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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 56. To ask the Minister for Health his views on providing multi-annual funding for the mental health unit in Bantry General Hospital. [60993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all women who choose to have home births are supported in their decision. [60994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policies that he is putting in place to help farmers achieve sectoral emissions targets in a just manner. [60999/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that the Common Fisheries Policy supports inshore fishers. [61001/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the call by an organisation (details supplied) to set up a new Food Vision tillage group. [61003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that he is taking to address the programme For Government commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and recreational fishers and that pair trawling will be prohibited inside the six-mile limit. [61002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to support the inshore fishing sector. [61000/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: When the witnesses say they have no power, I think we all understand what they mean. The Mental Health Commission has a power in that its words carry some weight. That in itself is a powerful thing the commission has. When we are asking about the stance and other things, the weight of the witnesses' words really does matter. The Mental Health Commission has a legal obligation to enforce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Crucially, that means people in their communities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: From my experience in Cork South-West, I am well aware how willing the Mental Health Commission can be to take action against the HSE, as was the case with room sharing in the acute ward in the mental health part of the hospital in Bantry. I see it also took a strong line recently over the admission of an acute patient to St. Stephen's Hospital in Glanmire over a breach of directions from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Does Mr. Farrelly accept that, from the perspective of the general public, this might call into question whether the Mental Health Commission is the right body to go ahead and extend its remit into community and adult and child mental health teams?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: I am not asking Mr. Farrelly about my view. I am asking for his view on that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Does Mr. Farrelly think it is acceptable to appear before the committee and say what he will or will not talk about without explaining the reason for that? Does he think other bodies do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Mr. Farrelly went on "Drivetime" with a family member and spoke at length about the issue, and Dr. Finnerty refused to meet a family member a week later. The situation had not changed much in a week. Now we have a situation where Mr. Farrelly spoke to theIrish Examinerbut he will not speak to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: I can only presume that he did not quite understand when Deputy Hourigan tried to explain to him in respect of what normally happens at committees. Is that the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: If Mr. Farrelly understands what is required, perhaps he or Mr. Kiernan will explain when this legal action went into place or when the situation in respect of what the Mental Health Commission can or cannot speak about publicly and under privilege changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: To be clear-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: To be clear, the committee is charged with the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Under that convention, people with disabilities have the right to live in their community and independently. This clearly falls very much under the remit of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Holly Cairns: Now that we have the understanding that Mr. Farrelly can speak about it and he has spoken about other specific situations, why did the commission take such a strong stance in respect of other issues that have similarities but not in respect of this one? It says it wants to keep people in their community but not that is not the case in east Cork. Why has the Mental Health Commission taken...