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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-10-08/17/
8 Oct 2020 -
Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members]
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-10-08/17/
8 Oct 2020 -
A mental health parity of esteem with physical health approach will provide a holistic, whole-person...illness are cared for efficiently and have parity of esteem with those treated for physical health difficulties...These would go some way to restore the parity of esteem between mental and physical health....This Bill will place a duty on the Minister for Health to promote health parity and ensure all organisations...No funding has been set out for this, which shows clearly the lack of parity of esteem between mental
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
This Bill rightly puts mental health treatment at the same level of importance as physical health treatment...The rationale for the Bill is to place a duty of care on the State to accept the principle of parity...of esteem, both for physical and mental health....of people suffering mental ill health and addiction....If we are to have parity of esteem in mental health, we must also take an holistic approach.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
A parity of esteem approach to mental health and physical health will provide a holistic, whole-person...The Bill will place a duty on the Minister for Health to promote health parity and to ensure all organisations...in the health system meet parity obligations in respect of mental health....the past for mental health parity....The Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill aims to offer hope for better mental healthcare by ensuring that
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
health service is that there is not parity of esteem at this point in time....Attitudes towards mental health and mental illness have significantly improved in recent years but physical...and mental health are not viewed in the same way and that parity of esteem has not been achieved....There is certainly no parity in the resources available to mental health....With regard to parity of esteem, the area of discharges needs to be dealt with.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
I will be very brief and try to explain to people what parity of esteem means when it comes to mental...This Bill tries to remove the stigma attached to mental ill health....Taking a parity-of-esteem approach would also enable the HSE and local authority health and social care...The relationship between physical health and mental health is such that poor mental health is also linked...If we can bring about parity of esteem and understanding of mental health across the board in this country
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
The stated aims of the Bill are to offer hope for better mental health care by ensuring that vulnerable...persons with mental illness are cared for efficiently, when needed and on parity of esteem with physical...It does not offer any guidance on what parity of esteem would look like in practice....what esteem for mental health should be compared to when assessing parity....It does not include specific provisions for how parity of esteem would be achieved, implemented or measured
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor The Government does not wish to oppose the Mental Health Parity of...Esteem Bill 2020....Mental health should be considered a disability when accessing certain services....She is working hard on this issue, and we must ensure people feel that mental health is important....Mental health is an issue we all need to talk about.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
In talking about parity of esteem, it may be worth talking about what represents a lack of parity of...esteem....In 2019, the Mental Health Commission spoke of how children in need of mental health supports are ending...This shows how, as Deputy Ward put it, mental health is the Cinderella of health services....Yet here we are in 2020 with a multiple-tier health system in relation to mental health.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
because that is one of the things that will help restore parity for mental health....That is another way of restoring parity for mental health....and real solutions to issues relating to mental health....As has been noted, this Bill is not a panacea for all the problems with mental health services, but it...Parity is the boat that will result in everybody being treated the same when it comes to health problems
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
He is truly passionate about his portfolio and about attaining parity of esteem for mental health and...For many, when it comes to our mental health and physical health, it is not just a question of what is...Their mental health is really suffering. That is no wonder....between mental health and physical health....People say we should leave our politics at the door when it comes to mental health but we express our
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
Deputy Patricia Ryan I thank my colleague Deputy Ward for introducing this Bill....It is a very simple Bill, which I hope will have a positive effect on mental health services....mental health services....For too long mental health has been the poor relation of our health services....People do not differentiate between mental health and mental illness.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú I commend Deputy Ward on bringing forward this Bill....I agree with a lot of what has been said about the parity of esteem required in respect of mental health...The issue may fall somewhere between mental illness, mental health, added disability or other situations...Sometimes it falls somewhere between mental health services and social care....Occasionally, this situation also puts pressure on either the Garda or mental health services.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-09-26/4/
26 Sep 2017 -
health on parity with physical health; to improve the provision of mental health services; to increase...This Fianna Fáil Bill will help to address long-running deficiencies in Irish mental health services....The Mental Health Parity Bill 2017 addresses the inequality of mental health treatment by placing mental...of esteem between mental health and physical well-being....It is imperative that all organisations within our health system need parity obligations and this Bill
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
I will set out some of the topical issues in the area of mental health....However, the pandemic has had a profound effect on the mental health of many people....are concerned about their mental health....Returning to the subject of this debate, the goal of legislation for parity of esteem for physical and...mental health must be carefully analysed to see if that can be achieved.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
I will support this Bill. Fair play to Deputy Ward and Sinn Féin for their work on the Bill....It is important that as Deputies and as a society we talk about mental health....There has been a marked difference in the past five years in talking about mental health issues....Today, the UN said a global mental health crisis is on the horizon or is in existence....However, we need to be in a better place not only in respect of our health service but our mental health
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-11-26/37/
26 Nov 2020 -
health issues that we are forced to bring forward a Bill acknowledging that mental health issues should...be held in parity with physical health....I also welcome that today the sub-committee dealing with mental health matters was established and had...Mental health services and supports in this State have always been an afterthought or something that...We must acknowledge that mental health is every bit as vital as physical health.
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Debate: Joint Sub-Committee On Mental Health
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_sub_committee_on_mental_health/2021-11-16/2/
16 Nov 2021 -
In its opening statement, the commission states that it wants to ensure parity between mental health...issues and general health issues....Does the system proposed in this Bill provide parity of esteem between mental health and physical health...as there is no independent route by which to make complaints while there is such a route for other health
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2018-05-02/32/
2 May 2018 -
I am happy to move Fianna Fáil's Mental Health Parity Bill 2017 on Second Stage....Fianna Fáil’s Bill establishes, on a legislative basis, the principle of parity of esteem of our physical...This Bill, if enacted, will place a legal duty on the Minister for Health to promote health parity and...The overarching principle of parity of esteem is that of equality....of esteem of our physical and mental healthcare and will place a legal duty on a Minister for Health
