state of the psychiatric services in west Clare but these problems are reflected nationally throughout the psychiatric services. In west Clare, we have not had a psychologist in the community psychiatric service for the past six years and this is putting huge pressure on other aspects of the health services. We only have a half-time equivalent social worker and for the...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: Today’s business shall be No. 8, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the draft Commission of Investigation (Response to complaints or allegations of child sexual abuse made against Bill Kenneally and related matters) Order 2018; No. 23, Childcare Support Bill 2017 - amendments from the Seanad, resumed; and No. 24, Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (26 Jun 2018)

Michael Harty: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the rate of remuneration paid to general practitioners for attending patients at a nursing home (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27598/18]