Results 1-5 of 5 for lottery speaker:Annie Hoey

Seanad: National Cancer Services: Motion (19 Jun 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...Reference has been made to that in the debate. In the least well-off areas there is a greater risk of dying from the disease. One of the key phrases used is that cancer patients face a postcode lottery, with survival rates being lower in poorer areas. We simply cannot have a society where that continues to be the case. I will speak very briefly about the funding of the national cancer...

Seanad: Family Carers: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...when they should have been able to get home to get the care they needed. It puts enormous pressure on family members to take a risk and provide that care. There is also an element of a postcode lottery and issues in respect of social and educational capital. Some people might know who they can ring and talk to if they happen to have links to something so there ends up becoming a class...

Seanad: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (1 Feb 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...is significantly out of line with international human rights standards. As a matter of urgency the mental health (amendment) Bill needs to be progressed this year. We cannot have a postcode lottery as to who gets services depending on where they live and the CAMHS service to which they are linked. That practice needs to end. I agree with a previous speaker that we need to extend the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Issues Relating to General Practice: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Annie Hoey: ..., but rather asking them as representative organisations whether they are concerned that this severe lack of options for women or pregnant people in this area. It becomes a bit of a postcode lottery as to whether or not people are able to access timely care. I have spoken to a few GPs and one of their big concerns is about how they can interact with and support people with mental health...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Education): Statements (2 Dec 2021)

Annie Hoey: ...all across the country have been calling for a statement on whether in-person examinations will happen. The approach has been quite ad hoc. It is important that safety and Covid-19 should not represent a lottery for students. That goes for primary, secondary and tertiary levels. Particularly in respect of in-person examinations, some institutions, such as UCC and King's Inns, have...