Results 1-9 of 9 for gp speaker:Kathleen Funchion

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: I am delighted to get the chance to speak on this motion because I find increasingly that people who cannot access a GP are calling in to us. In many cases, they have been living abroad or in another part of the country and when they come home they find it impossible to access a GP. In one recent case, a person with a very serious condition who had been living in England for a long period...

Child and Youth Mental Health: Statements (29 Feb 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: ...psychiatrist can formally assess a child with ADHD. Only a child psychiatrist can prescribe a child with medication. The only way to access a child psychiatrist is through CAMHS. This lady's GP, in County Kilkenny, has referred them to CAMHS and received a letter back advising that CAMHS is not accepting referrals at present. I do not know how that is the situation. This person is...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ...areas. My constituency is a good mix of urban and rural and there are many areas where there are no services being provided. I am not even necessarily talking about hospitals, but merely from a GP point of view. If one has a situation where it is known that there is only one GP or two providing this service in a rural county or in part of a rural constituency, that can become the target...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Challenges Facing Refugee and Migrant Children in Ireland: Discussion (27 Jun 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ...any of the names incorrectly - who is the Wicklow co-ordinator and Ms Vepuu Tjazerua, who is the chief executive officer. From Safetynet Primary Care, we are joined by Dr. Alva Ó Dalaigh, migrant health GP lead and Dr. Fiona O'Reilly, chief executive officer. We are also joined by Dr. Aoibhinn Walsh, consultant paediatrician with a special interest in inclusion health. They are all...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ...Initiatives like this one need to be encouraged and rolled out to other villages and towns. Some change is happening but a lot of progress still needs to be made. We must also remember the role of the GP in rural Ireland. I met some GPs recently from a rural community who are doing excellent work in their area. Often they offer more than just a GP service. They are the first port...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ..., 314 children have been waiting more than 12 months for an appointment. These are 314 extremely vulnerable children. A recent case of mine involved a child who was suicidal, presented to their GP when they had been on the list for CAMHS for two years at that point and was told there was a drop-in psychology clinic, which was completely inappropriate. This child really needed the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Educational Psychological Service (18 Jan 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ...that school and that it will have a NEPS psychologist. I am sure the school has furnished a copy of this letter to the Department or the Minister of State. The school is encouraging people to go to their GP to get a referral, but it knows those students are going onto a never-ending waiting list, which is extremely demoralising. At the end of all of this, we have to think of the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: Review of the Reopening of Schools (Resumed) (2 Sep 2020)

Kathleen Funchion: .... There have been teething problems, and we should acknowledge that. I want to pay particular tribute to Gaelscoil Osraí in Kilkenny, which held a meeting about a week before school resumed. A GP and, I understand, a child psychotherapist were in attendance for the benefit of parents. I thought that was an excellent idea. There was a follow-up Zoom call with my child's class...

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

Kathleen Funchion: ...play therapy for younger children, and that is something we need to look at in respect of the education system. My last point relates to the suicide crisis assessment nurses. These nurses liaise with GPs where there are concerns about patients who may be suicidal, but only 24 of the 35 nurses approved for this programme have been recruited. I urge the Minister of State to go ahead...