Results 1-20 of 41 for cork speaker:Frances Black

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Frances Black: ...appears to reflect the strength of public passion better than our Government, I might add. I thank Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, Cork and Limerick councils and others that have passed motions that have included demands such as supporting a boycott of Israel, recognising it is committing the crime of apartheid against the...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by GAA President, Mr. Larry McCarthy (26 Apr 2023)

Frances Black: ...- and in Antrim as well because my father was from that county. I still spend a great deal of time on Rathlin Island. My maternal grandparents were from Enfield in County Meath and my husband is a very proud Cork man who is obsessed with hurling and the Cork hurling team, as can be imagined. I am passionate about fostering community and connection across the whole of this island. It is...

Joint Committee On Health: Addiction Services: Discussion (14 Jun 2022)

Frances Black: ...to do so. I think you are all wonderful. I visited Tabor Lodge and was blown away by everything you do down there and by its recovery process. I totally agree with our guests on having all the Cork services working together. That is a model I would love to see rolled out throughout the Thirty-Two Counties. It is a very powerful one. When I visited our guests, I met Mr. David Lane....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Oversight of Sláintecare: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Frances Black: ...engaged with local campaigners who are trying to prevent the closure of the Owenacurra mental health facility. They have highlighted the sparse provision of mental healthcare facilities in east Cork relative to other areas. The report mentions the development of regional health areas to better co-ordinate care. Will these bodies have a role in addressing regional inequalities in service...

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

Frances Black: ...of adult safeguarding legislation was highlighted by the situation in nursing homes during the pandemic and we heard recently that a wrongful death claim had been lodged against a nursing home in Cork in respect of a 64-year-old mother of three living with dementia who died of Covid-19 while in that nursing home. Those living with dementia have a higher rate of Covid-19 and so failures in...

Seanad: Live Industry Supports: Statements (16 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: ...and they are not earning. When I talk about music and live entertainment, I need to be clear that I am not talking about international touring acts playing in multi-thousand seat venues in Dublin, Cork or Galway. I am talking about the music that is written, learned, performed and enjoyed on this island in pubs, bars, small theatres and venues. It is the lifeblood of Irish music and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: ...families and the residents. I am also aware that the families of Owenacurra are mindful of the many other families who require these respite and long-stay placements for their loved ones in east Cork. These families, who have been in contact with us, want us to focus on the broader service loss to the region going forward. I am conscious I have not got a huge about of time but I have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: Why is the 24-hour staffed care being removed from east Cork which has a population, between the two mental health teams, the Midleton-Youghal team and the Cobh-Glenville team, of nearly 100,000? Why are they being taken out of east Cork? Mr. Fitzgerald stated that it is only down the road. It is half an hour down the road for those residents. It is a good distance. They cannot just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: St. Stephen's Hospital will be used for many other service users in the future, many of whom will be from the east Cork area. Am I right in saying that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: To clarify, St. Stephen's Hospital will be used for east Cork service users into the future rather than just the Owenacurra centre. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: Families and local public representatives have written to us about the model of care provided in north Cork. There are three community residences in the area, one each in Fermoy, Mallow and Kanturk. Each residence is staffed 24 hours a day and has 14 single en suiterooms. That adds up to a total of 42 rooms for a population similar in size to that of east Cork. There is a waiting list for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: There have been other east Cork residents who required long-stay or respite placement this year but the Owenacurra Centre was not available to them. Can Dr. O'Brien tell us what mental health facilities those service users have been placed in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: I am sorry; I have to cut Dr. O'Brien off because I am concerned about my time. I want to clarify one matter with her. Will there be no 24-hour community residence in east Cork? That is really what I wanted to ask. Will there now be no 24-hour community residence in east Cork because the Owenacurra Centre is closed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: That is pretty shocking, to be fair. It is very disappointing. I cannot even imagine what it is like for the families and people in east Cork and for their representatives here today to hear that there will now be no 24-hour community residence in east Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Closure of Owenacurra Centre: Engagement with HSE (14 Dec 2021)

Frances Black: It is not good enough. I am sorry, but it is not good enough that, because the Owenacurra Centre is closing, there will be no 24-hour community residence in the east Cork area. That is very disappointing. Something needs to be changed in this regard. We have heard unbelievable feedback from residents and family members about the importance of this service to them. This is their home where...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: ..., which is home to 19 people who have severe and enduring mental health difficulties, some of whom have lived there for many years. It is the only long-stay adult mental health facility in east Cork and prior to the Covid-19 emergency, it also provided respite and day care. On 28 June the residents received the shock announcement that the Owenacurra Centre was to be closed by 31 October...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Mental Health Services: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: ...dedicated lead for mental health needed to be created within the HSE. The HSE appeared before the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health yesterday to discuss the closure of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork, which is a wonderful service. Can one of the representatives from Mental Health Reform elaborate on what it envisages in the context of this lead person? What is its thinking is on that?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

Frances Black: ...Hoey. Today, we are meeting representatives from the HSE to provide the Joint Sub-Committee on Mental Health with an update on the proposed closure of the Owenacurra centre in Midleton, County Cork. I welcome the witnesses to the meeting: Mr. Michael Fitzgerald, chief officer of Cork Kerry community healthcare, HSE; Dr. Sinead O’Brien, executive clinical director, Cork mental...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2021)

Frances Black: ...when some residents were still half asleep. The programmers spoke to a brave and grieving woman named Christine Thompson, who is the daughter of Kathleen Thompson, who, tragically, was among 21 residents in a Cork nursing home with 51 beds who were confirmed to have died from the virus during the third wave of the pandemic. A shocking finding in the programme that shook me was a...

Seanad: Matters Arising from the Withdrawal of the UK from the EU: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Frances Black: ...unit is to be welcomed. However, there is an urgency in planning and preparing for the inevitable Border poll. I am heartened by the call from Fianna Fáil's Deputy James O'Connor, who represents Cork East, for a special Minister for State to be appointed to co-ordinate the work of the unit. As Fianna Fáil's Deputy Jim O'Callaghan said in his address to Sidney Sussex College in...