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- 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)
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...
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Minister of State, Deputy James Browne. Is it agreed that the Bill be now read a Second Time?
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Sep 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (19 Sep 2024)
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (19 Sep 2024)
James Browne: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice pursuant to Standing Orders 95 and 181.
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Referral to Select Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Question put and agreed to.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. When we adjourned, Deputy Richard O'Donoghue was in possession with five minutes remaining. He is no longer with us.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Mary Butler: He was concluded.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Pringle: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I broadly welcome this Bill. I have a few specific concerns with the legislation, which I will detail further. First, I would like to acknowledge the fact that this is long-awaited legislation that will make an incredible difference to the lives of thousands of people in Ireland and we must not delay in ensuring it passes as...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I welcome this Bill. It is a positive Bill and I welcome the progress. Its purpose of course is to replace the Mental Health Acts, 2001 to 2022, which Acts themselves replaced the Mental Health Act 1945. I might come back to that date later, in terms of admissions for that year, and the still high admissions. Of course, this whole Bill reflects a shift on international level, forcing us...
- Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Sep 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Many heartfelt views were expressed for the Minister of State to respond to.