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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: I thank Dr. Finnerty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: As Deputy O'Connell was not here earlier, I remind her that we will have a pre-legislative scrutiny meeting with representatives of the Department at 12.30 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: Has Dr. Finnerty recovered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: Before we conclude I have a few questions on compliance for Dr. Finnerty, and Ms Frowein might like to comment. Reference was made to regulatory compliance improving by some small percentage points year on year. What are the areas with non-compliance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: Perhaps they are not Nightingale wards anymore, or perhaps they still are, but what are the regulations to govern accommodation that is shared by patients? We have very strict regulations around housing in the housing sector, but are there regulations for accommodation in hospitals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: On recruitment and retention, during the hearings of the Committee on Future of Mental Health Care, we learned that to recruit a nurse, the service has to go through 25 steps between deciding that a nurse is needed and actually having approval for the nurse. If there is any gap in those 25 steps the approval may be delayed and it could be up to 18 months before a service could recruit a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: I am aware of community psychiatric teams that are very poorly populated, not just in CAMHS, and that do not have a psychiatrist, perhaps have not had a psychologist for several years and have half a social worker and half an occupational therapist. This leads to a reduction in services, prolonged waiting lists and poor outcomes for patients, unfortunately. Senator Colm Burke spoke about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: I am aware that when teams are poorly populated, those team members who are left standing burn out much quicker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: As a result it is almost like a spiral. That team disintegrates quicker due to the lack of support. Staff who work in psychiatry, and in other areas of medicine, do not have adequate support from the HSE to allow them to work effectively and efficiently. They burn out much more quickly. Are there any moves within the HSE to put in additional supports to support staff? A member of staff is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: I have come across many children who are in distress for many reasons. However, they do not necessarily need the services of CAMHS. They do not need a psychiatric service; they need a much more supportive service. However, CAMHS tends to be the catch-all for everyone in distress, which then blocks appointments and places for people who are in genuine need. Is there a way to direct people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: Dr. McDaid mentioned the urgent need for the 2001 Act to be updated. What areas are most important and need to be dealt with most urgently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: As our health system improves and as the population ages, dementia is a growing problem. Given the need to deal with patients with dementia who can no longer live at home, are there plans to develop specific dementia services within our health services? People with chronic psychiatric illness are often housed or accommodated along with people with dementing illness. There can often be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: Is that being specifically funded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: There is much public debate at the moment on the decriminalisation of cannabis. We are all aware that cannabis can cause serious mental health issues, precipitate psychosis and demotivate young people because of its side effects and addictive qualities. Should the decriminalisation of cannabis be promoted or resisted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: Yes, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Developments in Mental Health Services: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Michael Harty: That concludes this part of our proceedings. On behalf of the committee, I thank Ms Kate Frowein, Dr. Susan Finnerty and Ms Rosemary Smyth from the Mental Health Commission and Dr. Shari McDaid and Ms Kate Mitchell from Mental Health Reform for their attendance. We will now go into private session to get an update from the Department of Health on the CervicalCheck tribunal.

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

Michael Harty: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— the Programme for a Partnership Government commits to providing greater protection for mortgage holders, tenants and small and medium-sized enterprises whose loans have been transferred to non-regulated entities (‘vulture funds’); — chapter 8 of the Central Bank of Ireland’s Consumer Protection Code...

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

Michael Harty: Whatever arrangement vulture funds are allowed to enter into, the net effect should not result in the loss of a family home or families becoming homeless. Fine Gael should not allow vulture funds to say to distressed mortgage holders, "nothing personal, it's just business" I remind the Minister of the maxim, “what you permit, you promote or condone." What will the Government do to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (28 May 2019)

Michael Harty: 279. To ask the Minister for Health the provision that can be made to refund taxi transport for patients attending hospital appointments who have no access to transport especially patients with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22661/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Driver Safety (22 May 2019)

Michael Harty: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the traffic watch lo-call number will be converted to a free call number due the cost of waiting for a reply which can place undue expense on the callers that are carrying out their civic duty in reporting dangerous driving behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22213/19]