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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Moynihan: I thank Mr. Dempsey. We will now go to our members. The first member offering is Deputy Frankie Feighan, in substitution for Senator Mary Seery Kearney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)
Frank Feighan: I thank Mr. Dempsey for the presentation. It was very interesting and informative. I have three questions to ask. First, what proportion of public health clinics and hospitals meet national accessibility standards, including accessible buildings and environment and medical and health equipment? Second, as politicians we have had a lot of problems through the years with medical cards and...
- 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 take that question, or maybe his colleagues?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)
Frank Feighan: With regard to people with disabilities, there seems to be a lot of picking and choosing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)
Pauline Tully: Deputy Feighan referred to accessibility of buildings, and that is extremely important in centres, but accessibility of information is also very important. Do the Department of Health and the HSE incorporate easy-to-read versions on their websites and hard copies of literature? Do they provide ISL to those who require it? Do they provide information through braille? People who are blind...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Moynihan: I am really sorry to interrupt but a vote has been called in the Dáil Chamber on Second Stage of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill, to allow the Bill to progress to Committee Stage. This is not the actual voting block, which is due to take place much later. We will have to suspend for around 15 minutes to allow the vote to take place and then we will be back....
- 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...