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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: We will all hold the HSE to that.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: As we have come to end of this round, I will ask a couple of questions if that is all right. If Deputies or Senators have other comments afterwards, we can take them. In a way, Deputy Ward has stolen my thunder in that I have an example or similar case with a child whose date of birth is 2013. That child has been assessed and the services planned for the child have been indicated but the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: What proportion of Dr. Muldoon's office's time is spent dealing with issues relating to children with disabilities and failure to access services? I appreciate that is an unfair thing but I am conscious of the entirety of his role and how much of it is occupied by this.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Last week's visit arose from the disability matters committee. We were there as members of that committee.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I am anxious to let others in.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: Can I ask that we define the terms "PTA" and "SOP" for those listening in?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: The Armagh Road and Cork Street services in my home constituency of Dublin South-Central do not have full teams. I received an update recently on the Drimnagh primary care centre and am very excited that a design team has been engaged and it is moving to a more advanced stage but, looking down the road, will it have the personnel to resource it? Although it is a great development, will it...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank Mr. O'Regan. Many members of this committee also sit on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters. At that committee, we hear about the issue of poverty for people with disabilities in adulthood and the prospect of poverty. We consider the issues of low levels of job attainment and access to the workplace. We look at the causes of that, which are matters relating to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: As we started with the opening statements of Dr. Muldoon and Mr. Reid, I am happy to give them the final word. Perhaps Dr. Muldoon would like to go first.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Children's Unmet Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I propose to publish the opening statements to the Oireachtas website. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank our guests for appearing before the committee and we look forward to further engagement on this very important matter. This has been an extraordinary meeting. It has been frank and fruitful. It gave everybody an opportunity to display how committed we are to the children at the heart...

Seanad: Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (10 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Minister for the opportunity to address this motion. I want to begin by applauding all that she is doing. A panoply of legislation to deal with gender-based violence will in every way ensure a safer society because the fact is that she is absolutely right. It is almost incredible, unless one happens to be involved in or aware of a case and supporting a community, to realise...

Seanad: International Women's Day 2022: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the Minister and thank him for his tremendous work, not least that which is ongoing in committee. I greatly appreciate it. I want to reflect a little on how the bias can be broken from the perspective of both policy and practice. We need to make a shift in respect of how we plan policy and practice and to ensure we see that through the lens of women's experience. In the first...

Seanad: International Women's Day 2022: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I thank the Senator for bringing that to our attention. It is scandalous that there was not a ladies' toilet in this wonderful complex.

Seanad: International Women's Day 2022: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I acknowledge that on International Women's Day last year I asked the Minister for progress on surrogacy and provisions for women who are not acknowledged as the mothers of their children in Irish law. I note that yesterday the members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on International Surrogacy were announced. I hope that next year I will be thanking the Minister when all of us are...

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I congratulate the Minister of State on the significant amount of work that she and her predecessor and my party colleague, former Deputy Jim Daly, have done. The concept of brain health is important. During Covid in particular, we have had many conversations about mental health. If I sprain my leg, it will swell, I will not be able to walk on it and I will be in pain. How do we know when...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I pay tribute to the Irish people for the extraordinary and overwhelming generosity they have shown towards Ukraine. The fact that centres all over the country that were set up to collect goods for shipping to Poland have had to stop receiving them because they were overwhelmed is really quite extraordinary. I note the statement by Dóchas this morning that it would be better for people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (3 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: I welcome the Minister of State and thank her for her opening remarks. I want to begin by congratulating her and thanking her very sincerely for the recent opening and ongoing growth in the Our Lady of Hope School in my constituency of Dublin South Central. I know that a considerable amount of work was carried out by her good self and her officials and also with the Minister, Deputy Foley....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD (Resumed): Discussion (3 Mar 2022)

Mary Seery Kearney: SNAs have come through the education programme that the Minister of State launched and it has been exceptionally well received. They have had an affirmation of their very good practice and an enhancing of their practice, and, as I said, I saw graduation photographs from last week. I wonder is there a role for them in the expansion of the summer programme so they would have a competence that...