(Supplementary Order Paper)
76 DÁIL ÉIREANN
Dé Máirt, 15 Samhain, 2016 Tuesday, 15th November, 2016
2 p.m.
GNÓ COMHALTAÍ PRÍOBHÁIDEACHA PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS
Fógra i dtaobh leasú ar Thairiscint : Notice of Amendment to Motion
79. “That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the commitment in Appendix 1 of the Confidence and Supply Arrangement for a Fine Gael-led Government to fully implement A Vision for Change in the area of mental health; and — that the Confidence and Supply Arrangement votes are dependent on the full implementation of the policy principles attached to this document; further notes that: — the July 2016 estimate from the Department of Health indicated that the required resources needed to fully implement A Vision For Change are €177.3 million or €35.4 million per annum over five years; — in 2017 the funding committed for new developments is just €15 million; — such an increase would represent only a 1.8 per cent investment in new developments for mental health compared to the 2016 Budget; and — even including the €9.7 million announced for increased pay rates in mental health services, this represents an increase of just 3 per cent in revenue funding for mental health, much less than the 7.4 per cent increase in revenue spending for the health budget as a whole; and calls for: — an urgent review of the Government's decision to allow just 1.8 percent in additional spending in 2017 for mental health care improvements; — a multi-annual plan to be published within three months outlining how the commitment in Appendix 1 of the Confidence and Supply Arrangement for a Fine Gael-led Government to fully implement A Vision for Change will be realised; — any such plan to include a provision that all and any monies allocated to mental health, and that go unspent within a financial year, be carried over to the following year and not be returned to the exchequer and/or expended elsewhere; and
P.T.O. — any successor strategy arising out of a review of A Vision for Change to incorporate this multi-annual plan.” — James Browne, Billy Kelleher, Bobby Aylward, John Brassil, Declan Breathnach, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Dara Calleary, Pat Casey, Shane Cassells, Jack Chambers, Lisa M. Chambers, Niall Collins, Barry Cowen, John Curran, Éamon Ó Cuív, Timmy Dooley, Sean Fleming, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Seán Haughey, John Lahart, James Lawless, Marc MacSharry, Micheál Martin, Charlie McConalogue, Michael McGrath, John McGuinness, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Eugene Murphy, Darragh O'Brien, Jim O'Callaghan, Willie O'Dea, Kevin O'Keeffe, Fiona O'Loughlin, Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, Frank O'Rourke, Anne Rabbitte, Eamon Scanlon, Brendan Smith, Niamh Smyth, Robert Troy.
Leasú: Amendment:
1. To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:
“notes: — the commitment by Fine Gael in its post-election agreement with Fianna Fáil to increase funding annually for mental health services and fully implement A Vision for Change; — that the July 2016 estimate from the Department of Health indicated that the required resources needed to fully implement A Vision For Change are €177.3 million or €35.4 million per annum over five years; — the recommendation of the Oireachtas Group on Mental Health that an increase of €37.5 million should be made in spending for the service in 2017; — that in 2017 the funding committed for new developments is just €15 million; — that such an increase would represent only a 1.8 per cent investment in new developments for mental health compared to the 2016 Budget; and — that even including the €9.7 million announced for increased pay rates in mental health services, this represents an increase of just 3 per cent in revenue funding for mental health, much less than the 7.4 per cent increase in revenue spending for the health budget as a whole; commits once more to the complete implementation of A Vision for Change as soon as possible; resolves to: — increase the mental health budget for 2017 by a minimum of €37.5 million; and — ring-fence all and any monies allocated to mental health, and that go unspent within a financial year, for use the following year and for such monies not to be returned to the exchequer and/or expended elsewhere; and demand that a multi-annual plan be published by Government, within three months, outlining how the full implementation of A Vision for Change will be realised including provision for required future funding increases.” — Pat Buckley, Gerry Adams, John Brady, Seán Crowe, David Cullinane, Pearse Doherty, Dessie Ellis, Martin J. Ferris, Kathleen Funchion, Martin Kenny, Mary Lou McDonald, Denise Mitchell, Imelda Munster, Carol Nolan, Jonathan O'Brien, Eoin Ó Broin, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Louise O'Reilly, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Maurice Quinlivan, Brian Stanley, Peadar Tóibín.