Overwatch Report

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

September–December

[Health] AOTI wrote to the Minister of State with Responsibility for Disability to express our concerns about the lengthy delays in children being provided with Assessments of Need (AON) under the Disability Act 2005 and the need to quickly populate all 91 children’s disability network teams.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Anne Rabbitte', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

September–December

[Health] AOTI wrote to the Minister of State with Responsibility for Mental Health and Older People about a range of commitments regarding mental health and older people set out in the Programme for Government and in particular those relevant to the Occupational Therapy profession.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Mary Butler', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

September–December

[Health] AOTI wrote to the Minister of State with Responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion about the announcement of Priorities for Action to reform special education provision in Ireland and the commitment to continue to invest in children’s inclusion and special educational needs.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Josepha Madigan', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Education and Skills)'}

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

September–December

[Health] AOTI attended a meeting with the Minister for Health along with colleagues from the Health and Social Care Professions Alliance (HSCPA) to discuss our concerns about the lack of a senior independent health and social care professional officer within the Department of Health to advise the Minister on HSCP services and workforce planning.

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

September–December

[Health] AOTI presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration, along with the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI) and the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT), about our concerns about the HSE’s Standard Operating Procedure for Assessments of Need (AON) under the Disability Act (2005), the Preliminary Team Assessment (PTA) model and the serious delays in children accessing AONs and therapy services such as Occupational Thera

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Kathleen Funchion', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Jennifer Whitmore', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Mark Ward', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Seán Sherlock', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Patrick Costello', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Denis Naughten', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 3 more

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

May–August

[Health] AOTI submission to the Department of Health Oversight Group for the Review of A Vision for Change making a number of recommendations to the Oversight Group for the new national mental health policy

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Simon Harris', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'} {'name': 'Jim Daly', 'role': 'Minister of State (Department of Health)'}

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

May–August

[Health] AOTI Statement on the SOP for the Assessment of Need presented to the Joint Oireachtas Health Committee. Our statement detailed our concerns about the new SOP and the negative impact it would have on service providers and service users. It also made recommendations for how the Assessment of Need process could be improved

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Michael Harty', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Stephen Donnelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Bernard Durkan', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': 'Alan Kelly', 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Margaret Murphy O'Mahony", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} {'name': "Kate O'Connell", 'role': 'TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)'} + 5 more

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

September–December

[Health] AOTI Pre-Budget Submission to the Minister for Finance for budget 2018

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Paschal Donohoe', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport)'}

Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland

September–December

[Health] Occupational therapy services provision in healthcare across Ireland

Public Officials Lobbied

{'name': 'Leo Varadkar', 'role': 'Minister (Department of Health)'}

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