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Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I am agreeing on the basis that we can disagree in future. The Minister of State is making an administrative decision to provide for the most beneficial administrative way to administer the agreement without it being tampered with on a daily or weekly basis. We are going to have to observe this in practice to ensure all stakeholders can tie in to reviewing it in future. I suppose all...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is an unusual discussion because the spirit of the Bill relates to a human rights ethos. The administration of human rights with an administrative function is somewhat complex. It could pose some challenges for us in the future. Anyway, no legislation is perfect. We will support what the Minister of State is proposing. However, it is on the basis that we would be prepared to learn...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I welcome the comments of the Minister of State. It is an important signal to send out. There is a degree of anxiety around this area of the Bill.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: In the spirit in which we are all having a big love-in today, I am sure the Minister of State does not-----

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I will observe the rules.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I welcome the spirit of the amendment. I understand the motivation is well-meaning because week after week we see publication after publication from HIQA about the warehousing of people with profound intellectual disabilities. The use of chemical intervention as a consequence of the collapse in supports and budgets in this area is something about which we have grave concerns. We have only...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I appreciate the intention of the legislation is an incremental step to get to a location where we are in a position to ratify the United Nations Convention. When we reconvene, I will read into the record of the Dáil, and it may provide the Minister of State an opportunity to work on this issue, a statement made by the United Nations with respect to how dignity must prevail in this...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It has shone a light and forced transparency in this area, and both sides of the House should agree its work in this area to protect the most vulnerable people in society should not be hampered and should be supported.

Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Plausible deniability.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: To repeat what I understand, the compatibility of what we are trying to achieve is to take giant steps towards signing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The spirit in which the amendment is tabled is provided for in this charter. I hope the Minister of State agrees this is how we see it. We should not get lost in translation on the amendment or the spirit in...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: This means we must move on, trusting the legislation and, if need be, coming back to it and amending it. It should be organic and open to add on. I strongly suggest we follow the spirit of what the Minister of State sets out to do. If it ensures we as an Oireachtas complies with the UN convention, then we will have significant safeguards in the spirit of the legislation.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I acknowledge the work of the Minister of State and her officials. As she stated, this is complex and unattractive legislation. Getting one's head around it is difficult, but something good has happened today and we have taken a giant step in protecting vulnerable people who cannot protect themselves. In this legislation, we have done human rights a great justice. While the Bill is not...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Deputy Joe O'Reilly is somebody for whom I have great respect. He was one of the first Deputies who extended a hand of friendship to me and he has continued to do so since 2011. I do not want to single out Deputy O'Reilly's speech, but a significant emphasis has been placed here today on fairness. I do not hear about fairness, however, for the cancer patient who is receiving chemotherapy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 133. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for eye cataract surgery; the reason the person has so far had three appointments scheduled, cancelled and re-scheduled; the guarantee that will be provided that the latest appointment, re-scheduled for 2016, will not be cancelled yet again; the reason this person has been forced...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Workplace Equipment Adaptation Grant (21 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 166. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if grants are available to employers to upgrade their buildings to make them accessible to persons with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36811/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Budgets (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: No. That is scurrilous.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 4. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there was no specific 2016 funding commitment of €35 million for mental health in budget 2016 in line with the programme for Government and previous budget announcements; if the €15 million not provided in budget 2014 will also be provided in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36797/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: Why was no specific funding commitment for mental health announced in budget 2016? A commitment of €35 million was expected but the programme provided for last week in the debate did not outline any budget funding for mental health. Perhaps the Minister of State would comment in this regard.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: This question arises out of an exchange between the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, and the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, with Dr. Sara Burke at a recent press conference at which time the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, when asked about the mental health budget said that because it had not been decided yet and there were dynamic figures, they needed to work it out. He also said that they were...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Oct 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Government committed to the provision of €35 million every year.