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Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 May 2005) See 1 other result from this answer

Tim O'Malley: It would be inappropriate at this time to comment on the individual case referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy may be aware, the Mental Health Act 2001 was enacted in July 2001. The main vehicle for the implementation of the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001 is the Mental Health Commission, which was established in April 2002. It is an independent statutory body, whose primary...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

Mr. Paul Gilligan: St. Patrick's mental health services is Ireland's largest independent not-for-profit mental health service provider. It is committed to providing the highest quality of mental health care, promoting mental health and advocating for the rights of people experiencing mental health difficulties. In 2015, the service had over 3,000 inpatient admissions, over 14,300 day-care...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (16 Oct 2007) See 1 other result from this answer

Jimmy Devins: Comparing the proportion of health budgets dedicated to mental health varies considerably across member states and making comparisons is very difficult because of definitions of mental health expenditure, diversity between countries, cultures etc. The proportion of our overall health spending on mental health is frequently used to make a point on the adequacy of funding. However, it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (14 Nov 2023)

Mary Butler: A Mental Health Bill is currently being drafted by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel to replace the existing Mental Health Acts 2001 – 2018 and overhaul our approach to mental health legislation. While the Department expects many of the proposed changes in the new Bill to be dealt with generally within existing resources, some of the planned changes are expected to carry additional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (30 May 2017)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409, 411 and 412 together. Section 8 of the Mental Health Act, 2001 outlines the criteria for the involuntary admission of a person into an approved hospital or other in-patient facility for the care and treatment of persons suffering from mental illness or mental disorder. It states that a person may be detained in such a centre where he or she is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2021)

Mary Butler: The development of all aspects of mental health services remains a priority for Government. This is reflected in the current Programme for Government, the new policy,Sharing the Vision - A Mental Health Policy for Everyone, and the significant additional funding given to HSE Mental Health services in Budget 2021. In excess of €1.1 billion is allocated for mental health in the 2021 HSE...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2011)

Kathleen Lynch: A Vision for Change sets out a comprehensive framework for the development of all mental health services over a 7 to 10 year time frame and contains some 200 recommendations. The Report proposes a holistic view of mental illness and recommends an integrated multidisciplinary approach to addressing the biological, psychological and social factors that contribute to mental health problems. It...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Dec 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: Since coming into office, this Government has prioritised the reform of our mental health services in line with the recommendations in A Vision for Change. Additional funding totalling €125 million and some 1,100 new posts have been provided primarily to strengthen Community Mental Health Teams for both adults and children and to enhance specialist community mental health services...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: In line with the programme for Government, my priority as Minister has been to modernise our mental health services and to prioritise new resources to underpin the implementation of A Vision for Change, something that should have been done when we had lots of money but was not.Despite severe financial pressures, the Government has provided additional ring-fenced mental health funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Apr 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Since coming into office, this Government has prioritised the reform and resourcing of our mental health services in line with the recommendations in A Vision for Change. Additional funding totalling €125 million has been provided primarily to strengthen Community Mental Health Teams for both adults and children and to enhance specialist community mental health services for older...

Roadmap for Living with Covid-19: Statements (1 Oct 2020)

Mark Ward: If this was a real roadmap for living with Covid, I am afraid we would be turning into dead end after dead end when it comes to people seeking supports for mental health. I am a member of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. I listened to expert after expert tell the committee that we are facing an avalanche of mental health issues. The experts stated that mental health services...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Health (16 Feb 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Prison Service that in-reach mental health services are available in the Dublin and Portlaoise prisons, and Castlerea prison, through collaboration with the Health Service Executive, and the National Forensic Mental Health Service to provide forensic mental health sessions weekly in these prisons. The Irish Prison Service, in partnership and collaboration with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: Acute mental health services are delivered on a 24/7 basis. A Vision for Changerecommends that, as part of community secondary care provision, there should be a crisis house available in each catchment area. A number of mental health services have provided crisis houses as part of their community residential provision and, as the mental health services move away from the provision of low and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Kathleen Lynch: In line with the Programme for Government, my priority as Minister has been to modernise our mental health services, and to prioritise new resources to underpin the implementation of A Vision for Change.This Government, despite severe financial pressures overall, has provided additional ring-fenced funding of €125 million since 2012 up to end 2015, for mental health to modernise...

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (3 Oct 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I am informed by the Garda authorities that details of training provided regarding the Mental Health Act 2001 are as follows: Continuous Professional Development: A module on Mental Health Awareness is currently being delivered as part of the Continuous Professional Development (CP.D.) Core Programme 2007. This module includes information from the Mental Health Commission on the relevant...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)

Mark Ward: ...in thanking the special committee, its Chairman and all the staff who were involved in producing this report. While I was not a member of the committee, I was able to attend its meeting on mental health. Covid-19 has highlighted all the frailties of years of underfunding and mismanagement across Departments, be that housing, health, small business, transport, education, community...

Mental Health: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

James Browne: I will be sharing my time with Deputy Rabbitte. We will be taking five minutes each. I am glad that we are taking statements on mental health tonight and that as a Dáil, we are keeping mental health on the agenda. I welcome the opportunity to again discuss mental health in this Chamber. It cannot be discussed enough. I acknowledge there recently have been a number of positive...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (27 Jun 2017)

Jim Daly: .... First and foremost, health care is about the individual and individual well-being. In January 2006, the Government adopted the report, as referred to by the Deputy, of the expert group on mental health policy, A Vision for Change, as the basis for the future development of mental health services in Ireland. It advocated a move away from traditional institutionalised care to a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (15 Jan 2014)

Kathleen Lynch: I propose to take Questions Nos. 805 and 806 together. A Vision for Change (AVFC), which was launched in 2006,provides a framework for action to develop a modern high quality mental health service over the following 7 to 10 year period. Implementation has been delayed by a number of factors including the changed economic context, constraints in public spending and the moratorium on...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Non-Covid Healthcare Disruption: Mental Health Services (14 Jul 2020)

Mark Ward: ...chance to address the committee. I have been going through some of the reports that were circulated. The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic risks sparking a global mental health crisis. It was very telling this morning to see the Mental Health Reform survey on the impact of Covid-19, which was published this morning and in which all 75 Mental Health Reform...