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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I understood this to be the oversight group's work plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Can the oversight group take these actions on board in the context of its own work plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: A Vision for Change: Engagement with Department of Health Oversight Group (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: There is no sense of urgency about this. That is the point I am trying to make. I do not much care whether the work is carried out by the Department of Health, the HSE or some other unit. I just want to see a sense of urgency around doing the work.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: We are now in public session. The first petition for consideration is No. P00034/16 from Mr. Joseph O'Shea, a petitioner who seeking a mechanism to appeal decisions of the Minister for Justice and Equality on the determination of the level of disablement under the Garda Síochána Pensions Order 1925. This is the third time this petition has been considered by the committee. Does...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I welcome our visitors. At a previous meeting, we considered the Ombudsman's Nursing Home Casebook. To help us consider this matter further, I am pleased to welcome the Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall, who is accompanied by Ms Jennifer Hanrahan and Mr. Tom Morgan. I advise witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the sound system. I draw the attention of witnesses to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: The way we will proceed is that members will now put questions to Mr. Tyndall. However, I ask him to consider how the committee can support him in his work. I understand that he has received a number of responses from the Department. If there is anything he can suggest to us, that would be helpful.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: There are some questions, especially regarding finances and financial abuse. I have worked with Ms Patricia Rickard-Clarke on the adult safeguarding Bill and financial abuse is one element of this. Deputy Cassells has asked questions about the scale of this and what might be the remedies. There is also the matter of contracts of care and the fact that people are not secure in their beds...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: To summarise, the contract is key to all this and there must be clarity on what is covered, as well as what owes to the contract. There is also the issue of adequacy of funding to cover that which is clarified. Those elements are under considerations but Mr. Tyndall is not quite sure where the process stands.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Looking at that is another key issue, particularly the €1 billion transfer from the State to the sector. There must be a balancing of that transfer and certain obligations owing to it.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I will make a suggestion. It seems that there is consensus in the committee to support the recommendations the Ombudsman is making on the contract of care and strengthening the rights of people, particularly when it comes to security of tenure but also in enumerating what the contract should cover and having adequate funding to cover them. It might be possible for the committee to write to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: In the interests of-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: In the interests of meeting the needs of the individual, rather than any other consideration, the Ombudsman's recommendation is that there be a single simplified scheme that would include home care as well as access to residential care.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: We will take it on board.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Perhaps Mr. Tyndall might circulate his submission to us to give us the information.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Perhaps we might invite-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook: Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: Perhaps when the Minister comes back, he can talk to us about the matters in hand, the contract, security of tenure, the additional charges, the adequacy of funding, home care and the range of issues under consideration. There are particular issues. I know from my work on dementia services that a 15 minute home help slot is almost of no help. It has to be adequate for the person concerned...

Seanad: Report on Children's Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: This is an opportunity not only to consider the report of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on children's mental health services but also to consider more generally what is happening to our children's mental health. I spoke on this issue over three months ago, often citing the report we are discussing. It is disappointing that we have made so little progress, and it is devastating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Barriers to Education Facing Vulnerable Groups: Discussion (29 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We could spend a week dealing to each of the presentations to explore the detail of them. We have had to cover a good deal of ground. My territory would be similar that traversed by Senator Ruane. I am interested to know if Mr. Dignam, Ms Heelan and Mr. Mokake currently have direct liaison with the Department of Education and Skills? Would...

Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: I am going to share time with Senator Alice-Mary Higgins. I will take six minutes and she will take two. I am delighted to speak in support of what I call Senator Grace O'Sullivan's "motion on the ocean". I oppose the Government's diluted - pun intended - countermotion. As the song goes, although I will not be singing it, "thank God we are surrounded by water." However, it would seem...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2018)

Colette Kelleher: The first petition for consideration is No. P00017/18 from Mr. Mark Larkin who would like to see the voting age lowered to 17 years for the local and European elections in 2019. He believes that because many 17 year olds are in part-time employment, they are paying taxes and should have representation. It is proposed that the joint committee forward a copy of the response from the...