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Seanad Éireann Vol. 253 Wednesday, No. 1 19 July 2017 DÍOSPÓIREACHTAÍ PARLAIMINTE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES SEANAD ÉIREANN TUAIRISC OIFIGIÚIL—Neamhcheartaithe (OFFICIAL REPORT—Unrevised) Insert Date Here 19/07/2017A00100Business of Seanad 96 19/07/2017A00300Commencement Matters 97 19/07/2017A00350Mental Health Services Provision 97 19/07/2017B00800Defence Forces Personnel Data 100 19/07/2017C00300Electricity Transmission Network 101 19/07/2017G00100Order of Business 103 19/07/2017P01000Seanad Bill 2016: Motion �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������122 19/07/2017P01400Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage 122 19/07/2017Q00100Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage 123 19/07/2017T00900Intoxicating Liquor (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages 131 19/07/2017CC00100Mediation Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages 146 19/07/2017QQ00300International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage 164 19/07/2017YY00150Business of Seanad 183 19/07/2017YY00350International Protection (Family Reunification) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) 183 19/07/2017AAA00500Business of Seanad 186 19/07/2017BBB01300Independent Reporting Commission Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages 187 19/07/2017BBB02400Minerals Development Bill 2015: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages 188 19/07/2017EEE00400Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������195 SEANAD ÉIREANN Dé Céadaoin, 19 Iúil 2017 Wednesday, 19 July 2017 Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach i gceannas ar 1030 am Machnamh agus Paidir. Reflection and Prayer. 19/07/2017A00100Business of Seanad 19/07/2017A00200An Cathaoirleach: I have received notice from Senator Máire Devine that, on the motion for the Commencement of the House today, she proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Health to give an update on the opening of the ten-bed unit at the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum I have also received notice from Senator Robbie Gallagher of the following matter: The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for defence to give details of the regulations governing the leave of members of the Defence Forces and the plans, if any, he has to amend the Workplace Relations Act 2015 with regard to annual leave for members of the Defence Forces I have also received notice from Senator Neale Richmond of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the status of the proposed Celtic interconnector I have also received notice from Senator Alice-Mary Higgins of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Social Protection to outline her intentions regarding the implementation of the recommendations made in the social protection report on the position of lone parents in Ireland, including the recommendation to allow lone parents to remain on the jobseeker’s transition payment until their youngest child reaches 18 years I have also received notice from Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the impact the roll-out of the public services card may have on Irish citizens who are resident in the Six Counties and wish to apply for and obtain an Irish passport, as is their right under the terms of Good Friday Agreement 96 19 July 2017 I have also received notice from Senator Kevin Humphreys of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the reason for the delay in bringing forward legislation in respect of affordable rental housing I have also received notice from Senator Rose Conway-Walsh of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to support native breeds of livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, horses and ponies and greater regard for them in national policy and conservation measures I have also received notice from Senator Maura Hopkins of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the work being done to promote the midlands as a tourist destination I regard the matters raised by the Senators as suitable for discussion I have selected the matters raised by Senators Máire Devine, Robbie Gallagher and Neale Richmond and they will be taken now The matter raised by Senator Alice-Mary Higgins had been selected, but she subsequently withdrew it I understand the Minister was not available The other Senators may give notice on another day of the matters they wish to raise I remind Senators that they have four minutes in which to outline their case and the Minister has the same amount of time in which to reply A brief supplementary question will be allowed at my discretion Yesterday the debate on one of the matters raised went on for double the time allowed and I received complaints 19/07/2017A00300Commencement Matters 19/07/2017A00350Mental Health Services Provision 19/07/2017A00400Senator Máire Devine: I welcome the Minister of State, whom I have not met previously I refer to the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum The 2015 Mental Health Commission inspection report referred to various areas of compliance and excellent standards, with many good practices on display It appears that the hospital and, in particular, its staff are working to a high level and providing an excellent service within the confines of the resources given to them The hospital was described in the report as: The approved centre was an inpatient service of the National Forensic Service It was located in Dundrum Dublin and had 94 beds The main building was over 150 years old and was not suitable for the care and treatment of mental health patients Plans for the new forensic hospital were progressing The plans will be now be realised on the site at Portrane. Will the Minister of State confirm that the opening date will be 2020? 97 Seanad Éireann I would like to discuss the facilities in place for violent, mentally ill people while we await the new hospital The Irish Times reported on 21 June that Professor Harry Kennedy, the clini- cal director, had told the High Court that all 94 beds in the Central Mental Hospital were full and that there was a waiting list of 24 He said that while mental hospitals in Ireland had been closed down, the necessary services were not being provided to look after people who had been detained in them This sentiment was echoed by my old colleague and the former general sec- retary of the Psychiatric Nurses Association, PNA, Mr Des Kavanagh, in his report earlier this year He stated, “the correlation between the closure of hospitals and the increase in the prison population of people with serious mental illness is inescapable” He continued by discussing regular cases of violence and, indeed, homicide involving those who are mentally ill He urged the Government to review all such killings and assaults over the past ten years and come up with recommendations for a prevention strategy The Mental Health Commission’s inspection report in 2015 found that: There were eight units in the approved centre [at the Central Mental Hospital] and this allowed the male patients to progress from acute care with high security through medium to low security and rehabilitation However, all ten female patients were accommodated in one unit, whatever their level of acuity, security requirements and rehabilitation needs Does the Minister for Health think that the opening of the extra beds in the period prior to the new hospital being opened would improve these conditions? The report also states: Due to the waiting list of seven patients in other approved centres [never mind prisons] awaiting transfer plans were progressing to renovate and re-open a closed unit (Unit 5) to provide 10 beds for these patients The completion date for this was the end of 2015 The beds in question are ready, duvets have been placed on them and yet they lie empty Mental health institutions have been closed down and nothing substantial has replaced them As a result, the rare but real cases of people with mental illness who have violent inclinations have slipped through the gaps and caused real harm in our society and to themselves I have a few questions for the Minister Has the Central Mental Hospital reopened the ten beds? If not, why? How does he intend to rectify the current crisis in the period prior to the facility in Portrane being opened? I have spoken to various staff and learned that negotiations have been held up due the fact that decisions handed down by the Workplace Relations Commission in 2012 have not been implemented I ask that the Minister intervene in order to get the negotiations
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