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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (31 Mar 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 461. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive follow-up medical treatment following a recent procedure in view of the fact the person was assured of being called back within three weeks, and it has now been almost five weeks since the initial procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12911/15]

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Milk and water.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: They will not do it.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Bernard is nodding. Che Durkan.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Is the Minister working for Brussels or Ireland?

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I believe that it is an issue that is representative of the struggle taking place ideologically in government. That ideological struggle pales into insignificance relative to the one that is taking place in the economy in terms of the difficulties many people have in terms of the security of their employment, low pay and so on. I support...

Fair Pay, Secure Jobs and Trade Union Recognition: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Yes. The former Minister stated that there was no alternative. Deputy Quinn can boast all he wants, but he is wrong. The people do not want the model or quality of recovery that is being delivered by the Minister, who was sitting beside the Minister of State, Deputy Nash, before running out the door, salivating and somersaulting naked up Grafton Street about the quality of this recovery....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (15 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 450. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive a decision on an application under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13896/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (15 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 461. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for a medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (15 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 529. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and for each local health area, the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list; the number waiting less than four months; from four to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [14288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (15 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form and for each local health area, the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy treatment waiting list; the number waiting less than four months; four to 12 months; and more than 12 months. [14289/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the way he proposes to address the increase in cases of electroconvulsive therapy being used against a patient’s will; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14853/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The UN special rapporteur on torture has urged countries to place an absolute ban on forced medical interventions against people without their consent. That includes the practice of electroconvulsive therapy, ECT. The purpose of this question is to ask the Minister of State how she intends to address the increase in the number of cases of ECT being used on patients against their will. Will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for the response. In the absence of appropriate legislation, the manner in which the Minister of State approaches the political description of whether consent has been achieved is self-serving. Last year, 42 patients received ECT without their consent. The rate increased significantly.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is true.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: If somebody is not in a position to give consent, there is no appropriate legislation to address capacity in the area.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: When can we expect the assisted capacity legislation that would provide for the fairest approach to protect vulnerable people who are receiving a treatment that many people would not believe is applied in this day and age? It can be described as Dickensian or barbaric. Some medical experts in the area believe it is an appropriate intervention but it can be applied without consent.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 10 o’clock The Minister of State would like us to believe mental health decisions are not political and that, therefore, we cannot ask questions, but we live in a parliamentary democracy and I will hold her to account. On her response to Deputy Billy Kelleher's question, in the past two years the mental health budget was underspent by €70 million, which equates...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is politics. I know that the Minister of State does not like opposition or accountability, but she will be held to be transparent on the expenditure of public money and the delivery of public policy. She may not like this, but it is the ethos of parliamentary democracy. To return to the question-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (16 Apr 2015)

Colm Keaveney: ECT is extremely traumatic and research suggests its effectiveness is debatable. According to the figures provided by the Minister of State, 42 involuntary mental health patients were forced to undergo ECT last year, which is an increase from 34 in 2013, 29 in 2012 and 22 in 2011. There is very clear evidence that non-consensual ECT on the increase in the public health service.