Liam Quaide
Cork East · Social Democrats · Ireland
“The Department is not funding the teams. That is the main issue. There is a stark double standard here. In mainstream CAMHS, multidisciplinary staffing is treated as basic good practice.”
“I already established, earlier this year, that the staffing levels of CAMHS-ID teams across the country are abysmal. These are children and teenagers with very complex needs. They experience major challenges across all aspects of their daily lives, including with communication and learning.”
“I ask about CAMHS-ID services, which are specialist teams for children and adolescents with a moderate to profound intellectual disability and coexisting mental health difficulties. According to the HSE, and by its own admission, no CAMHS-ID team nationally is staffed to the level recommended in its own model of care.”
“This is a particularly vulnerable cohort of young people, and the lack of investment is particularly stark. The Minister of State should not look at me with an expression of incredulity because we have seen this across primary care and in child, adult and older adult mental health services. This is all out in the public domain.”
“Their needs are often more complex than those of young people attending standard CAMHS. I am asking the Minister of State for a clear commitment. When will the Government move beyond small, incremental additions year by year and fully fund CAMHS-ID teams in every region? When will that happen?”
“Worried, anxious, fearful, angry, afraid, powerless, terrified, scared, overwhelmed, abandoned, hopeless. Words like these came up again and again in a survey the Social Democrats conducted in the run-up to this motion.”
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“This is mainly because services, in particular primary care, have been stymied from carrying out clinical work, both assessment and intervention, not just by the official HSE recruitment embargo that took place between October 2023 and July 2024 or the unofficial embargo that has followed since in the form of the pay and numbers strategy, but also by years of severe under-resourcing prior to all of that by successive Governments which the Micheál Martin either was directly part of or supported through confidence and supply. That is the answer. How do we get out of it? Should we be led to believe that the crises, and there are multiple crises across the disability sector, are extremely complex and will take many years to resolve? If we keep privatising and fragmenting services, these problems will be more intractable.”
“My party colleague, Deputy Cian O'Callaghan, speaking on Leaders' Questions called on the Government to comply with the Disability Act and to complete AONs within the statutory timeframe. The Taoiseach responded with a frustrated tone, as if the question was unreasonable. He stated, "The HSE is not in a position to fulfil the law right now. The Deputy knows that and I know that." The Taoiseach reacted as if he was being needled by a question posed in bad faith for political purposes, yet his response raises a further question as to why the HSE is not able to comply with the law in respect of AONs.”
“Since the general election in November disability issues have had a political focus like never before but we have yet to see political change stemming from this Government. A disability unit in the Department of the Taoiseach to add weight, urgency and focus to the crisis was announced in January. It will be important to see soon what work, if any, the unit has undertaken. The Taoiseach mentioned on Leaders' Questions earlier today that he is in the process of setting up the disability unit in his Department. However, we are now five months on from the formation of Government. Has the unit actually met? Is it still only being formed? Where is the sense of urgency in action that was so vivid in pre-election rhetoric?”
“She was moved to campaign on behalf of children with additional needs after witnessing the lack of services available to her two young brothers, who are autistic and have intellectual disabilities. There are many other families like Cara's who have watched their children being failed and felt compelled to become activists and campaigners, all to secure basic services and supports which children with additional needs are entitled to as a right. In a country as wealthy as ours it is shameful that so many children have been failed so consistently and comprehensively. The assessment of need waiting list crisis sits within a broader context of pervasive and abject policy failure across our disability sector, failure that is causing immense suffering to so many families.”
“In 2020, a previous attempt to shorten AONs led to High Court action as the assessment in question was clinically inadequate. That led to further escalation in waiting lists for AONs afterwards because so many children had to be reassessed. An autism assessment and intervention protocol has been going through consultation in recent times with associations of the interested clinicians, speech and language therapists, psychologists, social workers and occupational therapists. I know from feedback from that consultation that those professionals are raising very similar concerns. We need to be wary of how we change course in this regard or how we might consider it. Despite her youth, Cara Darmody has been highlighting the issues with AONs for several years.”
“I thank the Minister for her statement. Cara Darmody, a remarkable 14-year-old disability activist from Ardfinnan in County Tipperary, today began a 50-hour sleep-out on Kildare Street in front of Leinster House. Cara is taking this action to highlight the more than 15,000 young people in this country who are overdue an assessment of need. We hear from the HSE that this figure could reach 25,000 by the end of the year. Despite all the talk about prioritising disability in the lead-up to the general election it is almost as if the Government has given up. Almost the only strong message it has expressed so far in this regard is the intention to abbreviate assessments of need by changing disability legislation. This is something of which we need to be very careful. We have been here before.”
“There has been recent correspondence from the Minister of State's Department outlining the recruitment drive by the RSA, the freeing up of unused test slots and the availability of overtime for test drivers. The Minister of State also spoke about permanent contracts. All of that is welcome, but as my colleague, Deputy Whitmore, pointed out, the recruitment process is far too excessive. We need a greater sense of urgency from the Department to address the issue.”
“I have been contacted by numerous people in my constituency of Cork East whose working lives and college lives have been seriously disrupted as they await tests. One constituent who got in touch in recent weeks told me that her daughter had been awaiting a test since November 2024 and her projected test date would be in August 2025. She lives in a part of rural north Cork from where it is not possible to travel to work by public transport. A constituent from Fermoy contacted me recently to say that a relative's driving test in Mallow was cancelled for the second time in two weeks with less than 12 hours' notice. My constituent had to book off two days of annual leave to drive her relative to the test.”
“I thank the Minister of State for his statement. The crisis in driver test waiting times is disproportionately affecting rural constituents and people in towns such as Youghal, where public transport links are extremely poor. The rural bus link improvements that, in fairness, we saw in some parts of the country during the previous term of Government unfortunately did not reach villages such as Whitegate, Ballycotton, Cloyne, Clonnagh and Mogeely. The housing crisis has meant that many young people are unable to afford student accommodation and must live at home. They are, therefore, reliant on a car. We know that a large proportion of people do not pass the test on the first attempt and, therefore, long waits have a cumulative effect on them.”
“They are undoubtedly adding up to significant costs without resolving the issue. I urge the Minister of State to come to meet the residents of Ballyhooly and to ensure that funding for a proper, lasting solution to the village's water issues is provided.”
“I spoke to a resident of Ballyhooly this morning who told me that Uisce Éireann frequently comes to the village to address leaks. Residents are appreciative of this work, but are utterly frustrated and drained by the constant uncertainty regarding such a basic need. Their water supply ebbs and flows. There is no way of predicting it. Uisce Éireann has stated that a sustainable solution to this problem may entail replacing 6 km of pipeline, which will be a costly project. Executives from Uisce Éireann have made vague references to considering how to fund such a project between 2025 and 2029. This is lacking the sense of urgency required and is out of touch with the basic needs of a village where many people feel they have been utterly forgotten by the Government. Short-term repairs are of limited use.”
“I welcome and fully support Sinn Féin's motion. The need for urgent action on critical infrastructure is no more keenly felt than by residents of Ballyhooly in north Cork. There are chronic water pressure issues in Ballyhooly that are having a significant impact on the quality of life of those residents. This has been happening for many years. The water pressure there is never reliable for a sustained period and is frequently non-existent. Recently, the village was without water for three days. When this happens, people cannot shower, appliances such as dishwashers and washing machines do not work and toilets do not fill or flush. The local national school is deeply affected, as are local businesses and farms. Families caring for disabled children or elderly relatives suffer greatly at these times.”
“Many young people who struggle psychologically with the transition to third level are unable to sustain their courses due to the financial pressures involved in deferring or repeating exams. In many ways, young people today across society are being deprived of an enriched college experience by the extreme costs of living to which they are subject. We owe it to young people to resolve the housing crisis, which is at the core of the disparity between college life now and college life 25 or 30 years ago. We can only do that with the radical departure in housing policy that is required.”
“They were living away from home for the first time and becoming immersed in the multifaceted swirl of college life. Most importantly, there was a much greater capacity to make mistakes on this part of life's journey, to repeat a year in college if you had to and get back on track thereafter. There was also more freedom to pursue a course for the love of literature, language or philosophy, as opposed to being solely focused on a career and economic achievement. It was not a perfect time. There remained major barriers to third level education for working class young people and people from the Travelling community. Today, however, vast numbers of young people are forced by the cost of housing, in particular, to live at home and commute long distances to college.”
“I thank the Minister for his statement on the power of higher education, research and skills as economic enablers. This is a noble and important subject for us to consider. I will briefly recall an era when higher education was much better set up to develop the whole person who was passing through this important, exciting and memorable stage of his or her life. I first went to college in 1997. Third level fees had recently been abolished, opening up university and college life to many more young people than was previously the case. Rents in Cork were generally affordable at the time, even if the standard of accommodation varied from the acceptable to the Dickensian. Young people across society had the capacity to enjoy a full college life, to separate from their family of origin and branch out into the world.”
“It has not been sanctioned an autism class because it does not have the required space. The school has identified, with the Department of Education, room upstairs in its building that could be converted into two appropriately sized classrooms. This situation cannot continue and the Department needs to intervene. Fermoy and its surrounding area has a significant demand for nondenominational school places and autism classes. I ask the Minister, and the property management section within his Department, to meet representatives of Fermoy Educate Together National School to resolve this issue as a matter of urgency. The Social Democrats today bring forward a motion that would help to achieve a more modern and equality-based educational system, and I hope the Government will support us in those aims.”
“I also raise the long-standing issue of classroom space, which significantly impacts the students, teachers and special needs assistants, SNAs, of Fermoy Educate Together National School. The school has been in regular contact with the Department of Education since at least 2021 highlighting these concerns. The building has major space restrictions that have placed a cap on the school's growth when the demand in the area for school places is far exceeding the school's capacity. Two of its four classrooms are considerably smaller than the size the Department's guidelines recommend. One class is only 24 sq. m and another is 33 sq. m. The Department's recommended size is 80 sq. m. The school is being forced to use hallways to accommodate extra classes for children with learning difficulties.”
“Only 10% prefer religious schools, yet 90% of schools remain under religious patronage. Throughout the country, parents have extremely limited choice in where they send their children. This is particularly true in rural areas and in my own constituency of Cork East, where, for example, we have only two Educate Together national schools and no secondary schools. We also have Carrigtwohill Community National School, which is multidenominational. This leaves many families in east and north Cork, of different religions and none, with no choice but to send their children to a Christian school to ensure they have a school place. In Cork East, we urgently need the Government to prioritise the growth of nondenominational schools, as we do throughout the country.”
“Every family in Ireland has the right to have their children educated in a school where they feel included regardless of their family's culture, background or beliefs. We have a situation whereby many families have no choice but to send their child to a school which does not align with their beliefs. Through the leadership of my colleague, Deputy Cummins, the Social Democrats are bringing forward proposals that would uphold the right to an inclusive education for all children in this country that is consistent with the beliefs of the child's family. Polling of parents from across the country has shown that our current patronage system does not meet the needs of much of the population. Some 60% of parents would prefer to send their children to a multidenominational school.”
“Grace was left in a foster placement for many years where she suffered chronic neglect and was at clear risk of sexual, physical and emotional abuse. There must be accountability by HSE managers. We need to see a clear timeline for a legislative framework for the protection of vulnerable adults. We need to see the full evidence that has been shared by Grace's legal representative.”
“In the absence of mandatory reporting, vulnerable adults are more at risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation. Crucially, we also need to know what plans the Minister and the Minister for Health, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, have to hold accountable HSE managers who allow harm to occur to vulnerable people in their care. Grace is part of a tragic series of failings by the HSE along with the Brandon and Emily cases. Lack of accountability is at the heart of that wrongdoing. In the case of Brandon, multiple disabled residents of a HSE-run facility in County Donegal suffered serial abuse for over a decade with the full knowledge of management. In the case of Emily, HSE managers attempted to obstruct an initial review into the possible abuse of nursing home residents in light of the conviction of a care assistant for the rape of Emily.”
“It was really shocking to hear earlier this week that it was not referred to anywhere in the report or incorporated into it. We need a clear timeline on the introduction of adult safeguarding legislation by the Department of Health. I am sure that the Minister will need to work closely with the Minister for Health, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, on that, given the particular vulnerabilities of disabled people to abuse, neglect and exploitation. From my experience working in mental health services, I have seen at first hand the vulnerability of people with intellectual disabilities in those circumstances without the legislative framework to protect them. The Irish Association of Social Workers and other agencies have been calling for this legislation for many years.”
“I thank the Minister for her statement on the Farrelly commission report. Yesterday, the Taoiseach took exception to my raising the need for an urgent meeting of the Oireachtas disability matters committee with the Minister and Ms Farrelly SC on the inquiry and the report. He warned against politicising the issue and he emphasised the Minister's independence from the commission, and I fully accept that independence. However, there is an urgent need to take political responsibility for what happens next. There are legitimate and serious consequential questions to be asked of the Minister in that respect. The disability matters committee needs to explore how evidence from Grace's legal representative can be given expression and incorporated into the findings of the inquiry.”
“Does the Taoiseach agree that we urgently need to see Ms Farrelly SC and the Minister, Deputy Foley, appear before the Joint Committee on Disability Matters to answer questions on this issue?”
“Yesterday, the solicitor representing the disabled woman known as Grace released a shocking statement on the Farrelly commission report. Ms Marie-Claire Butler said her "considered and extensive submissions" to the commission were not included or referred to in any way in the report and that she felt the need to bring this to light. Grace is the person at the centre of years of many reports into her neglect and prolonged exposure to risk of abuse in a foster home in County Waterford. She has been tragically failed over and over. She has been at the mercy of years of concealment, deflection and neglect by the HSE and successive Governments. There has been no accountability for any of this. There were already so many questions about the Farrelly commission before this statement was released yesterday.”
“The Minister and Minister of State could relieve themselves of much of the burden on their shoulders if they were to give FUSS, and ground-level clinicians, teaching staff and SNA representative groups, leading consultative roles in reforming our special education and disability services.”
“The advocacy group Families Unite for Services and Support, FUSS, has highlighted, for instance, the administrative burden of not having a centralised application process. That means some families are forced to fill out multiple lengthy application forms because each school has autonomy over its enrolments. FUSS, which is made up of parents of children with disabilities, has done enormously valuable work in this area, drawing on its experience of navigating a broken system, and has set out a range of actions that the Government could pursue to resolve the interconnected crises across disability services and special education. FUSS has backed that up with extensive data and in-depth analysis.”
“We need to see special education placements and staff funded on a systematic per population basis, not according to whether there happens to be a group of families in a position to campaign for a school in their local area over many years. In some cases, the children of those campaigners will have aged out by the time the school materialises. This haphazard way of planning for our communities, where we have a patchwork of school placements that are repeatedly over capacity and under-resourced has to end. Other aspects of our special education system add immense unnecessary stress and tedium to parents who are already under so much pressure. These need to be addressed urgently.”
“What we see throughout the country are children making that momentous step into primary and secondary school with no clarity for many months in advance regarding where they will attend school or how long their school commute will be. There are huge quality of life implications for those children and their families, including mental health implications. We are seeing children dislocated from their communities for their schooling at a very sensitive stage of development, as a result of which their parents come under enormous additional strain. We need an emergency response to the crisis in special education.”
“I very much commend the Labour Party on its motion. We have a situation in this country where families are increasingly having to become almost full-time campaigners for their children's basic needs because of a failure by successive Governments to forward plan. The impact of this failure on the families of children with additional needs is immense. It is bringing many parents to breaking point. Transitioning to primary or secondary school is a very significant stage in any child's journey through life. It can involve many challenges around fitting in with peers, adapting to a different structure of study and generally moving forward in his or her development. For a child with additional needs, even in the best of circumstances where supports are in place and there is a good school near home, the challenges are often far greater.”
“We do not know exactly when the treatment he so desperately requires will happen. I appeal to the Minister to intervene in this case as Filip's family would be very appreciative.”
“This time last week, I raised with the Tánaiste the urgent medical case of Filip Kosacki, a 15-year-old boy from Midleton. I have consent from his family to speak again on his behalf. On 16 January, Filip was diagnosed with a ureteropelvic junction obstruction in Cork University Hospital, CUH. He is in constant pain. He has not been able to attend school since early January and his mental health is now suffering. There have been very excessive delays in his treatment due to confusion between CUH, the Mercy hospital in Cork and CHI Crumlin regarding responsibility for his care. Last week, it was clarified that his care is under CHI Crumlin. We welcome that clarity but the appointment that has been offered to Filip is on 14 May, five weeks from now, and it is just for an initial consultation.”
“Filip’s mother was told this morning by Crumlin hospital that his referral had in fact arrived but that it was incomplete and was being sent back to CUH. Filip’s family are extremely distressed and concerned for him. He is missing out on school and is suffering greatly. Filip’s family and I would be very grateful if the Tánaiste could intervene in order that this surgery could be expedited without further delay.”
“I raise the urgent medical case of Filip Kosacki, a 15-year-old boy from Midleton. I have consent to speak on his behalf. On January 16, Filip was diagnosed with a ureteropelvic junction obstruction in Cork University Hospital, CUH, and identified as being in need of emergency surgery. He is in constant pain and has not been able to attend school since early January. There has been confusion between CUH, the Mercy University Hospital and Crumlin hospital as to who has responsibility for Filip’s treatment. Filip’s mother, Kasia, was told last week that his care has been transferred from CUH to Crumlin hospital but Crumlin hospital said it was unaware of this and it redirected my representation back to Cork.”
“I know of several families in east Cork who remain at extreme risk of flooding, who have undertaken extensive repairs to their homes and who are not likely to be protected by any of the proposed flood relief schemes for north Cork or east Cork. Therefore, it makes economic as well as moral sense that these residents would be able to avail of such a relocation scheme.”
“What we need for all of these events is a one-stop shop system for people who were impacted. We need to make access to supports standardised, based on need and straightforward. It should not be left to chance factors whether you receive adequate support in the aftermath of a storm of flood. The voluntary homeowners relocation scheme was introduced following a previous disastrous event, the flooding of December 2015. This scheme was based on the premise that some properties are at major risk of flooding and will not be protected by future mitigation measures. This is a sound principle of managed retreat, well recognised in other countries. That scheme was availed of by 31 homeowners, mostly in the north west. Unfortunately, this scheme has not been opened to any residents who were impacted by subsequent extreme weather events.”
“There was an assumption with these financial supports that homeowners would have tens of thousands of euro in reserve to deal with such an event. As well as the fact that we are living through a punishing cost-of-living crisis, how many people have the financial bandwidth to save for a possible natural disaster? I cannot emphasise enough the additional distress that this bureaucracy and financial burden placed on many east Cork and north Cork residents at their lowest point. Those who had flood insurance had variable experiences. In some cases, residents were able to access supports in a relatively straightforward manner. Other residents had their claims dragged on over many months, and the consequences for those families were nothing short of a source of prolonged anguish.”
“The inconsistency of financial supports in the aftermath of Storm Babet was the cause of much unnecessary additional stress and anxiety for many people traumatised by the destruction of their properties. I engaged with home and business owners in subsequent weeks and months and it appears the Department of Social Protection fund that was opened to homeowners was much more difficult to access than a separate Irish Red Cross fund that was available to business owners. Many homeowners told me about being tangled up in red tape, being expected to frontload a significant portion of the costs of repairing their homes, and in some cases being offered paltry sums for the replacement of very expensive items such as fitted kitchens.”
“I am conscious that Deputy O'Reilly's motion today is in respect of Storm Éowyn. I commend her on tabling this motion and agree fully with it. Storm Éowyn did not have such a devastating impact in my constituency of Cork East, but it is one of an increasing number of extreme weather events in recent years that underline the seriousness of climate change and a more general lack of preparedness for those events, and also the lack of consistency and supports afterwards for those impacted. We have heard themes today of inconsistency that are very familiar to my constituents from Storm Babet, which wreaked havoc in October 2023 in Midleton, Rathcormac, Mogeely, Castlemartyr, Killeagh, Ladysbridge and Whitegate.”
“That would mean that in the event of a divorce, the surviving partner would remain entitled to the bereaved partner's pension. The O'Meara judgment was based on the rights of children to financial security in the event of a parent's death and we need to vindicate the rights of all children to financial security after parental death, regardless of the marital status of their parents.”
“The proposed legislation, as it stands, would treat these children of separated or divorced parents less favourably than children whose partners are married, in a civil partnership or cohabiting. The death of a former partner can still bring about a financial loss for families. To ensure compliance with the O'Meara judgment, entitlement to the new bereaved partner's pension should be expanded to cover divorced and separated partners, who were financially dependant on their deceased partner in respect of their children. I ask the Minister to consider FLAC's recommendation and that of the social protection committee in the last Dáil and amend this Bill to maintain the current definitions of separated, qualified cohabitants.”
“As pointed out by FLAC, this particular proposal runs contrary to the recommendations of the social protection committee in the last Dáil which recommended "retaining the current entitlement of divorced and separated partners to a survivor's pension and expand it to surviving qualified cohabitants who were separated as opposed to taking the 'levelling-down' approach outlined in the General Scheme.". It also points out this particular proposal is contrary to the O'Meara decision, which is the reason we are seeing this Bill moved today, and was underpinned by the principle that all children should be treated equally, irrespective of whether their parents were married, civil partners or cohabiting.”
“If all those people who have lost a loved one since or before January 2024 are to qualify for a bereaved person's pension, we could be talking about people who have lost their loved ones years ago, if not decades ago, in some cases. We need flexibility in the system. A shared address on a document, a sign of joint finances or any of the other criteria used for joint social welfare assessments should at the least be considered acceptable proof. I also raise a concern that has been expressed by the free legal advice centre, FLAC. Currently, those who are married or are in a civil partnership and later separate or divorce can access a survivor's pension should their former partner pass away. If they remarry or begin cohabiting with a new partner, they will have to relinquish that pension. The Bill will remove this entitlement.”
“As campaigners themselves have said, grief does not discriminate and neither should the pension. While I welcome the Bill's expansion of support to bereaved partners and their families, there are a number of points that must be made to ensure the proposed legislation fulfils its promise to them. First, I highlight that campaigners themselves have asked for a reasonable cohabitation period. Under the Bill, it will allow a person to become a qualified cohabitant after two years if the couple have children, but five years if they have not had children. Campaigners have asked it be considered that the required cohabitation period for couples without children be reduced to three years. Campaigners have also asked for a fair and flexible system to be put in place for assessment proof of cohabitation.”
“There are 150,000 cohabiting couples in Ireland who are unmarried or in a civil partnership, and half of these couples have children together. Yet currently, if one person in the couple were to unfortunately pass away, the surviving partner would not be entitled to a bereaved partner's pension. The Supreme Court ruled in January 2024 that these partners are being discriminated against under the equality guarantee in the Constitution. It was ruled that these people should not be denied access to a bereaved partners pension and the bereavement grant on the basis they were not married. The situation currently sees partners who lose their loved ones being left to deal with their grief and an additional financial burden. They are left without adequate support.”
“Just as it should not be left to parents to campaign for a new school, they should not have to take on the task of developing playgrounds and skate parks, and expanding existing facilities. Parents have enough to do. Childhood passes by quickly.”
“It can be invigorating to be part of a committee pursuing funds for playground provision. It brings people together in common purpose for their community. My councillor colleague, Ann Bambury, was central to such an initiative in Bandon for a very ambitious project there, but it should not be left to families to become social entrepreneurs and project managers, essentially spending vast amounts of time trying to stitch together funding grants to develop essential community facilities. It is likely that some of the children of the families based in Midleton and Ballinacurra, which are part of our committee, will have aged out of playground use by the time we have succeeded in achieving the more ambitious parts of our aim.”
“I am currently part of a committee of local families, along with my councillor colleague, Eamonn Horgan, and we are exploring all of the funding streams the Minister mentioned to provide expanded and upgraded playground provision in Midleton and Ballinacurra.”
“Playgrounds are central parts of a flourishing community - places where children get to explore, have fun, challenge themselves and connect with peers. To provide for children in these respects, Midleton requires a much larger playground than either of the two that we currently have. Ballinacurra, which is just outside Midleton, has no playground at all for a rising population. We also need a skate park in Midleton. In addition, we need disability-accessible equipment. In short, our young people deserve better. I thank the local council officials for obtaining €50,000 through a community recognition fund application after I raised the need for a playground upgrade over an extended period. Unfortunately, we need multiples of that amount. It should not fall on committees of families to seek out such funding.”
“Will the Minister commit to funding, in a direct and integrated way through our councils, playground provision for towns and villages according to their population size and based on an assessment of existing facilities? Midleton, for example, is a thriving town in east Cork, but our playground provision nowhere near meets the needs of a large and growing local population of young families. We have no skate park. These amenities are desperately needed. We must ensure a proportionate development of community amenities in line with residential development.”