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Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputies for raising the issues in the motion. At the outset, enabling children with special educational needs to receive an appropriate education is a priority for this Government. Since I was appointed as Minister for special education and inclusion five months ago, I have met children, their parents, teachers, SNAs and special interest groups who have provided me with...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Mental Health Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (19 Sep 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Paul Murphy: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — over 10,000 children are waiting for an Assessment of Need (AON) and 110,000 are awaiting essential therapies; — over 120 children were without a school place at the beginning of September this year, while many more are forced to do a third year in the Early Childhood Care and Education Programme or are in Autism Spectrum...

Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)

Gino Kenny: We have had this debate continuously during my time in the House, and I have been a Deputy for eight and a half years. Unfortunately, we will continue to have this debate until the issue is resolved. It has not been resolved by any means. The brutal truth is that more than 120 children had no school place in September. A state providing a child with a school place seems elementary. I...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputies for their contributions yesterday and today. The statements on the Bill have mostly been productive, positive and have all been in the spirit of seeking to improve our mental health services. I would also like to acknowledge the fact that Deputy Mark Ward sat through every minute of this debate, both last night and today.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mark Ward: Thank you.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I think that should be acknowledged and I thank him for that. I also want to acknowledge the new interim CEO of Mental Health Reform, who was also present last night and is here today. Deputy Wynne need not have any worries because I engage constantly with Jigsaw and Mental Health Reform, as do my officials. She does not need to have any concerns there. That is ongoing in the Department...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I pay tribute to Councillor PJ Kelly. Everyone would say he had a mighty way with words. From every political determination, that is something they could at least agree on. I will never forget his words that you may put a gate at Lissycasey because there is nothing else past that in terms of funding and resources from Government. For that, he will always be remembered. I express my...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: The fact that this Bill was subject to so much delay and will not be introduced in the lifetime of the Government indicates the lack of urgency the Government ascribes to mental health services. It is a shame that the level of urgency shown in closing inpatient psychiatric beds in Clonmel has not been applied to the review of the Mental Health Bill, but that appears to be the standard...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: As has been said by a number of my colleagues, we welcome that this legislation is going through the Houses. We have, however, particular issues. We all know there are deficiencies, whether we are talking about the community or residential settings. We all accept that there is a need for regulation of CAMHS. The big worry is the timeline for this. My colleagues have outlined our...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Pat Buckley: We are back again. We have been here for a good few years. I am not here to knock this. I listened to the Minister of State's contribution last night and to our spokesperson, Deputy Ward. The fact that we are discussing this tonight on Second Stage has to be a positive. Most of us are personally affected in one way or another, so it is personal to us. I give credit where credit is due....

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Colleagues, led by Deputy Mark Ward, will cover the Sinn Féin position on this issue and they will continue to engage with it. I want to focus on the issue of implementation and capacity within the system. In the first instance, I will stay local and draw attention to a response to a parliamentary question I got regarding east Meath and Ashbourne CAMHS services. It states that A...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: No.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: She might not remember it, but Planning for the Future was the document to change everything in 1984. That was followed by A Vision for Change covering 2006 to 2016. Again, it was brilliant. I had no problems with both documents, but I had a big problem with their implementation. Planning for the Future was to change everything from the mid-eighties onwards to stop institutionalisation,...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: There are two more years of a lead-in.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. They still have two wards of court. Five residents are in that acute unit. The word "acute" signifies something. It is not chronic; it is acute. It has had five residents for more than six months. Interestingly, they did not tell us whether that is years or months. I believe that one or two patients, or people, have been residents in that unit for years. That ties in with the...