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Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

John Dolan: Okay.

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

John Dolan: There are not 100 organisations out of that providing PA. There are one or two big players and then there is a number of-----

Seanad: Europe Day 2018: Statements (10 May 2018)

John Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. In her statement, she talked about Mr. Robert Schuman and said he was an advocate of Franco-German reconciliation long before it became fashionable. That was an example of leadership. She went on to quote him. Schuman said:Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: I did but I now have a quick question. I acknowledge Mr. O'Brien has left. The reputation of the HSE and the health services are generally on the lower end of the scale. There is a quandary about governance and risk in terms of this issue. There is almost an instinct not to publicise something that has gone wrong because to do so would add to the perception of poor service. However, if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: I welcome the Minister for Health and the teams that are present. I have four questions. The first one is on the funding that organisations get. Many organisations are almost 100% funded. My point is that a culture can develop of "We are paying you and we own you". That is putting it very bluntly. I thank the Minister for his earlier reply. I asked a question about the protocols and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: I am on my third of four questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: Go raibh maith agat. The definition being used in 2016 was that it was to enable the person to live an independent life. How in the name of God can the Minister of State deliver on that definition, even if he calls it in-home support, if the person is getting an average of less than two hours per day? It is impossible. It is not personal assistance and it is a lie to present it as such....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: My point is that they are not getting personal assistance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: There are 67 getting 40 hours per week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: I did not say that. I said the increase was modest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: For the record, Chairman, I did not say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

John Dolan: Before the summer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018)

John Dolan: I thank the Co-Chairman, Deputy Curran, for that. This comes from a very simple observation over my decades working that the problems, as Co-Chairman, Deputy Harty, and others have said, go across Departments and fall between Departments. Those are the kinds of things we will pick up today. The Co-Chairman, Deputy Curran, noted the unusual configuration. This kind of model of working is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018)

John Dolan: It was good to hear mention made of Mr. Martin Naughton and the late Mr. Dermot Walsh, God rest them both. It is all about people. Deputy Durkan spoke about families and the idea that the burden does not get easier. It is quite the opposite. I thought ambition and not being encouraged was a theme that came across from pretty much all of the speakers. I may not have very pointed questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018)

John Dolan: I thank the Co-Chairman, Deputy Curran, for that. This comes from a very simple observation over my decades working that the problems, as Co-Chairman, Deputy Harty, and others have said, go across Departments and fall between Departments. Those are the kinds of things we will pick up today. The Co-Chairman, Deputy Curran, noted the unusual configuration. This kind of model of working is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018)

John Dolan: It was good to hear mention made of Mr. Martin Naughton and the late Mr. Dermot Walsh, God rest them both. It is all about people. Deputy Durkan spoke about families and the idea that the burden does not get easier. It is quite the opposite. I thought ambition and not being encouraged was a theme that came across from pretty much all of the speakers. I may not have very pointed questions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018)

John Dolan: I thank the Co-Chairman, Deputy Curran, for that. This comes from a very simple observation over my decades working that the problems, as Co-Chairman, Deputy Harty, and others have said, go across Departments and fall between Departments. Those are the kinds of things we will pick up today. The Co-Chairman, Deputy Curran, noted the unusual configuration. This kind of model of working is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Joint Committee on Education and Skills and Joint Committee on Health
Supports for People with Disabilities: Discussion (3 May 2018)

John Dolan: It was good to hear mention made of Mr. Martin Naughton and the late Mr. Dermot Walsh, God rest them both. It is all about people. Deputy Durkan spoke about families and the idea that the burden does not get easier. It is quite the opposite. I thought ambition and not being encouraged was a theme that came across from pretty much all of the speakers. I may not have very pointed questions...

Seanad: Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

John Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan. To get straight to the point, right now I would be calling this plan "Ireland 2040 - Our Plan minus 643,000 citizens with disabilities". There is not much, if any, consideration of them. Let me go through it. On the last day he spoke, the Minister of State said:We want to see the country developed as a whole. We want to ensure...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1 May 2018)

John Dolan: I welcome to the House the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. People with disabilities do not have confidence that the optional protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be ratified. I can see no reason why it could not be ratified now. When the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, came to the House for statements on the...