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Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: He is on a low loader.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: It is important that we recognise what is happening in these amendments. A great effort has been made to correct language in our legislation. The stigma associated with mental health issues is a great stealer from families and it causes great harm. I, therefore, welcome the fact that we are rooting out archaic, dark, rotten language from our legislation, which is why I broadly support it....

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The Minister of State dealt with this point in her contribution on a previous amendment in which she spoke of the work to take place in the immediate future with the Mental Health Commission. The language she used was interesting because it gives the House an opportunity to look at her ambition for the overall role of the Mental Health Commission and to build this aspect of legislation into...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: We have always held the view that this legislation is far from perfect. The Minister of State stated earlier that work on the transfer of the Decision Support Service, DSS, from the Courts Service to the Mental Health Commission will commence in the next couple of weeks. Perhaps she would elaborate further on that point. The Minister of State also said that the service user is to be given...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I will try to be constructive. We have always said that the legislation was far from perfect. It has taken 145 years to get to a far from perfect situation. I do not want to be seen to be bailing out the Minister of State but I am conscious that we need to look at this matter from the point of view of the citizen. The term "independent agency" has been used here today. There is an...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: The question, therefore, concerns consultation. The Minister of State states that work has to take place with the Mental Health Commission in the immediate future. This may give the Minister of State an opportunity to address the concerns around the perception that there has been no engagement with stakeholders. The Mental Health Commission is an independent body which was set up in 2002....

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I take at face value that the Minister of State consulted people, as she said, yesterday morning. The object of my intervention is to see if the Minister of State can assuage fears around the consultation process. What consultation will take place with the Mental Health Commission in the immediate future in order for it to underpin the best outcomes for citizens who will be affected by the...

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: This is like Leaders' Questions.

Order of Business (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: As a bed on the street.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I do not disagree with the previous speakers about the strategy on the amalgamation of quangos or the merging of one into the other. I do not feel it addresses the spirit of the legislation either. It would be best served in this debate if we all declared submissions made on the legislation. We all receive objections to legislation and amendments but we rarely see correspondence of support...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: I welcome the Minister of State's comments. Many human rights advocacy groups have been calling for this legislation. As the Minister of State has said, it has been 144 years in the melting pot, and irrespective of the nuance of the language, it was as complex then as it has been for the team in the Department of Justice and Equality who have managed to get to this juncture through their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 664. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46339/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (17 Dec 2015)

Colm Keaveney: 665. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the implementation planning group for the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 was established; the number of meetings the group has held; the number of annual progress reports the group has completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46340/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Mobility Allowance Review (13 Jan 2016)

Colm Keaveney: This Government prides itself on putting equality at the front and centre of every decision it makes and every policy it pursues. Almost 1,000 days ago, it abolished the mobility grant scheme, which allowed for transport supports and allowances to be provided to people with disabilities. The Minister of State will be aware that earlier today, disability campaigners from across the country...

Topical Issue Debate: Mobility Allowance Review (13 Jan 2016)

Colm Keaveney: Yes.

Topical Issue Debate: Mobility Allowance Review (13 Jan 2016)

Colm Keaveney: I am disappointed it has taken three years. This scheme, and the Minister of State's response, is the same as the response she gave in February 2013. It is the same number of citizens with a disability who are ring-fenced by the current arrangement, or by inertia. My concern is for the many other citizens in society who do not have the same capacity to fully integrate and play an active...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards (13 Jan 2016)

Colm Keaveney: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the names of the persons she has nominated to serve in positions carrying remuneration, other than out-of-pocket expenses, on commissions, industrial, assurance, semi-State or other similar concerns; the amounts received annually in respect of each appointment; the name of the concern to which the appointment was made during the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Appointments to State Boards (13 Jan 2016)

Colm Keaveney: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance the names of the persons he has nominated to serve in positions carrying remuneration, other than out-of-pocket expenses, on commissions, industrial, assurance, semi-State or other similar concerns; the amounts received annually in respect of each appointment; the name of the concern to which the appointment was made during the years 2011 to date; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (13 Jan 2016)

Colm Keaveney: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of the persons he has nominated to serve in positions carrying remuneration, other than out-of-pocket expenses, on commissions, industrial, assurance, semi-State or other similar concerns; the amounts received annually in respect of each appointment; the name of the concern to which the appointment was made during the years...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Appointments (13 Jan 2016)

Colm Keaveney: 288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the names of the persons he has nominated to serve in positions carrying remuneration, other than out-of-pocket expenses, on commissions, industrial, assurance, semi-State or other similar concerns; the amounts received annually in respect of each appointment; the name of the concern to which the appointment was made during the...