Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

To insert the following after “advance healthcare directives respected;”:

“- the reinstatement of the post of National Director for Mental Health to provide accountability, transparency and strong national leadership for mental health;

- the development of an information system for mental health, starting with basic indicators so that outcomes can be tracked and monitored;

- a statutory footing for the right to a care plan;

- the publication, before the end of 2019, of a costed implementation plan for the provision of 24/7 CAMHS;

- no freeze on recruitment or overtime for psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists and other essential staff;

- an immediate commencement of the Mental Health (Amendment) Act 2018 in whole or in part so that people’s basic rights are protected; and

- an immediate commencement of the sections of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, relating to Advance Healthcare Directives and the extension of that right, through new legislation, to involuntary patients.”

I wish to share time with Deputies Cullinane, Martin Kenny, Ellis and Ó Laoghaire.

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