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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: I want an opinion on this. At the current rate, with the structures that are in place and the road we are going down - whether it is CAMHS, the whole mental health service or recruitment - if we do not do something drastic and immediate it will implode. Do the witnesses agree or disagree with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: It is a disgrace. It is ridiculous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: We talk very fast in Cork. I have a question on age appropriate mental well-being classes in schools. We recently published a suicide training and prevention Bill. That was a small move but incoming public sector workers will get a minimum of a programme like SafeTALK, which will give them the coping skills to spot the signs. Would it be an advantage for that to be rolled out to schools?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: To Mr. Saunders and Dr. Muldoon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: I am sorry, Chairman, but it was not the voluntary sector. This was a Bill to put a statutory obligation on the Government to roll this out. Now is the time for future planning. There is no point in talking about it and doing review after review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Deficiencies in Mental Health Services: Discussion (20 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: Yes, but much of it is at the behest of the school principal, the club secretary or the GAA under-14 trainer. It should be universal, and everybody will benefit at the lowest point of entry.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing the motion before the House. The following may be a cliché, but that is only because it is true. We can judge a society by how it treats its most vulnerable. Young children with special needs seeking an education are certainly vulnerable. Despite the strength and resolve they demonstrate every day in overcoming obstacles, much of their...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: Under the prioritising early years programme, the Government committed to the establishment of a new in-school speech and language service to support young children as part of a more integrated support system. Today, I received the summer waiting list report from Barnardos. It describes the waiting times for children seeking access to speech and language therapy as extreme, with 548 young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: Many of my questions have been asked. I will make some observations. Most of the witnesses mentioned early intervention. Dr. Barry spoke about emotional issues and issues with smartphones. It is a poignant point that everything one buys in the world comes with instructions, but the Internet did not. It is something that should be flagged. I like Dr. Barry's analysis that there is a real...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: True.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Provision (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional CAMHS bed in tabular form. [28487/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional CAMHS team in tabular form. [28488/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional crisis house in tabular form. [28489/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing an additional suicide crisis assessment nurse in tabular form. [28490/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide crisis assessment nurse positions now occupied; the number of vacant positions; and his plans for additional positions to be opened. [28491/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average cost of recruiting a new consultant psychiatrist, including advertising and all related costs in tabular form. [28493/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of providing a seven day week community mental health service across the State in tabular form. [28494/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the community mental health services operating at seven day week schedules; the progress in developing this type of service model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual cost of establishing a dedicated advocacy service for mental health service users in tabular form. [28496/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulation (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Buckley: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing a regulatory body for counsellors and therapy services in tabular form. [28497/18]