Results 101-120 of 476 for speaker:Liam Quaide

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychology training placements funded by her Department for the coming college term from September 2025; and their allocation to each training course in educational, counselling and clinical psychology. [33412/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parliamentary Questions (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 424. To ask the Minister for Health the expected wait-time for parliamentary questions replies to be returned by the HSE to TDs. [33453/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 425. To ask the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by regional health area, of primary care child and adolescent service waiting-lists for occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy and psychology; for a breakdown, in years and months, for those young people waiting over 52 weeks; and the longest wait time for each discipline in each regional health area. [33455/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if nursing-homes (details supplied) will be investigated by her Department. [33456/25]

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: Amendment No. 251 passed me by without a chance to comment on it, so I wonder if I could comment briefly now.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: Okay, fair enough.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 213: In page 112, line 37, to delete “consultant psychiatrist” and substitute “qualified mental health professional”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: This is an important amendment. It acknowledges the value of all disciplines in mental health for their capacity to lead mental health services. Leadership roles should be competency based and discipline non-specific, focusing on relevant clinical and organisational expertise, rather than privileging a single profession. It is custom and practice, based on a medical model of mental health...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I speak in support of amendments Nos. 211 and 212. Deputies McGuinness and Clarke made the point about having whole-time equivalent clinicians benchmarked and having that as a basic requirement that the Mental Health Commission adjudicates on for service provision. When the Mental Health Commission is doing an inspection and is writing a report, there is a whole litany of conditions that...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: On a point of clarification, I am seeking the removal of section 83. Is that under consideration at the moment?

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I welcome that the Minister of State is withdrawing the section and her words of caution around it. From my experience in working in mental health services, it is unheard of in recent times for ECT to be administered to young people. I received a reply to a parliamentary question in the past week which outlined its use in the past five years in Ireland. The youngest person who was...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 166: In page 73, line 25, to delete “a mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 169: In page 78, line 3, to delete “a mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 174: In page 78, line 32, to delete “a mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 181: In page 79, line 18, to delete “a mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 183: In page 79, line 21, to delete “a mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I echo Deputy Clarke's points. The Minister of State said last week that it was important not to tie the hands of psychiatrists in this regard because they often have to make very difficult decisions at critical times and may not have a bed available in a CAMHS inpatient unit. This is a valid concern for a psychiatrist in that particular context. What we are doing here, however, is...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 159: In page 70, line 19, to delete “a mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 160: In page 70, lines 25 and 26, to delete “mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move amendment No. 161: In page 70, line 31, to delete “mental disorder” and substitute “mental health difficulties”.