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Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I will not repeat everything Deputy Cairns just said but the UN committee has made clear the functional test of mental capacity has no place in a true system of supported decision-making. I understand accepting this amendment would require further amendments to the Bill and the principal Act. However, it is preferable these amendments take place now to ensure this State is as close as...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: There are always alternatives to forced psychiatric treatment which are more compliant with an individual's human rights if the Minister was minded to fund and resource peer-led human rights compliant initiatives. However, this amendment brings the law further from compliance with the UNCRPD.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: There has been a shift in focus from deeming a person does not have capacity to an equal recognition of legal capacity. As per Article 12 of the UNCRPD, legal capacity is an inherent right owed to everyone. This is about moving to a recognition that everyone has legal capacity but still holds the understanding that where you may not be able to understand, will and preference decision-making...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I want to speak to amendment No. 65. The Disability Act 2005 takes an overly medical model approach to the definition of disability as compared with the conceptualisation of disability under Article 1 of the UNCRPD. The UN's understanding of disability is broader than that covered under the Disability Act and is more inclusive of and reflective of different experiences, including for people...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: It is my understanding that, since Committee Stage, IHREC has changed its position in its recent recruitment campaign for new members of its disability advisory group by using the UNCRPD's understanding of disability rather than that in the Disability Act 2005. As I said, this is more inclusive and facilitates the participation of more people, including people with experience of mental...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: We will be opposing this amendment as it gives a legislative basis to inherent jurisdiction. Inherent jurisdiction creates a loophole which allows the court to deny a person's legal capacity and makes decisions for them without following the rules of any specific legislation providing a specific basis for appeals or ensuring regular review. It allows the court to determine and forcibly...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I welcome that the Minister will seek a resolution in the Seanad and I will watch that intently. I am happy the Minister did not use the language he used on Committee Stage in saying people detained under the Mental Health Act 2001 could be a risk to themselves and others. That language caused upset and it was a generalisation that stigmatised people detained under the Mental Health Act....

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I want to speak about the speed at which the Bill has progressed through the House. It has been quite difficult for people to engage in the process. On Committee Stage we heard people felt they were excluded from the process, particularly people with disabilities who felt the speed of the process excluded them. Nobody wants the Bill delayed but we want to get it right. The 90-minute...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I too thank the Labour Party for bringing forward the Bill and allowing me the opportunity to speak to the challenges people with autism face. Some challenges they have are pronounced, such as those relating to social interaction and communication, repetitive and restrictive patterns of behaviour and sensory processing. These challenges are bad enough, but the greatest challenge they face...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Services (29 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: 115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of funding a national advocacy service for people with disabilities in 2023; the cost of a youth and adult advocacy programme, with the inclusion of psychosocial disabilities, in the advocacy service; the cost of the national advocacy service in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: 783. To ask the Minister for Health when external support services are to resume at the Central Mental Hospital given the fact that vulnerable adults are in need of support and external volunteer services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33782/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: 784. To ask the Minister for Health the reason external support services have not resumed at the Central Mental Hospital, given that hospice services and other drop-in services around the country have resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33783/22]

Joint Committee On Health: Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I thank the witnesses. It is great to put a face to some of the names because I see a lot of the people mentioned in the replies I receive to parliamentary questions. I thank them for all the responses I have been receiving from them during my time in the Oireachtas. I know the decision to close the beds in Linn Dara was not taken lightly. I thank the staff who work in CAMHS and other...

Joint Committee On Health: Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: What are we doing to attract that 25% of people? What are the reasons they do not take up jobs?

Joint Committee On Health: Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Is the HSE capturing that data in exit interviews?

Joint Committee On Health: Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Okay. Very good.

Joint Committee On Health: Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: I presume that Linn Dara is saving money because of these vacancies. Has any consideration been given to using those savings to incentivise people to work in the organisation?

Joint Committee On Health: Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Am I correct in saying that the hope is that the next batch of qualified nurse recruits are the ones who will fill the positions in Linn Dara?

Joint Committee On Health: Resourcing and the Provision of Services at the Linn Dara CAMHS Unit: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Mark Ward: Does Mr. Brady wish to contribute?