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- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Mal O'Hara: ...soup. That sat with us, so we developed a kind of well-being check-in to make sure those people were okay and their needs were being met in a safe and compliant way. Vulnerable groups include carers, people with disabilities, those with illness and, of course, minority groups. Carers have particular issues relating to their energy, time and capacity. They spend so much energy and...
- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Malcolm Byrne: ...when he was speaking. These five groups that were identified as being at particular risk were members of the LGBT community, those with dementia or cognitive impairment, those with a disability, carers or ethnic minorities. These groups, especially, faced challenges. As Senator Boyhan mentioned, the former Fianna Fáil Senator, Dr. Keith Swanwick, worked with ALONE in the...
- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Martin Conway: ...pandemic it set up a telephone support service where people rang visually impaired and blind people who were living alone and who did not necessarily have family. They might have had home health or a carer coming in once a week or once a day for an hour. That system is still up and running to this day because it was so successful and brought such benefit, joy, conversation and...
- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Annie Hoey: ...by tackling the root causes at the structural, community and individual level, across all age groups and demographics, and particularly to those cohorts most at risk of loneliness and isolation, including carers, LGBTQ+ people, younger people, people with disabilities and members of the international community residing in Ireland. The Loneliness Taskforce has repeatedly offered our...
- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Eileen Flynn: ...current role and I hope to see positive changes around mental health and well-being. One of the root causes of loneliness and isolation is the feeling of being other within Irish society. Being a carer and sometimes being a mother can be very lonely, particularly if one chooses to be a stay-at-home mother.That can be very lonely for many women. This is a subject we could talk about at...
- Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)
Colm Burke: ...the life course are fit for purpose and to develop a costed implementation plan for options to optimise these supports. Engagement and collaboration with stakeholders will be a central component of the work of the commission, including a reference group of relevant stakeholders, older people and carers. This will enable us to build on the policies and programmes in train to support...