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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Meals Programme (26 Jun 2024)
Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The objective of the school meals programme is to provide regular nutritious food to children to support them in taking full advantage of the education provided to them. The programme is an important component of policy to encourage school attendance and extra educational achievement. Following a significant expansion in recent years, some 2,600...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I welcome our guests. Am I right in thinking that sometimes, when there is an issue with home care support, a relationship breaks down or there is some kind of difficulty, their organisation supports its service users through that process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: That is interesting. The issue of hoarding has arisen at the committee previously in the context of the lack of supports, given people often need a great deal of complex mental health supports to address the issue of hoarding. One matter that arose in last week’s meeting with representatives of the Department related to the appeals procedure that might be appropriate here. What...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: It is about balancing the power dynamic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: There is a logic to that, which would mirror other services. From what Mr. Moynihan describes there is some work to be done to centre the person receiving the service and not the system, whether that be the Department of Health, the HSE or the public or private service provider. The organisation also mentioned regulations not applying to those providing a service to persons below a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of the Health (Amendment) (Licensing of Professional Home Support Providers) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I think all the politicians on this side of the room will recognise the need to help people with the myriad long forms they face. What are some of the ways ALONE has come across those relationships breaking down? What issues are coming up for people? Is the home care support that is offered not enough, is it offered at the wrong time or is there interpersonal relationship breakdown?...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (26 Jun 2024)
Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I had hoped for a more robust response from the Department. Given its commitment to the comprehensive review and “reform of oral healthcare services, including legislative reform, as set out in the national oral health policy”, I would have expected the Department to be much more stringent in its terms and specifically set out...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (26 Jun 2024)
Dara Calleary: I would encourage the Deputy to provide the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, with the specific details of the case so that it can be followed through. The Minister is looking at reviewing and updating the legislation in the context of the wider implementation of the new national oral health policy, which envisages a fundamental reform of oral health services. Any new legislation will be informed...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2024)
National Children's Hospital
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2024)
Pauline Tully: I was stunned to read this week that the long-awaited and long-overdue national children’s hospital was set to be delayed further and that this supposedly state-of-the-art hospital may not even be accessible to wheelchair users. The Dáil was told in February that the project’s completion date would be this October and that the first patients could be expected to be treated...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2024)
Dara Calleary: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, I thank Deputy Tully for raising this matter and giving me the opportunity to address the speculation about the lack of accessibility for wheelchair users at the new children’s hospital. The hospital is the largest health capital project in the history of the State and will transform the delivery of paediatric healthcare in Ireland. The...
- Prelude (26 Jun 2024)
- Prelude (26 Jun 2024)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 9.10 a.m.
- Prelude (26 Jun 2024)
Prayer and Reflection.
- Prelude (26 Jun 2024)
Paidir agus Machnamh.
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (26 Jun 2024)
- Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (26 Jun 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Joe Flaherty - To discuss the Irish Dental Council's capacity to investigate reports of professional negligence. Deputy Mick Barry - To discuss issues arising from the recent non-custodial sentence issued in a Limerick assault...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (26 Jun 2024)
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (26 Jun 2024)
Dental Services
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (26 Jun 2024)
Joe Flaherty: I raise the case of a successful County Longford businesswoman who has endured an unrelenting nightmare since she underwent what was meant to be a root canal procedure in May 2019. It left her with permanent injury that will require treatment and medication for the rest of her life, but that is not the worst of it. The worst is the absolute failure of any regulatory body, in this case the...