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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is the interaction of the DPC on that ongoing or is it in specific cases? Is there a provision whereby the authority can consult the DPC? If so, are we assured that there is significant, not medical knowledge but public health knowledge within the DPC to make an informed consultation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: It does not have to, but it could.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health Information Bill 2023: Department of Health (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To return to my original point, does the Department accept that having a double identifier increases the likelihood of a data error?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the oversight that is in place within his Department on the collection, distribution and operation of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund; the responsibility and future plans of his Department in the continuance of this fund within the annual budgetary cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21315/23]

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I welcome everyone to the meeting. I will stick with some of the issues just discussed. The committee has been discussing the Sharing the Vision policy and its implementation, as well as the document published last year by the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. On the transition age moving from 18 to 25, that is a good indicator of how much integration we are actually seeing. We were...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is Dr. Duffy comfortable saying that the transition from 18 years to the cohort of 25-year-olds is happening on the ground right now? I am asking in the context of a document we are looking at which is from 2022 to 2024. That recommendation was meant to be a short-term one. In the context of a two-year window, to me, the short term is six to eight months. To some degree, the witnesses are...

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I do not want to paraphrase Ms Hughes but is her answer that she is not aware or could not say for sure whether it is happening?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: With regard to integration and services not working in a silo, it would be concerning if this was a short-term goal or recommendation that should have been addressed ten months ago. Is that overly critical of me to say?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: These teams do not accept Jigsaw's recommendations.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Within the document the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, issued or published, youth advocacy services funded by the State, such as Jigsaw, are highlighted as supporting partners in the recommendations. How can we advocate on Jigsaw's behalf for its recommendations to be taken seriously by every team within the CAMHS system?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Is that happening because of some kind of capacity issue within the system in particular regions or does it simply come back to the issue of personal relationships?

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: To have the time and space to make those connections with people.

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I will follow up on a couple more-----

Joint Committee On Health: Life Cycle Approach to Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: That is a good point although it is the Minister of State's timeline rather than mine. It is important to make that distinction. I will follow up on a couple more of those recommendations, specifically those in which NGOs are cited as partners. On the out-of-hours response for children and adolescents in every single geographical area, has there been outreach to the witnesses'...