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Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are related and will be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: I rise to argue for the need of students to be prioritised in Government discussions on the cost of living. Students have been at the coalface of the rental crisis for years with some now paying into the thousands or, even more tragically, living in homelessness while trying to get their qualifications. I was glad to hear that the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research,...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to discuss this matter. There are four key issues I want to raise with him. I am relying heavily on the report from the Library and Research Service. It is a resource available to us and I do not think the members of the service ever get thanked enough for the informative work they do. Their digest of this Bill is particularly helpful because...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: As always, it is a pleasure to welcome the Minister of State back to her own House, particularly to discuss a topic that has been of huge importance to the Green Party. This legislation shows the benefit of having the Green Party in government. My views on animal rights are not a secret and like many in this House, I abhor animal cruelty. We have a long way to go towards living in harmony...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: This has been a really interesting session. I was listening in but had to leave briefly. Dr. Brides talked about prescribing and mentioned a colleague who was prescribing to about 30% of patients in Australia and nearly 100% here. Does that mean we are overprescribing? My comments are not intended to take from and do not reflect on the quality of medication for mental health issues....

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: I do not know if this is the kind of thing where we would look to say, "Oh that could be a wake-up call to Government to invest in things". That is a really pertinent point to take away from this.

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: There is probably more diversity in psychiatry than in many other areas of medicine. It is certainly a specialty that tends to have quite wide representation of the population. As Ms Clyne has just said, sometimes it can be very difficult for international doctors to access training programmes, which is a problem that needs to be addressed. Again, it is important that we represent the...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank Dr. Doody. It is bonkers that we do not have a workforce plan. It is so obvious when listing issues like expanding bubbles of employment and retirement. It seems ineffective and inefficient that we are not getting to grips with a sustainable and steady workforce plan. I will not go into it too much, though. Ms Clyne spoke about what was going to be my next question. At this...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: That was my last question and I thank the witnesses for talking a lot of sense. While I do not speak on behalf of everyone on the committee, I can say that we are extremely committed to making this legislation the best it can be. That is always our job as legislators, of course, but we are particularly focused on this Bill at the moment. Hopefully with everyone's suggestions, we can think...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: Dr. Brides spoke about the regulation of certain talk therapies. The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy has been trying for years to get a regulatory underpinning of the work it is doing. I do not want to stray too far from the topic we are discussing but I know the association has been talking to other members of this committee about its frustration about being able to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: I welcome Senator Pauline O'Reilly as Acting Leader. I wish to take a moment to mark the tragic death of Eoin Collins after a short illness. He passed away on 1 February in the care of his family in Lucan, just three months after the untimely and sudden death of his husband, Josep Adalla, in November. Eoin was one of the principal architects of the extraordinary progress and change for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: We have talked about the messaging about immunocompromised people. Dr. Holohan said they should be reasonably safe and that they should be able to live their lives, but there certainly still is a significant amount of fear abroad. It is possibly quite reasonable, since we have come through a very difficult two years. The messaging about people who are immunocompromised has been quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: We might keep the focus on people who are immunocompromised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thank Dr. Holohan. Members get many queries about that. People are afraid. After the last two years, that is understandable. It is useful for us to know how to communicate and respond to those concerns. I have two other questions. Does Dr. Holohan think that there should be more public provision of antigen tests, medical-grade masks and so on? For the past two years, people have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: I thought I might squeeze something out of Dr. Holohan. I want to get his views on the next vaccination strategy and what that will look like. I understand that a new vaccine will be ready for March. I am not an epidemiologist, a doctor, or anything like that but these are just some things that have been said to me. Given that we know there is maybe a seasonal element to this disease, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on Covid-19 and Easing of Restrictions: Discussion (2 Feb 2022)

Annie Hoey: I will jot that down as a question to ask when we meet again in a couple of months. Those are all my questions. I did not get a chance at the start to thank our guests for all they have done. It certainly has not been an easy job. I thank them for all the work they have done in the past two years.

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Annie Hoey: It is always difficult when you have to stand up and follow someone who has shared their experiences. I have been that person who shared my own experience here. I know how very difficult it is to stand up and talk about those things. They really, truly do not ever leave you and it is awful that the Senator had to do that. I thank her for taking a moment to share that with us. I certainly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Annie Hoey: Both, I suppose.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Annie Hoey: Thinking about embedded care, and obviously it cannot be the same as in a college setting, but I recall that when I was at UCC, there was a GP surgery downstairs, a mental health service upstairs, a physiotherapist around the corner and a nurse for other things. Obviously, that is one particular setting but all of the care options were provided. It would relieve some of the pressure, as Dr....