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- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: Today we are meeting with Bodywhys to discuss eating disorders. We are joined by Ms Jacinta Hastings, CEO; Ms Harriet Parsons, training and development manager; and Ms Kathy Downes, support services manager, who are all very welcome to our meeting this morning. All witnesses and members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges...
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: I thank Ms Hastings. I ask Senator Conway to come in, if he has any questions.
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: I call on Deputy Ward.
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: I thank Senator Conway. Our next speaker is Deputy Gino Kenny.
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: Our next speaker is Senator Annie Hoey but she is not online. I invite Deputy Ward.
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: I thank the organisation for the phenomenal work that it does. Was Bodywhys founded due to people realising that help and information were needed to tackle eating disorders? Who founded Bodywhys and how many years has it been in existence?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: People often assume that any very thin person must have an eating disorder. I work with family members who have a loved one in addiction so I know that people often get confused and assume that an alcoholic is somebody who falls around the street and drinks out of wine bottles. As the witnesses have said, eating disorders are complex. Am I correct that somebody may have an eating disorder...
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: It is a type of emotional regulation and working with that emotional regulation.
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: As Ms Parsons says, it is quite complex so there are different levels. There is binge eating, anorexia, bulimarexia and many different pieces of it. Can the witnesses talk me through the process when somebody comes to them? Would it mostly be a family member bringing somebody or would somebody present by himself or herself because the person knows he or she has a problem and needs help?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: When they come to you, is there an assessment process? How does that work? If somebody comes to you, do you have a team of counsellors?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: Could you say a little more about the SeeMySelf programme?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: I want to get my head around how Bodywhys works. Does it have groups around the country and does it have volunteers who work the groups?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: I have written down a couple of things that came to mind. There have been reports in the online newspaper, The Journal, about people with eating disorders having to fund their own treatment. I want to ask the representatives from Bodywhys about this. I am talking about the likes of Lois Bridges, that is, private treatment centres. Some people do not have health insurance. One young woman...
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: Who would that consultant be? Would it be somebody who solely works in the area of eating disorders?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: I would like the witnesses to expand on Bodywhys' submission on the review of the Mental Health Act 2001, which was mentioned earlier. Will they give us a little bit more detail on that submission?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: Would Ms Hastings have recommendations as to how that review might go?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: Does Deputy Ward have any more questions?
- Joint Committee On Health: Eating Disorders: Bodywhys (17 May 2022)
Frances Black: I thank the Bodywhys representatives very much for their presentations today. We greatly appreciate that they have come in, especially at such short notice, as we did not give them much time. This is an area we are very concerned about and we want to learn more about it. The numbers they have given us today of approximately 9,000 in 2021, which does not include the families, the peers and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Review of the Operation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)
Frances Black: I welcome our witnesses and thank them for their phenomenal work on this issue. My first question is to Ms O'Connor and Ms Ryan of the NWC. In her submission, Ms O'Connor looked at the interpretation of health and the consequences of it in abortion care. She cited that of the 6,577 abortions provided in 2020, just 20 procedures were carried out due to risk to life or health. This would...