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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I move amendment No. 32: In page 9, after line 38, to insert the following: “Limit of duration of permission 6. Section 40 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3): “(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), where a planning authority grants a permission to which section 32A(1) applies— (a) ‘the...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I hope everyone can hear me okay. I have a number of notes here on questions I want to ask. In its opening statement, the commission states that it wants to ensure parity between mental health issues and general health issues. I asked a question on this at our last meeting on this topic. The expert group did not recommend an independent route for making complaints. When I asked about...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank Mr. Farrelly for that. Mental Health Reform and other organisations have been calling for this. I thank Mr. Farrelly for his thoughts on it. I have another question. We talked about the continued use of coercive practices. In Sharing the Vision, in connection with recommendation 92 it is suggested that we "Progress a ‘zero restraint, zero seclusion’ action plan"....

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I am sorry; I was just turning the volume up so I can hear a little better. I have notes absolutely everywhere. I will ask a little about advocacy for people who need services and their families. That is all quite complicated for legislators and those who draft legislation. How does the commission see people being supported to access advocacy and the decisions support service? Will they...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for that. We have a broad representation here today of people coming to talk to us. The witnesses have made a submission and they have compiled a report. Is there any outstanding concern or input they would like us as a committee to consider that perhaps has not been highlighted elsewhere either in the report or in the submission? There are a number of witnesses who...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Mental Health Commission (16 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses very much. I have no other questions.

Seanad: Forestry Licensing: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister of State for being here. We had a lengthy couple of days earlier in this Seanad term to discuss this issue. We are back to discuss it again. As a member of the agricultural panel, I feel that afforestation is a method of decarbonisation that we do not really utilise enough in the fight against climate change. Given that we have the spectre of COP26 looming large over...

Seanad: Science Week: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister and everyone involved in making Science Week happen. It is fantastic and gives us an opportunity to celebrate the role of science in our everyday lives. I commend the Creating our Future initiative by Science Foundation Ireland to encourage members of the public to make submissions into the public call for sources of research topics. I also echo Senator Warfield's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank Ms Hardiman for her presentation. Many of the technical questions have already been asked so I will not go through them again. We have all had a considerable amount of communication from parents of children who are suffering from scoliosis. I was struck by the situation of parents who contacted me. They ended up leaving the country because they were concerned about the care their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Delays in Accessing Scoliosis Treatment and Surgery: Discussion (11 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: To clarify, parents felt they had to leave. It was not about the quality of care they would get but the time they would wait to get it. These parents had their diagnosis before their son was even born. There is no question about the quality of care; it is about the fact that people are waiting so long to get it. Have we failed in our approach to children's healthcare and scoliosis...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I want to start my contribution by recognising the tireless work of the Limerick-based group, Together for Safety. It is a very visible, open and transparent group of campaigners who have been fighting hard to get this issue back on the political agenda.

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: It is a grassroots organisation of activists who have spent their weekends, evenings and even break times in their work day to promote this issue. The organisation published a very comprehensive Bill and lobbied us all in advance of this debate in recent months. It is often a lonely station when doing this work. Many of us in the Chamber have been those foot soldiers before, but the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I support Senator Gavan's comments on Palestine and the really disgraceful changes in categorising groups as terrorist organisations. It is dreadful. Not so long ago I was outside Leinster House with activists and other campaigners commemorating the senseless and tragic loss of life of Savita Halappanavar that was caused by Ireland's restrictive abortion laws at the time and fears of legal...

Seanad: Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People: Statements (9 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister of State for providing a copy of her statement. It is great to hear her positive outlook for this programme. I am hopeful there will be a positive future with high-quality, timely, much-needed services for the sector. I was distressed to hear the recent contribution from Senator Seery Kearney regarding the discussion at the Oireachtas disability committee when it was...

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. We are rapidly hurtling into winter. It is getting chilly. We can see the numbers of people interacting with our health service. The health service and our hospitals are very busy every year, but this season will possibly be busier than we have seen before. Our system is going to be under enormous pressure because of the impact of the ongoing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I wish to reference the student nurses and midwives who are outside Leinster House with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, supported by the Psychiatric Nurses Association of Ireland, PNA, SIPTU and Fórsa, about student nurses and midwives' pay, which is an issue that I ever so briefly mentioned in the House previously. We are back at it again. There have been hints in...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I had to leave the meeting for a couple of seconds so I apologise if any of my questions have been already asked. In regard to the expert group not making a recommendation for an independent route for the making of a complaint, is there a reason for that? Mental Health Reform is firm in its opinion that there should be an independent route for...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: This is something that, probably, other mental health organisations would feel strongly about. Mr. Kelly stated that it is in effect the same elsewhere but if we are drafting legislation, why not make it not just in effect the same but actually the same? I am sure we will come across this issue again as we move along. I am interested in hearing what engagement took place with the...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I have never been through a service but I understand that the Sharing the Vision policy moves away from the use of restraints and so on. Does the inclusion of these sorts of measures in this legislation conflict with Sharing the Vision? Obviously, restraints are seen as a last resort. If we strive to have the best and broadest mental health legislation, should there not be zero restraints?...

Joint Committee On Health: General Scheme of the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Department of Health (2 Nov 2021)

Annie Hoey: I thank Mr. Kelly for answering my queries.