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

Kate O'Connell: A pathway will set out how to fix it for a person but then we cannot do it for them.

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

Kate O'Connell: Those people have to stay where they are.

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

Kate O'Connell: The Act refers to a responsible, accountable person, but there are no actual qualifications set out for that person, nor are parameters set out for who they are. Is Ms Smyth saying that they do not have to be from a medical background?

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

Kate O'Connell: This person can be anywhere on the governance structure within the HSE.

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

Kate O'Connell: A named person.

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

Kate O'Connell: The person actually making the decision could be below the pay grade-----

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

Kate O'Connell: It is very poorly thought out.

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

Kate O'Connell: That is reassuring.

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

Kate O'Connell: Can I ask a question on that?

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

Kate O'Connell: Is work being done by the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland to study other populations and approaches in places like Portugal, for example? Is anyone looking at the Portuguese model and the impacts on the population? Do the witnesses have any information on that? Is it their professional opinion that if there were magical powers within a particular compound that has been around for...

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

Kate O'Connell: I thank Dr. Finnerty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I welcome Mr. Reid and I wish him the best of luck in his job. His employment history demonstrates that he is a dedicated public servant. I hope he will deliver in his role for the people of Ireland. I agree with my colleague, Deputy Durkan, that many have failed in this same role before. I also believe we have political buy-in to the ten year Sláintecare plan. Some of us here sat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I have a few more brief questions. I have raised the issue of folic acid with him previously. Have anything been done to provide free folic acid supplementation for pregnant women and babies? Ireland has the highest rate of neural tube defects. The incidence here is increasing at greater rate than anywhere else in Europe. There is a cost in terms of money and on families but providing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: In terms of education, the Minister needs to work the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy McHugh, on this. If the message in the past week has been corrupted to such an extent, the messages our young people are getting are subject to corruption. There is work that could be done in the early stages of secondary school where the facts are put out. Children today are good at accessing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Delivery of this through the education system is key. I apologise for interrupting the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Is there provision in the budget for the folic acid? Is it the folic acid the Minister meant as part of the women's health action plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank the Minister.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I corresponded with the clerk on the matter yesterday. Some weeks ago when we had representatives of the EPA here, I asked for a report on the monitoring of drug residues in drinking water and also the cost benefits of its radon programme, but I have not received anything yet. I accept that there was the Easter break, but it seems like a very long time to wait for answers which I imagine...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board: Financial Statements 2017 (Resumed) (16 May 2019)

Kate O'Connell: I thank all the witnesses for coming in. I hope I do not repeat questions from the previous session. I apologise in advance if I do. The administration costs on the site for 2017 as outlined in our briefing document come to €12 million. This is essentially housekeeping money as such; it is not building anything. Almost €7 million of that €12 million is for planning...