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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)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I found it very hard.

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)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am so sorry, but I must excuse myself in a minute to go to the Chamber and I do not want to disturb the flow so I will make my apologies now. To clarify, project search, a similar project, is the project we will introduce in September.

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)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Thank you very much, joint, joint, joint Chair, which I believe is the Chairman's title for this meeting. I really appreciate the initiative the Chairman has taken and the invitation to participate in this meeting. I really appreciate the initiative the Co-Chairman, Deputy Curran, has taken and the invitation to participate in this joint, joint, joint meeting. As Chairman of the Joint...

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)

Fiona O'Loughlin: It will be difficult to confine myself to five minutes. I salute the witnesses for their passion for the area in which they work. It is so badly needed. Dr. Joanne McCarthy is right that we need to prioritise and focus on two or three key areas to make achievements. The education committee will absolutely look at that. Career guidance was mentioned by both Dr. Patricia McCarthy and Mr....

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)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I found it very hard.

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)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I am so sorry, but I must excuse myself in a minute to go to the Chamber and I do not want to disturb the flow so I will make my apologies now. To clarify, project search, a similar project, is the project we will introduce in September.

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: For someone in a vulnerable position who summons the strength to reach out and seek help while feeling helpless and alone requires a strength like no other. Sadly, too many do not get that vital help when they seek it. Sometimes it is only when someone has taken that drastic decision to try to end their life that the health system kicks in to try to help them survive. What we need is early...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank all of the witnesses for their contributions and submissions. I apologise for missing some of the oral presentations but I had the opportunity to read all of them beforehand. I have a few general questions and a few key ones. It is very clear, and we all acknowledge, that there is a crisis both in our mental health as a nation and in the mental health services available to those...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (2 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the maximum age for a person to commence fostering children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Data (2 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in foster care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19171/18]

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I would like to share time with Deputy Breathnach.

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I commend Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan on the introduction of this Bill, which seeks to empower our courts to make orders restricting the travel of sex offenders where it is deemed that such travel could pose a risk to vulnerable people in jurisdictions that do not have adequate child protection and child welfare legislation and services. It is undoubtedly true that people who have been...

National Cervical Screening Programme: Statements (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: There are 113,790 women in my county, Kildare, and I know that every one of them stands with me as I speak here in solidarity with the brave, tenacious and courageous Vicky Phelan, who has done the State and the women of the State some service in uncovering this horrific scandal. We cannot begin to imagine how Vicky and her family feel, with the fact that her lifetime is potentially being...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The Minister says there should be no differentiation between the children who come to our shores under the direct provision model and our own children. I could not agree with her more but unfortunately it would seem there is a differentiation. The Minister also said that Ireland is regarded very highly for the way it supports these children yet in September 2006, in its review of Ireland's...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Many social workers have raised concerns about the lack of inter-agency co-operation between the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. This has a negative impact on their ability to serve children seeking asylum. It is in direct contravention to the Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children 2001, which asks...

Priority Questions: Children and Family Services Provision (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I refer to the 1,200 children who are currently living in direct provision, some of whom are in my constituency in the Eyre Powell in Newbridge. Deputy Rabbitte met a group from Mosney at the recent Foróige awards and was most impressed with them. Does the Minister believe that children seeking asylum in Ireland are treated equally and fairly by Ireland's child welfare and protection...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high-level forum on community employment supervisor pensions; if his attention has been drawn to the anger and frustration of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; his views on the fact that their contribution to improving the life chances of scheme participants and to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied). [18690/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (1 May 2018)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 237. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting for outpatient surgery in Temple Street Children's University Hospital who have had their initial appointments changed to a later date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18692/18]