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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Is Deputy Neville happy enough with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: It has been very different. The members of the committee have been and are very passionate. We are proud to be part of this unique forum; we will not call it a mission. We are here to ask the hard questions and do the right thing. It is not on our behalf or that of the delegates but on behalf of the people we all serve and future generations. I thank Mr. Rogan for his commentc. I knew...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I ask witnesses to be brief because we have roughly four minutes remaining.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for their attendance today. We thank them for their extremely useful information and no doubt it will assist us greatly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I was going to be a gentleman and give the first slot to Senator Kelleher as the lady.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I am very well prepared.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. It was stated a hospital must identify the need for an extra psychiatrist or clinician but then must make a funding case. If hospital management sees a lack of services which are needed, then there should be a common sense approach. For example, among psychiatric nurses, there is a significant concern that within the next five to six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: It is not anticipated because everyone has a date of birth and it is known when people are coming to retirement age. There seems to be, however, nobody in any of the systems who can flag this. Again, it goes back to reactive instead of proactive approaches. There is a possibility that so many staff will retire within the next 12, 16 and 18 months. Does Professor Murray believe a process...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: We have been told over and over again that funding is not an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Who is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Is that one mental health division responsible for all mental health in all CHO areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: That is good. I am not being disrespectful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Sometimes one can get so frustrated in here. We are only trying to ask the questions so we can get the answers to progress this collectively and do the right thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I am quiet today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I do not wish to put Professor Murray in a precarious position. We all form our opinions, but what is Professor Murray's opinion on the following? Should the current level of recruitment and-or retention not change, will we face a national emergency in the mental health system? I believe the predictions show that we are recruiting and retaining fewer staff and losing more and that as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: That is a very fair answer. I did not mean to put Professor Murray on the spot.

Report on Mental Health Care: Motion (10 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank Deputy Browne and congratulate all members and the Chairman of the Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care. As I have said on many occasions in the Chamber, we must keep mental health to the fore. What is so important about doing so? Recently, I was at a public meeting in Tipperary at which more than 250 people were in attendance. It was the harrowing real-life stories of...

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Correct. When it comes to any form of healthcare, at any stage, quite clearly, the patient must take priority. The patient must be informed, involved and consulted in all aspects of his or her care and treatment. Without this, healthcare will always fall short of what it could be and results will be less positive. Truth, openness and honesty have to be the cornerstone of how the health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: 433. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new assessment of needs process; and the work carried out with stakeholders such as a society (details supplied) that have expressed concerns on this matter. [21346/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I welcome the witnesses. I had a number of questions but we will have to reverse back to the start. I do not know if the witnesses are aware that a motion on the duty of candour was discussed in the Chamber last night. It was about accountability, responsibility and transparency in the system and particularly in the HSE. Listening to Deputies Neville and Rabbitte and a number of other...