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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Mr. Dempsey may wish to respond to Deputy Tully's questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Or maybe the HSE? Does Mr. Dempsey want to start?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Dessie Ellis: The issue I came across was of a young lad with Down's syndrome who could not get a tooth removed and had to search everywhere. Doctors were not signed up to this or helping out and I found it to be really disturbing that he went two, three or four days or whatever it was in pain and without being treated. It is one of the things I have encountered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Dr. Barry-Reidy very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: There was a question on vaccination.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Dessie Ellis: What is the law relating to someone who refuses to allow their children to be vaccinated, if the child has a disability or otherwise, as for whatever reason they have an objection? Is there a law or do we just have to go along with the person? What is the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Dessie Ellis: I know there is no law but I am curious as to whether there is any sort of mechanism that compels people to do it in some way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Mr. Dempsey. There are a number of questions. I will go back to the issue of the teams that have been developed around the country for progressing disability services, and the resources and challenges there. A lot of primary care centres have physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists. They seem to be working in a different area. Is there scope...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: What of my query on the day care in the community hospitals or the nursing homes? Has that been looked at as a possibility?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Back in January we met with the HSE and the St. Joseph's Foundation in Charleville about providing alternative respite. Some of the service providers would have been able to take families away for two or three weekends, for example to Trabolgan and so on. They were doing four weekends but they are no longer available. They put forward a proposal for some of their buildings to be used for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: The committee made a proposal to the Department of Health as part of its public consultation on safeguarding. What is the update on that? Where has that moved to from the Department of Health point of view? The committee meets representatives from the disabled persons organisations a great deal. The phrase "Nothing about us without us" is very good, but sometimes when one delves deep...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: We have a long road to go. I thank them for being before us this evening. We appreciate it. We have a lot of challenges ahead but we will continue. I thank them for being here. Sorry for the disruptions earlier. When we arranged it, there was no vote. Anyway, I thank them sincerely. I thank the members as well for their dedication and, of course, our team here. We send our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Michael Moynihan: Does Mr. Dempsey want to start?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)

Dessie Ellis: I thank Mr. Dempsey and everyone for their input. Before I go to the questions I have, I just want to say that in CHO 9, we have many problems very similar to what has been said about school places and people getting diagnosed. We have young kids on the waiting list for long periods. That is an ongoing thing. A lot of work has been done but there is a serious problem there. It appears...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are related and will be discussed together.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

Seanad amendment No. 1:

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

Alan Dillon: There are two parts to the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024. The first relates to the amendments to the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 and the second relates to the amendments to the Affordable Housing Act 2021. A Seanad Committee Stage amendment was brought by the Government and passed in the Seanad on 16 October 2024. The Bill has now been...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sinn Féin is not opposing the amendment. However, I must say that a number of the justifications used by the Minister of State in describing the amendment are not factually correct. I would like to give him the opportunity to clarify some of the aspects behind this very specific amendment given that it is a very significant amount of money. The LDA does not have access to over...