Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of meetings of the monitoring committee that have been held to date under the Mental Health Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6238/07]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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I presume the question refers to the Independent Monitoring Group on "A Vision for Change", the Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy, which I established in March 2006. Since then 5 meetings have been held.

The Group's Terms of Reference are:

To monitor and assess progress on the implementation of all the recommendations in a "A Vision for Change";

To make recommendations in relation to the manner in which the recommendations are implemented;

To report to the Minister annually on progress made towards implementing the recommendations of the Report and to publish the report.

The Group is to submit its first report before mid-2007.