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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: It is not a personal attack but it is nice to know where one stands at the start. We have had comments from the Minister before that money will not be a problem when it comes to staffing. There is a lack of communication. Surely if there is a waiting list of more than 2,300 people, the board can go back to the Minister - not a Department, because it will get lost - and make a direct appeal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: This question may be very cynical. In the next five years, we are looking at maybe 1,700 retirements within psychiatric services. We have a backlog or void caused by approximately 500 positions that have yet to be filled because people cannot be recruited. If the service is already short 500 staff and 1,700 more are set to retire, a shortfall of 2,200 staff could arise within five years....

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Correct. When it comes to any form of healthcare, at any stage, quite clearly, the patient must take priority. The patient must be informed, involved and consulted in all aspects of his or her care and treatment. Without this, healthcare will always fall short of what it could be and results will be less positive. Truth, openness and honesty have to be the cornerstone of how the health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: 433. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a new assessment of needs process; and the work carried out with stakeholders such as a society (details supplied) that have expressed concerns on this matter. [21346/18]

Report on Mental Health Care: Motion (10 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank Deputy Browne and congratulate all members and the Chairman of the Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care. As I have said on many occasions in the Chamber, we must keep mental health to the fore. What is so important about doing so? Recently, I was at a public meeting in Tipperary at which more than 250 people were in attendance. It was the harrowing real-life stories of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I was going to be a gentleman and give the first slot to Senator Kelleher as the lady.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I am very well prepared.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank the witnesses for attending the committee. It was stated a hospital must identify the need for an extra psychiatrist or clinician but then must make a funding case. If hospital management sees a lack of services which are needed, then there should be a common sense approach. For example, among psychiatric nurses, there is a significant concern that within the next five to six...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: It is not anticipated because everyone has a date of birth and it is known when people are coming to retirement age. There seems to be, however, nobody in any of the systems who can flag this. Again, it goes back to reactive instead of proactive approaches. There is a possibility that so many staff will retire within the next 12, 16 and 18 months. Does Professor Murray believe a process...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: We have been told over and over again that funding is not an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Who is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Is that one mental health division responsible for all mental health in all CHO areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: That is good. I am not being disrespectful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: Sometimes one can get so frustrated in here. We are only trying to ask the questions so we can get the answers to progress this collectively and do the right thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I am quiet today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I do not wish to put Professor Murray in a precarious position. We all form our opinions, but what is Professor Murray's opinion on the following? Should the current level of recruitment and-or retention not change, will we face a national emergency in the mental health system? I believe the predictions show that we are recruiting and retaining fewer staff and losing more and that as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: That is a very fair answer. I did not mean to put Professor Murray on the spot.

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I commend Deputy Browne on bringing forward this Bill. I am glad to have an opportunity to speak more on mental health in the Dáil. As I have said many times, the mental health services have a responsibility to address and to treat mental ill health. These are two of the biggest issues I come across on a daily basis in my work as a public representative. Everything in our lives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I thank all the delegates for attending. I will be as brief as I can. Mental Health Ireland raised the issue of access. I was speaking to Deputy Crowe about this and I said that if somebody needs a newspaper, he or she knows they have to go to the newsagent. Newsagents are readily available. If one wants a drink, one goes to the pub. Gaining access to mental health services seems to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Pat Buckley: I call Deputy Tom Neville.