Results 11,461-11,480 of 15,268 for speaker:Kathleen Lynch
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I doubt that very much.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle should have stopped him.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The Deputy needs to behave himself.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: He is no longer in the position he used to hold. He should behave himself and have some manners.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Have some manners.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: That is what this has boiled down to. In terms of A Vision for Change, which was published in 2006 by the previous Government and which everyone here welcomed with open arms-----
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: That is the problem. It was a good document and it is about-----
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Those of us who were here welcomed it with open arms. It is a good plan for the future of our mental health services.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The days of the big institution are gone. The days of being able to lock people away are gone.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: We need to deliver a proper mental health service in the community.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Acute units should be used sparingly and for very short periods of time-----
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: -----but it appears to me that those who came in here and welcomed A Vision for Change are typical of-----
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I can hear Deputy McGrath saying that. He said he had no problem with A Vision for Change provided there is no change in my back yard.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: Everyone's back yard is being changed.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: The days of locking people away in institutions are gone-----
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: -----and we have to accept that.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: We have to accept also that we can no longer dictate to people just because they have problems with their emotional well-being-----
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: -----and we intend to deliver a better service in a different environment. That is what will happen.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: As for the little tour Deputy McGrath wants to go on, no problem.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Kathleen Lynch: I did meet him, and he should not give the impression that I did not. I have met several groups since but Deputy McGrath was not present.