Results 1-7 of 7 for gp speaker:Róisín Garvey

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ..., motivation and many other aspects as well. That will be a challenge. People who apply for a disability payment must have medical records and a medical assessment. They usually have a GP report and often they will have a medical report from a consultant or specialist. I do not understand the reason for duplication and doing all that again, as the Department is saying, with 30...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Róisín Garvey: I have had very capable people trying to apply. The process is complex and unclear. For example, I have had cases where people who have provided GP and consultant's reports had their applications turned down. There is something more than them not giving the correct information or applying too soon because very capable people I know of have applied and read all the criteria. The Department...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (1 Feb 2023)

Róisín Garvey: ...centres built around towns and villages in order that people can go there in the first instance, instead of having to go straight to an accident and emergency department, because they cannot find a doctor or GP, or a health centre, that will take care of them. The Minister has committed to me that he will increase the hours of the injury clinic in Ennis. That will be massive because the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2021)

Róisín Garvey: ...nothing to do with what we were talking about. She is a new mother. She has been breastfeeding her child for the past six months and she has struggled repeatedly with that. On her most recent visit to her GP, her own doctor was not there and a second doctor came in. He told her she was mad, that she should have given that up ages ago and at four months you should give up and get the...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Mar 2021)

Róisín Garvey: ..., not people who have many followers on social media because they have an alternative viewpoint. We have to be careful about that because people's lives are at risk. I wanted to ask about one issue. There is a national vaccine roll-out through the GP service. People are told to wait until their GP calls them but I have 94-year-olds wondering how come they have not been vaccinated yet...

Seanad: Access to Contraception: Motion (15 Dec 2020)

Róisín Garvey: ...sex. Contraception should be accessible for all women. There should be no financial barrier. It should not be a socioeconomic issue whereby those who can afford to do so can go to a private GP and pay for contraception. It should be accessible to all and that is why it has to be free. I note 51% of the population is female. If we were coming from a matriarchy, this issue would not...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)

Róisín Garvey: ...than only being given help when it is nearly too late or sometimes is. Mental and physical health cannot be separated from one another. I come from a very rural area and we have serious problems in attracting GPs. Dr. Gerald Wheeler was my GP for the past 40 years. He is 71 and wanted to retire but could not. He would not do it because there was no one to take his place. He worked all...