Results 421-440 of 2,980 for speaker:Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Election of Chairman (11 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I propose Deputy Sean Sherlock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the Chair and the Ministers and officials for coming in this afternoon. Most of my questions are addressed to Minister of State, Deputy Daly. We had Dr. Harry Barry in here last week and there has been a lot of discussion around social media and gaming addiction, which is now recognised as a condition by the World Health Organization. He made an interesting proposal that there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: No, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Yes. I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (11 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 355. To ask the Minister for Health if care under the psychiatry of later life can be reinstated to a person (details supplied); the reason it has been withdrawn since February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31229/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome the opportunity to raise this important issue with the Minister of State. As a member of the Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care, I recently paid a visit to my local Offaly-Laois child and adult mental health service, CAHMS, located at St. Fintan's Hospital in Portlaoise. Built in 1832, it was formerly known as St. Fintan's Asylum. It is an intimidating building...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (10 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I just cannot accept this diminution in the service when the Government is increasing budgets to the mental health services every year and, crucially, when the demand for the service is also increasing. That staffing levels are above the national average, that there are no waiting lists at this point and that the services are dealing with the emergencies when they come to them point to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Dr. McDaid and Ms Mitchell for their contributions this afternoon and wish to ask a couple of questions. Last week, the director of the Healthy Ireland policy appeared before this committee. She talked about how the Healthy Ireland agenda is embedded in all the Departments, that there is an interdepartmental and whole-of-society approach and that taking care of one's mental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services' Funding and Performance Indicators: Discussion (4 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Do the witnesses believe that we are doing enough educationally? Do they believe people know there could be negative outcomes if they overconsume or whatever?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions made to develop woman-centred mental health services for 2018, 2019 and 2020, reflecting the commitment in the national strategy for women and girls to address the particular physical and mental health needs of women and girls; the funding allocated for the training of health care professionals in trauma informed care and the impacts of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (4 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 290. To ask the Minister for Health the women-only spaces available in mental health services; the amount of funding allocated for these services in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29539/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (4 Jul 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 321. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason funding for public artworks as part of the town and village renewal scheme 2017 has been withdrawn; his views on whether funding invested in the arts also supports the regeneration of rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29540/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank all of the witnesses for attending. My first question is to Dr. Barry. Has he seen an increase in the levels of anxiety and depression in children and young adults since the advent of increased use of smartphones? Would smartphone usage factor into his assessment of a child or would he look at familial issues such as break-up and so on? Also, does he believe that alcohol abuse or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Are smartphones a problem in this area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: How does a team assist a school and its students if there was a critical incident in a school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Jun 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Mr. Gleeson and the other officials for the presentation. Mr. Gleeson talked about the difficulties in accessing the crisis reserve. How often have we been able to access it? If recollection serves me well, the answer is not too often. Would making it more accessible form part of the negotiations? On the national plan, from what I can gather we have only 18 months and a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (26 Jun 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to extending the eligibility criteria for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan for applicants with properties on rural sites in excess of 175 sq. m; if further consideration has been given to the differentiation in property values between urban and rural sites; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (21 Jun 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creative schools programme; the level of involvement of schools in County Offaly in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Investment Scheme (21 Jun 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports provided to built heritage projects in County Offaly in 2017 and 2018; her plans in this regard for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26717/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank everyone for their presentations, particularly Ms Brennan. It takes a lot to waive one's anonymity and we genuinely appreciate that Ms Brennan has done so and is prioritising her children. I concur completely with the Chair's comments. My first question is to the witnesses from the Mental Health Commission and concerns the key functions of the commission. What is the witnesses'...