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- Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 131: In page 57, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Definitions (consent to treatment) 42. In this Chapter— “initial treatment period” means the period specified in section 47(1); “further treatment period” means the period specified in section 47(3).”. Amendments Nos. 131 to 134,...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: Deputy Rice's amendment relating to ECT and children will be discussed at a later date. I take on board what he said . I thank those opposite for their support. No legislation is perfect when it is first drafted. There is always going to be unintended consequences. We have to listen to the sector. It is important that the Bill will be operational. It will be no good otherwise. I...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: We are to resume next Wednesday. I will be back.
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: Four hours is enough. We will be back next week. I thank all the Members for the positive engagement so far. We have covered a huge amount of ground. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for being here for most of the debate.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: On 1 March 2022, the Government formally decided to conduct a Census of Population in 2027, to be carried out by the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The exact census date has not yet been decided. It is however expected that census data collection will run in April and May 2027. Census 2027 will be a major undertaking for the CSO as, for the first time in Irish history, the public will...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Tourism Industry (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: Table 1 provides information on overnight foreign resident visitors to Ireland. It is important to note that figures for overnight foreign resident visitors from 2023 onwards represent a new and separate statistical series. This break in the series arises from substantial changes in sampling methodology and data collection methods implemented in 2023. Consequently, data from 2023 and 2024...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: It is widely accepted emergency departments are an inappropriate environment for people in a mental health crisis, and that alternative care pathways and therapeutic environments should be developed. People experiencing mental health distress and illness often find busy Emergency Departments the wrong setting for their needs and evidence indicates this is often the reason some people leave...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: The Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services is now available in all 19 maternity hospitals nationwide, SPMHS provides support to pregnant women and women with a baby up to one year old, with an existing or new mental health problem. Funding to date of €3.6 million has resulted in 6 consultant led multidisciplinary teams are in place across major maternity hospitals (Coombe, NMH,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: Section 23 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 states that young people aged 16- and 17-years of age can consent to treatment without the consent of their parent(s) or guardian(s). In relation to young people who have a 'mental disorder' within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2001, consent to treatment must be given by a parent or guardian for all children and young...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: It is widely accepted emergency departments are an inappropriate environment for people in a mental health crisis, and that alternative care pathways and therapeutic environments should be developed. People experiencing mental health distress and illness often find busy Emergency Departments the wrong setting for their needs and evidence indicates this is often the reason some people leave...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: It is a priority for me, and for Government, to ensure that children who need services can access them and access them on time. This is in line with our national mental health policy Sharing the Vision, our suicide reduction strategy Connecting for Life, and the HSE Annual Service Plan 2025. The various and obvious benefits of a Prevention and Early Intervention approach, including...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: It is a priority for me, and indeed for Government, to ensure that children who need services can access them and access them on time. This is in line with our national mental health policy Sharing the Vision, our suicide reduction strategy Connecting for Life, and the HSE Annual Service Plan 2025. Year-on-year funding for mental health services increased from €1.3 billion...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: It is a priority for me, and indeed for Government, to ensure that children who need services can access them and access them on time. This is in line with our national mental health policy Sharing the Vision, our suicide reduction strategy Connecting for Life, and the HSE Annual Service Plan 2025. The Department of Health and the HSE are always conscious of the need to achieve the best...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Jun 2025)
Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.