Results 441-445 of 445 for speaker:Eoghan Harris
- Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)
Eoghan Harris: I congratulate the Minister of State, first of all. I am very pleased to see she has finally achieved the office which she deserves.
- Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)
Eoghan Harris: I regret to have to rain on the parade of my liberal friends. To be in favour of ECT is like being for the devil or tsunamis, but nevertheless the truth is the truth. I was the first person to make a programme on mental health in Ireland that reached a mass audience and caused changes in public attitudes. To do that I was given resources by RTE which had never been given before. I did...
- Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)
Eoghan Harris: My point is that they do not have to and the empirical question is whether it works. It is quite all right if it works and it saves people's lives and wait for the Garret FitzGerald theory to come later. Most of humanity's progress has been through trial and error. The third thing I learned is that most of the people who believe ECT is bad news on all counts have never spent long periods in...
- Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)
Eoghan Harris: He was a psychiatrist.
- Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)
Eoghan Harris: I would rather go to him than to Senator Norris.