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Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome very much that he has acknowledged the crisis and is open to looking at the allocation of resources to respond to that crisis. That is noted by the committee. We will act swiftly in order that we can input into the 2020 service plan process. I thank the Minister of State for coming. I appreciate his candour and willingness to listen. I am looking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I remind Ms Mitchell of her time. I am conscious that we will have time to hear all the other speakers also. Perhaps the witness could sum up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Ms Mitchell. I call on Dr. Keogh to make his opening statement. I remind witnesses that five minutes is the time allowed and I ask that they keep to that. It means that committee members will get to ask questions of the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Dr. Keogh for his strong endorsement of Traveller health projects and the role of the liaison nurse. We may pick up on that point when we speak to representatives of the HSE. I call Dr. Tierney to make her opening statement and thank Dr. Keogh for keeping to the time limit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: As Dr. Tierney is at six minutes, can she come to her recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Dr. Tierney. We have her full submission. There was a lot in it. The call to action driven by a sense of shame is important and interesting. I now call on Mr. Meehan to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I thank Mr. Meehan for his presentation. Are there any questions from the committee members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: It struck me on listening to the response that it would be great if Travellers who wish to become nurses themselves could have such a role. I am guessing there is a rather large gap to be covered there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Deputy Joan Collins has some further questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: There are strong views about that reinstatement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: I imagine they will be raised again. The submissions do not agree with the decision that was made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: That would be helpful. I thank Mr. Maguire. I call Ms Mitchell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Mr. Meehan is head of the NOSP. How good a job does he think is being done to prevent suicides among the Traveller community?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: There seems to be a trend emerging among young women in the Traveller community. We had an experience of this in real time. While we wait for the coroner, as we must, we must pay attention to what people are telling us in the here and now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Are the 17 groups adequately resourced? There has been considerable praise for the primary healthcare projects for Travellers throughout the country. do they have sufficient resources to do the job they are being asked to do? Would the office be open to accepting the committee's interim report which we will produce in a matter of weeks in terms of resource allocation in 2020? There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Does Mr. Meehan accept that there is a crisis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: What seems to be a lot of money may not be enough to meet the scale of the crisis. As the Minister of State mentioned, there is a mixture of resources available and a willingness on the part of the NOSP and the Minister of State to look at the committee's recommendations in the here and now, as well as long-term issues such as ethnic identifiers, coroner reports, the verification of suicides...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Is there a Traveller on the steering group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Would Mr. Meehan be open to having a seat reserved for a Traveller?

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Oct 2019)

Colette Kelleher: Absolutely. We will have a report coming out shortly in which we will be making some recommendations. We had a very extensive public consultation process in the Seanad on democracy and participation. It is great to receive endorsement. A Traveller culture and history Bill is being taken tomorrow; therefore, there are many interconnecting measures. I appreciate the reflections of the...