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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-10-11/17/
11 Oct 2017 - I also congratulate Mental Health Reform whose representatives are present today....It is a change in our attitude towards people seeking mental health support....The Mental Health Act 2001, which it reforms, is still out of date in many ways....Since 2014, demand for mental health services has gone up almost 30%....However, as of July 2017, almost 2,500 children and young people are still on waiting lists, and many
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-02/32/
2 May 2018 - Health Parity Bill 2017, which aims to address the unequal treatment of mental health services by placing...I have addressed the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health services, Deputy Jim Daly..., and his predecessor, Deputy Helen McEntee, on numerous occasions on the issue of mental health....I must acknowledge that we now have an Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care...In the context of the Mental Health Parity Bill, that spells it out clearly for me.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-02/32/
2 May 2018 - mental health is to the forefront of key decisions being made by the Department of Health....The Mental Health Parity Bill will see mental health well-being treated the same as physical health and...mental health beds for children and adolescents to meet patient demand....The national numbers for operational psychiatric beds for children and teenagers as of November 2017...health service, in a special programme "Young and Troubled" which focused on children and mental health
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-02-14/13/
14 Feb 2018 - Senator Diarmuid Wilson We reserve the right to introduce an amendment on Report Stage to this section...of the Bill that would retain subsection 4(2) of the 2001 Act....The Bill currently proposes its deletion....strongly recommend retaining these subsections to reinforce the applicability of the 2015 Act in the mental...health area.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-05-02/32/
2 May 2017 - Deputy Mary Butler Mental health issues continue to silently inflict immense damage on our country....No family is untouched by some form of mental health issue....This Mental Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 which Deputy James Browne is bringing forward - I compliment...acute mental health services....The pace of reform in our mental health service is far too slow and this Bill seeks to address this problem
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-02/32/
2 May 2018 - Health Parity Bill 2017, the aim of which is to put mental health and well-being on an equal footing...with physical health....For far too long, mental health has been seen as the poor relation in the health services....The shortcomings in mental health care have been outlined on numerous occasions, most recently in last...The message is that mental health has to be on an equal footing with physical health.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-10-11/17/
11 Oct 2017 - We can do well by people who have mental ill health....The Bill updates the Mental Health Act 2001 in key ways....for mental health care....Those with mental health issues are, in fact, their own experts....with the opportunity to highlight the need to amend the Mental Health Act 2001 in full and the seriousness
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-07-14/3/
14 Jul 2017 - That latitude is very important in an issue as important as mental health....I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on organising the important mental health symposium to be held towards...the end of September, which shows the importance the issue of mental health has to both him and the...This shows the real determination that people have in the area of mental health....I appreciate that amendments may be tabled in the Seanad but it is important that any amendments do not
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-02/32/
2 May 2018 - Deputy Seamus Healy I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Mental Health Parity Bill 2017....The Bill represents another step in the journey to bring mental health into the heart of the community...response to persons experiencing mental health difficulties in the same way as we have now for people...The key to this is to resource and fund mental health properly....Talk therapies are important in this journey to truly community-based mental health services whereby
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-03-28/9/
28 Mar 2017 - Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-08/34/
8 Mar 2017 - Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-10-11/17/
11 Oct 2017 - Senator Máire Devine I support the Bill....I will not go into the amendments in detail but I welcome a Bill that will replace the existing principle...of best interest under the Mental Health Act 2001 with the guiding principles of the Assisted Decision-Making...the highest attainable standard of mental health and the right to the least restrictive care....health.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-02/32/
2 May 2018 - your wealth - but I have found that it is fast becoming "Your mental health is your wealth"....I commend Deputy James Browne's Bill for the equal status of mental health with physical health....to quality healthcare and that equal resources are given to the mental health system as are given for...The Bill will give a statutory basis to the acknowledgement that mental health is on parity with physical...I commend the Bill.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-02/32/
2 May 2018 - There is absolutely no parity between how physical and mental health are treated in this country....This Bill seeks to amend that....Indeed, Deputy Browne described it in the memorandum for the Bill, as follows: The neglect of Mental...This Bill aims to offer hope and provide a catalyst for better Mental Health care by ensuring that vulnerable...of accessing mental health services."
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-02/32/
2 May 2018 - The intention of the Bill is to place mental health on a par with physical health....we have regarded mental health in the past....That is what the Bill also seeks to achieve....The importance of the Mental Health Parity Bill 2017 is the proposed establishment of a legal commitment...out-of-hospital mental health care services.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2019-03-13/4/
13 Mar 2019 - Minister of State at the Department of Health (Deputy Jim Daly) The Mental Health Commission was established...under the Mental Health Act 2001....Accordingly, the Mental Health Act 2001 states that the Inspector of Mental Health Services shall visit...at the discretion of the Mental Health Commission....health (amendment) Bill will then commence its progress through the Oireachtas later this year.
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Debate: Select Committee On Health And Children
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_health_and_children/2000-10-24/2/
24 Oct 2000 - Martin I move amendment No. 8: In page 9, subsection (1), line 30, to delete "mental handicap" and...I propose a number of amendments to this section to change the term "mental handicap" to "intellectual...During the debate on the Health (Eastern Regional Health Authority) Bill, 1999, an amendment was agreed...which changed all references to mental handicap in that Bill to intellectual disability....will bring the Bill into line with existing legislation and current usage.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2017-10-11/17/
11 Oct 2017 - , and this should be as true of mental ill health as of any other illness....The fact that someone's capacity may be impaired by mental health difficulties does not and should not...I am not for one moment suggesting that all doctors involved in the provision of mental health services...We need to move towards a more human rights-based mental health system....The Bill is only one step in reforming our mental health system but an important one.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Future Of Mental Health Care
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_future_of_mental_health_care/2018-05-16/3/
16 May 2018 - Deputy Anne Rabbitte What was the mental health budget for 2017?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-31/21/
31 May 2018 - We are dealing with an important subject in mental health....I agree with and fully support the sentiment behind the amendment....One of the privileges of being Minister of State with responsibility for mental health is that I get...There is a huge spirit of co-operation in the area of mental health and it is real privilege to act as...I wish to acknowledge the role of the Mental Health Reform coalition and thank it for the contribution
