Results 21-40 of 44 for gp speaker:Joan Collins

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Delays in Payment of Illness Benefit: Discussion (8 Nov 2018)

Joan Collins: ...a medical certificate, which costs €15, to be provided to the Intreo office. On Monday, I spoke to an official who advised me that there has been a change such that certification of an illness by a GP for up to six months will now be accepted by the illness benefit section. Will the witnesses point to where this is written so that people can bring it to the attention of their...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (4 Oct 2018)

Joan Collins: ...women are very clear they want to have a termination and should be given the medical abortion immediately, if necessary. Some women may be unsure about what to do and may want a bit of advice. A GP could certainly advise a woman or person where to go to get that advice impartially. That has to be looked at. I am seriously concerned about it. On the question of language, I would like to...

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Joan Collins: Yesterday a constituent came to my office and told me she went for a smear test appointment with her GP who is offering free smear tests, which is good. When she asked where the test was going to be sent to, however, she was informed it would be sent to the US. She did not want it to be sent to the US and asked for it to be done in an Irish lab instead. She was subsequently informed that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Sláintecare Report (22 Nov 2017)

Joan Collins: ...everybody worked. In Ireland the system was developed in a completely different way. We have section 38 and section 39 organisations, the involvement of the religious in health care, private GP services and so forth. The Sláintecare plan is very significant because, as the Minister has pointed out, it provides a roadmap for us. Everything one discusses, no matter where someone is...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Joan Collins: ...have mentioned various areas but I have had to represent people who are dealing with the urology department in St. James's Hospital. An 84 year old woman told me that she had been referred by her GP to the urology department and she received a letter saying that she would have her appointment in four years' time. She asked me if the department was waiting for her to die rather than serve...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Mar 2017)

Joan Collins: ...in introducing this Bill. It seeks to reduce the penalty from a chilling 14 years imprisonment to €1, but, as was mentioned, it does not decriminalise the act of having an abortion in terms of the role of the GP, or that of the women or the girls. Health professionals would still be charged with a criminal offence. They would be struck of the register if they assisted in this....

Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Motion (29 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: ...If care was provided in the community and services were configured correctly, the health service would be transformed. While general practitioners are up for such a change, as the committee heard, 33% of GPs are aged over 55 years - the figure for County Mayo is 55% - which means that a swathe of general practitioners will retire during the lifetime of the future ten-year plan. This puts...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: Many of my questions have already been asked and I will not go over them again. Our health system between hospitals, GPs, care etc. is fairly broken. Up to 2007 or 2008, GPs were able to make a good living. Consultants and hospitals were protecting whatever they had. I have listened to what the witnesses said about implementing that care in the community, changing the mindset of the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Relationship between Primary Care and Secondary Care (21 Sep 2016)

Joan Collins: ...in place to ensure that will happen? The matter must be discussed with the Health Service Executive and the integrated care committees. I live on the north side of Dublin and the father of my GP assisted my mother in giving birth to all of us at home. That man's son took over the GP practice and knows all of the family inside out. He knows our history and whether we are sporty or were...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Report Stage (1 Apr 2015)

Joan Collins: ...our legislation relating to carer's allowance. Our amendments relate to medical criteria. They do not affect means testing, which must accompany an application. The amendments propose that a GP's recommendation or determination regarding a person's medical needs be accepted. Obviously, a deciding officer can look at the other aspects relating to getting carer's allowance.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Joan Collins: ...to have one or two at the front line to explain to people when they come in to make a claim what exactly is needed for that claim. I am not suggesting the Department should tell people to go to a GP and tell the GP what they need to hear. I do not believe GPs put down what people ask them. They make an assessment with professionalism and state that a given person is unable to work for...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Report Stage (10 Feb 2015)

Joan Collins: ...in one's area. This is a consequence of section 2(1)(f) of the 1996 Act. Complementary therapies currently covered under the HAA card are reflexology, aromatherapy, massage, acupuncture and hydrotherapy. HAA cardholders need to be referred by their GP or consultant. This is not covered in the Minister's Bill. HAA cardholders can avail of counselling not only for themselves but also...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2015)

Joan Collins: ...do not know how many are living outside the State. Liaison officers have considerable experience in dealing with patients with particular needs in regard to hepatitis C. I will continue to outline what was provided by the HAA card:GP services, all prescribed drugs, medications, aids and appliances. Dental services, optical and aural services, physiotherapy, counselling, chiropody, home...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (1 Oct 2014)

Joan Collins: ...example of a bureaucracy being an incredible morass. Agencies cannot be flexible. This man was requesting that the €10 be taken back off him so that they could give him back his medical card. He was given a GP card. We are also dealing with a 92 year-old woman in a nursing home at the moment, who has Alzheimer's disease. She is €20 over and her medical card has been...

White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)

Joan Collins: ...cost about €217 million. I note that in a previous life, Labour Party Members lauded the fact that the over 70s automatically got a medical card. Now that children under six are to get free GP care, more people over 70 are coming in to my office whose medical cards are being cut because they have just over €500 in income as an individual. The reality is that this...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Joan Collins: ...2001, which is an important point. The Minister of State added: A study published in the Irish Medical Journal in 2004 showed that access to the medical card resulted in older people visiting their GP more often, an increased uptake of the influenza vaccine, a reduction in the percentage of people over the age of 70 who had a disability. It is not unreasonable to conclude that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Gender Recognition Bill 2013: Discussion (23 Oct 2013)

Joan Collins: ...health services. Surely as soon as a person indicates that he or she is not in the correct body then he or she should be in contact with the medical service or his or her parents should be in contact with a GP or other medical expert. The situation develops over a period but it can start at a very young age. It is clear that a person is moving in a certain direction and that certain...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: ...ideation. Many people do not believe an obstetrician is in a position to make that decision when a psychiatrist is already involved. I ask the Minister of State to accept the amendment. A GP or other medical practitioner can play that role and the GP is probably in the best position to assist a woman making that decision.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: As far as I am aware, GPs are covered under the Medical Council in respect of ethics and so on. Why is the obstetrician there? Just being registered with the Medical Council is not a good enough reason to explain why an obstetrician is included and a GP is not included. I do not accept what the Minister of State is saying and I do not see why he cannot accept the amendment.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Joan Collins: ...personnel who should be able to deal with certification and not just confine it to an obstetrician. For example, an obstetrician may only meet a woman once or twice during a pregnancy. Her general practitioner, GP, would be much more aware of the woman's overall medical condition and history.