Results 501-520 of 636 for speaker:Joan Freeman
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inspection of the Oberstown Children's Detention Campus: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)
Joan Freeman: Absolutely.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inspection of the Oberstown Children's Detention Campus: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)
Joan Freeman: Is it all right if Mr. Bergin responds to the rest of the members here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: HIQA Inspection of the Oberstown Children's Detention Campus: Discussion (8 Nov 2017)
Joan Freeman: They will follow up in case Deputies have missed out.
- Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Oct 2017)
Joan Freeman: I would like to speak briefly in support of Deputy Browne's Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017. It is a very worthwhile item of legislative change and I fully support the shortcomings it seeks to address. The legislation proposes five key amendments to the Mental Health Act 2001, which serve to strengthen and protect the rights of people embarking on mental health care. I would like to...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Oct 2017)
Joan Freeman: I move:That Seanad Éireann recognising the shortfalls in 24 hour access to mental health services, resolves to ensure that resources in the mental health budget are allocated to ensure that there is comprehensive 24 hour access to mental health services, including weekend and out-of-hours services across Ireland. I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Minister of State at the...
- Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Oct 2017)
Joan Freeman: Senator Kelleher has advised the group that she will second the motion.
- Seanad: Mental Health Services: Motion (4 Oct 2017)
Joan Freeman: It was lovely to hear the speech of the Minister of State. There was great sincerity there, but what he said also sounded nearly believable. It is very typical of his Department to roll out figures, but we are still waiting for action. He has to defend his Department and that is his job, but there is also the practical element of being truthful about the very serious shortfalls. He...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: I wish to respond to Senator Catherine Noone's input regarding the fall in suicide rates. The Government should immediately acknowledge that the suicide rates have fallen owing to the efforts of at least 500 charities that have suicide prevention and intervention programmes. The Senator suggested using a new model from Michigan that is supposed to decrease the rates of suicide further, but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. It was very interesting. I need so much more time to absorb the report and to get my head around it. To follow on from something Deputy Sherlock said, the Department is depending on the goodwill of the teacher to implement these cyberbullying safety procedures. That is chronically wrong. My daughter is a teacher. Teachers are up to their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Yes, smartphones in general.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Is that not again being very ambivalent, allowing schools to make their own individual decisions and allowing teachers to make their own decisions about whether they should take on the courses? It is leaving everything open to the school policy instead of having an absolute policy as to how we protect our children.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Why not? Why can the Department not do that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: We are a signatory to the convention but we have not ratified it. Does anybody know why?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Does anybody know? Is there any Deputy or anybody here in government who is following cyber bullying and cyber safety?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Maybe they need somebody, a Deputy or somebody, to follow up to make sure that these are being-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Briefly, I am sorry. The word "ambivalence" keeps coming back to me. The biggest component in of all this are parents. They are the ones who can protect. Children are at school for six hours a day. There is another 18 hours in the day. Ms McGarrigle mentioned there is a programme going in for third class, but does she think the children in first class have not been using iPhones and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Does Ms McGarrigle have statistics on how many parents are accessing it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: Has it been measured? Do the delegates know how many parents are accessing the site and its impact?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)
Joan Freeman: The group should conduct its own research to see what the effects are.