Results 601-620 of 1,013 for speaker:Colette Kelleher
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: At a previous meeting we considered the issue of personal assistant services for individuals with a disability. To help us consider the matter further, I am pleased to welcome from the Department of Health Ms Patsy Carr; from the HSE Ms Marion Meany; from Áiseanna Tacaíochta Mr. Owen Collumb and Ms Eileen Daly; and from the Disability Federation of Ireland Dr. Joanne McCarthy and...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Carr and invite Mr. Collumb to make his opening statement.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I ask Dr. McCarthy to conclude so that members will have enough time to ask their questions.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: All the presentations have been fantastic. I refer not only to the overview from the Department of Health, but also to the testimony of the lived experience of the benefits that accrue from access to a self-directed PA service, for example in respect of one's employment and one's social life. We have also heard about the bigger picture with regard to data gaps and the investment that is...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: We must move on.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: The level, extent and quality of the personal assistant service are critical.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Would Ms Daly like to answer some of the questions that were raised?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Thank you, Eileen. I call Mr. Toner.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I would not like to hear form Mr. Toner.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I am anxious to bring in the other members. Does Senator Buttimer have a question?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: If we have time, we will ask them.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: The Senator's question was on the direct payments
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: The Senator's question is about the direct payments, the governance, equality and-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Would the Department like to answer that question?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Ms Carr said that the policy is in development.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Does Deputy Murphy have any questions?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: That is a question about the membership organisation more than the personal assistants, which is what we are focusing on today. It is a good question but perhaps it is for another day.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Not all of them, I would say.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: Ms Meany indicated that she would like to contribute. I will then draw the discussion to a close.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)
Colette Kelleher: I will adjourn shortly because we are conscious of the time. We decided to look at this as a committee because we had a presentation from Leigh Gath, who was presenting on her role but who also spoke about her own personal experience and therefore we got interested in the personal assistants. This has been a very educative process for me today as it was about the impact of a PA service on a...