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Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Jigsaw for all the work it has done in recent months. On different service delivery types, options and pathways for young people coming in, does Dr. Duffy believe that the online options are working better for people than the face-to-face service or is the interaction different? What is his experience of the nature of this enforced change? Can Dr. Duffy speak about this in a...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On that particular issue, being locked up at home for some people in very trying situations has been extremely difficult. The problem in this regard has been exacerbated in certain circumstances. Are our guests concerned about an increase in the number of referrals relating to abuse or to domestic issues that are having an impact on the children who are presenting? Have our guests seen...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is very interesting what Mr. Longmore says about the surprise of some children at finding a level of support they had not expected or anticipated. Is that what he is saying? It has been a very different picture for different children, has it not?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am very glad to have had this chance to talk with Mr. Longmore about that because my own sense is that this has been very mixed. Of course, when a young person has a relationship with a clinician, to move that online is very difficult. On the other hand, we have all of these different entry points that we are all experiencing in different ways, which can provide greater access, and we...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Miss McGregor who made a very interesting point. We believe that there is a great amount of material going out on social media but it may not be delivered in a way that is reaching people where they are at. Perhaps it is not the right tone, message or connection that is made. It is very important to get that feedback. In returning to an earlier point we have discussed with the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Dr. Duffy. He is correct in that there is much good work going on in different places. We asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for a stand-alone, cross-Government paper on the priorities for children as we reopen society because there is much work going on but it has to be integrated. Can Dr. Duffy provide me with an update on the recommencement of assessments for...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That question may be for the next session. Does anybody else from the Mental Health Reform group know?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That is okay. I will be able to pick it up at the next session. I thank the witnesses.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the witnesses for their attendance today. I have a couple of questions. My understanding is that the National Forensic Mental Health Service had no patient positive case of Covid-19. Is that correct?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What lessons can we learn from that? Why did that happen? What steps were taken at the different stages to ensure that was so? That is a congregated and closed setting, as are other settings we have looked at so what was different about the National Forensic Mental Health Service?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I congratulate to Mr. Ryan and also, crucially, the staff in the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum in that regard. I ask about the timing of the move to Portrane, which is a much more suitable, dedicated facility for mental health detention.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Ryan. Could I ask the witnesses from the commission, in terms of mental health services and training, how they will deal with the training records of the therapeutic management of violence, for example, where it is difficult because of distancing? I do not believe that is happening nationally. They might make an observation in respect of this matter. Is there any possibility...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Excuse me. I meant the therapeutic management of violence. If I have misspoken, I apologise.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On that and in the context of the additional time pressure on people working in the services, how will Covid-19 impact a patient detained under the Mental Health Act in terms of not just their detention but also the review of their detention?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I would like to ask about family visits for patients. They have obviously been difficult. What impact has Covid-19 had on visits, and what is the thinking on allowing them to recommence? I would like to address this question to both the Mental Health Commission and the HSE.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Could I ask for a bit more detail? I am concerned about children detained under the mental health system. Is Mr. Ryan saying that service providers drove children to meet their parents in a different setting? Could he explain exactly what was done?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Was contact maintained solely by technology in the interim?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (Resumed) (14 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: To contextualise that for the committee, what is the typical period for which a child would be in detention in that way?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: We have been notified that Deputies O'Donoghue, Cairns and Costello will substitute for their party colleagues. They are very welcome. I welcome our witnesses for our resumed discussion on the topic of education provision for the September reopening of schools including school transport. Joining us from committee room 1, we welcome: Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General; Ms...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: Education – Return to School and School Transport (Resumed) (10 Jul 2020)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Mr. Ó Foghlú. Sinn Féin has the first speaking slot this morning. Is Deputy Farrell taking ten minutes?