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Seanad: Welfare and Safety of Workers in the Public Health Service: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber. I thank the Labour Party group for tabling this really important and timely motion which I wholeheartedly support. I sit on the Joint Committee on Health and the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health with Senator Hoey and was present during the recent shocking health committee meeting where trade union officials representing healthcare workers detailed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I want to speak about the protest I attended yesterday outside the gates of Leinster House. It was organised by adult education tutors. They were highlighting the fact that almost three years after the Labour Court recommended in March 2020 that they be given proper employment contracts, it has yet to happen, unfortunately. Three years is a long time. In July 2022, the adult education...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Did Dr. Burke wish to come in there?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I thank Deputy Hourigan and call Deputy Ward.

Joint Committee On Health: Business of Joint Sub-Committee (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Minutes of the sub-committee's meeting on 6 December 2022 have been circulated to members for consideration. Are they agreed? Agreed

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: The purpose of today's meeting is for the sub-committee to consider the Mental Health Commission's interim report on the review of provision of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, CAMHS. To enable the committee to consider this matter, I am pleased to welcome, from the HSE, Mr. Damien McCallion, chief operations officer; Mr. Jim Ryan, head of mental health operations, Dr. Amir...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I have a couple of questions. I hope that is okay. This morning's session has been really informative. I sincerely thank the witnesses for coming in. I will just raise a couple of things. Some of them have been touched on already but I would like a little more detail on them. They relate to movement within the service and the difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff. That has...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: My concern is that when people are burnt out they might be inclined to overprescribe because they feel powerless in the system and cannot cope any more from a personal point of view.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I want to ask about talking therapies. In the CAMHS system how much talking therapy happens and how much does it work? Do young people have one-to-one conversations with psychotherapists to talk through issues that are going on for them, such as anxiety and stress? I know there are extreme cases but I want to ask about the many young people who are dealing with great anxiety and stress in...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Does Dr. Niazi wish to add something?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: A matter of concern in the context of the report is the identification of risk management failures. The report noted a communications defect between some mental health operation teams and CHO management. What can be done to improve organisational communication channels and tighten up risk management?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Some of the most upsetting stories in the report involve young people and their families having to attend accident and emergency departments during times of crisis in order to get out-of-hours help. According to the report, this is an issue. Has the HSE a timeline for the full implementation of its 2019 service plan, which contained a commitment to provide a seven-day-per-week CAMHS? Where...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: Does Mr. Ryan have any idea how much that would cost? Is that what is stopping the HSE from moving forward on that?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I think Dr. Burke mentioned early intervention services. What is there at the moment? What are the early intervention services? Is there an early intervention or preventative service before it gets too bad? Is that what Jigsaw does? Will she say a little about that?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: That is fantastic. That would be really powerful and brilliant if it was really looked at. I believe in intervention and prevention, always. That is where the money should be invested, always. Will the witnesses explain what it would look like if they had a perfect scenario? What would a perfect CAMHS system look like? What would the end result look like?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Commission Interim Report on CAMHS: HSE (14 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I thank the witnesses for their assistance to the committee on this really important matter. We look forward to future considerations and hearing more from the witnesses. As a committee we would like to support in any way we can.

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Frances Black: I will do my best. The Minister is welcome to the House and, like others, I want to wish him well in his new role. I congratulate him. I am glad that we have set time aside to talk about this important issue. The position of women in Irish society has transformed in recent decades. Irish women have fought for, and won, important battles that have facilitated greater gender equality but...