Results 721-740 of 1,013 for speaker:Colette Kelleher
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I will put it another way. Does Mr. Ryan think that we have a good mental health service for people in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: Then Mr. Ryan would say that we are a model of good practice in our mental health service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: What resources does the HSE need then?
- Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I am glad I met the witnesses before they came in because I had to leave. I want to congratulate them on their petition and the support they got. As they said, they only needed one signature but they managed to get 12,000 supporters. That told us as a committee and as Members of the Oireachtas that this is a live issue with regard to what they brought to our attention and perhaps...
- Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: The witnesses felt they were passed around and that no clear answer was given to the question they posed. What would they like us, as a petitions committee, to do to address those shortfalls they have outlined? What would they like us to do in terms of taking further action?
- Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: The witnesses are clear that the additional 30 minutes is a valid proposition and concern. Should the committee press that issue with the State Examinations Commission?
- Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: As the intrepid witnesses found out about the committee by using Google, have they any ideas on how we might promote knowledge of the committee, given that it provides quite an effective process?
- Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I congratulate the families of the witnesses, who must be very proud. The four young women will be on this side of the fence one day. I was given a badge to commemorate next year's centenary of women having the right to vote. Our democracy and the voice of women is safe when we have young women such as the witnesses who are so clear and articulate about something that is very close to...
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (15 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne. Many of my questions would be more appropriate to the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who has departed. If the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, is not in a position to reply to them, I would be grateful to receive a reply in writing. I acknowledge that a commitment to provide for dual diagnosis was given in the Minister...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Spillane and Dr. Long for their presentations. It is a real indication of how seriously the Department is taking home care. The witnesses rightly commended the Minister of State, Deputy Helen MacEntee, for her leadership on this, and she has passed the baton to Deputy Jim Daly who I am confident will progress this with the same rigour and enthusiasm. I have two general points....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: The scheme is limited to 130 people, as opposed to 500.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: The Alzheimer Society commissioned a health economist to provide a figure so one is available. The cost of informal care for dementia was calculated and I am sure the society could send it to the Department of Health.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I am saying that some exploration of this has already been done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: Professor Eamon O'Shea might have answers to that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I thank all those who presented. My first question is to Professor Eamon O'Shea. He commented clearly that rights and regulations without adequate resources are meaningless and will not create certainty and personalised care. When we ask older people and people with dementia or other care needs what they want, they say they do not want a one-size-fits all solution. They want the kind of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care - Rights, Resources and Regulation: Discussion (15 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I am really sorry but I must leave as I have another group coming. I will tune in to hear the responses.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: Figures provided by the Department of Justice and Equality in response to a parliamentary question on 19 October outline the current status of the Government's commitments to welcoming 4,000 people as refugees to Ireland. They seem to show that Ireland is falling short with only one third of that target group welcomed to Ireland to date. In that context, and given that the deadline for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Defence (Veterans Lapel Badge) Bill 2017: First Stage (8 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I second it.
- Seanad: International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2017)
Colette Kelleher: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to the House. We had the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, here on the last occasion. I am delighted we have been able to bring this important Bill back to the House on Committee Stage. I thank the Senators, a majority of whom voted in favour of this Bill on Second Stage on 19 July. As I and others have said time and again in this House and in the...