Miss Órlaithí Flynn

Title: Miss
Official Last Name: Flynn
Official First Name: Órlaithí
Usual First Name: Órlaithí
Party: Sinn Féin
Constituency: West Belfast

Biography

Party History

Party	Role	Period
Sinn Féin	Party Member	05/05/2022 - Present
Sinn Féin	Party Member	02/03/2017 - 27/03/2022
Sinn Féin	Party Member	07/12/2016 - 25/01/2017

MLA History

Date	Constituency	Designation
07/12/2016	West Belfast	Nationalist, Replaced Ms J McCann
13/03/2017	West Belfast	Nationalist, Re-elected
13/05/2022	West Belfast	Nationalist, Re-elected

Office/Committee History

Period	Position	Office/Committee
18/02/2022 - 25/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and the Committee for Justice
03/02/2022 - 10/02/2022	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Health and Committee for Education
25/06/2021 - 02/07/2021	Committee Member	Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Justice and the Committee for Health
31/03/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 Response
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Public Accounts Committee
20/01/2020 - 28/03/2022	Committee Member	Committee for Health

All Party Group History

Period	Position	All Party Group
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Suicide Prevention
01/07/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Women's Health
30/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
29/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Mental Health
28/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on MS and Neurology
23/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Community Pharmacy
20/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Addiction and Dual Diagnosis
15/06/2022 - Present	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Lung Health
18/02/2021 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Community Pharmacy
07/12/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Women's Health
30/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Vice-Chairperson	All Party Group on Addiction and Dual Diagnosis
30/09/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Secretary	All Party Group on Lung Health
06/02/2020 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Member	All Party Group on Preventing Loneliness
11/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Treasurer	All Party Group on Mental Health
09/05/2017 - 27/03/2022	Assembly Party Group Chairperson	All Party Group on Suicide Prevention

Contacts

Register of Interests

Assembly Questions

Session:

41 Questions, Page 1 of 5

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AQW 4757/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health to provide information on the new Public Health strategy that is replacing the Making Life Better Strategy 2012 – 2023.

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17/10/2022

Answered on 25/10/2022

AQW 4330/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of whether the level of data collection within the health service does not allow for scrutiny of how effectively public money is being spent.

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10/10/2022

Answered on 18/10/2022

AQW 4326/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health whether he is considering bringing forward legislation for the office of the Mental Health Champion in the future.

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10/10/2022

Answered on 13/10/2022

AQW 4325/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health what steps he will to take to address the postcode lottery in relation to counselling provision.

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10/10/2022

Answered on 24/10/2022

AQW 4237/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health how he will address the lack of data collection for waiting times of those seeking mental health provision.

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07/10/2022

Answered on 25/10/2022

AQW 4235/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health whether he will develop a separate mental health data strategy to sit alongside the Mental Health Strategy. as recommended by the UK Statistics Authority.

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07/10/2022

Answered on 25/10/2022

AQW 4234/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health what plans he has to carry out a rapid review of counselling provision across the five Trusts to include (i) counselling in GP practices; (ii) the number of individuals referred; (iii) the numbers accessing therapy; (iv) the numbers on waiting lists; (v) the duration of waiting time; (vi) the number of sessions being provided; (vii) therapy-based outcomes; and (viii) the availability of qualified counsellors for immediate deployment.

07/10/2022

To be answered by 24/10/2022

AQW 4233/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health how he will address the lack of inspection and regulation of mental health services.

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07/10/2022

Answered on 20/10/2022

AQW 4232/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health (i) how many GPs are trained in suicide prevention; (ii) how many doctors are trained in suicide prevention; (iii) how many nurses are trained in suicide prevention; and (iv) what organisation is responsible for recording this data.

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07/10/2022

Answered on 18/10/2022

AQW 3826/22-27

Miss Órlaithí Flynn
(SF - West Belfast)

To ask the Minister of Health to detail the regulatory oversight and legislation governing community addiction rehabilitation services provided by (i) Health and Social Care Trusts; and (ii) the community and voluntary sector.

30/09/2022

To be answered by 17/10/2022

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