College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health

Intent: Remove‘Pharmacological restraint’ definition;a practice that does not exist & is deeply offensive to practicing mental health professionals in Ireland.Delete Section 51,paragraph 1,subsection(a);as written violates civil liberties & runs directly counter to spirit of 2024 Bill & ADMC Act 2015; allows for application to High Court for treatment of someone with capacity and has refused treatment.No court should have the power to compel a person with capacity to accept treatment they have refused.

Methods: EmailLetter

Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health

Intent: Three professional bodies (PSI, IACP with CPsychI) call for the urgent introduction of legislation to ban AI ‘Therapy’ (by conversational & other type chatbots, generative AI, companions etc). AI ‘therapy’ has already been noted in several high-profile tragedies involving suicide. It is not to reject AI in a broader sense. To avoid tragedies in this jurisdiction. To ensure appropriately trained human therapists/counsellors only can deliver counselling & psychotherapy to the public.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: We wrote a letter to Deputy Gannon requesting to member of the College to present to the Oireachtas Committee on Drugs.

Methods: LetterEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Minister of State), Department of Health

Intent: We wanted to have a private meeting for further discussion on key recommendations on the National Drugs Strategy.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: A review of the intended policy change and an opportunity to be part of discussion at DoH on same.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Shane Curley (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad; Sarah O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; PJ Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (Senator), Seanad; Paul Daly (Senator), Seanad; Pat Casey (Senator), Seanad; Paraic Brady (Senator), Seanad; Ollie Crowe (Senator), Seanad; Noel O'Donovan (Senator), Seanad; Nikki Bradley (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Niall Blaney (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Mike Kennelly (Senator), Seanad; Micheál Carrigy (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Mary Fitzpatrick (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Mark Duffy (Senator), Seanad; Mark Daly (Senator), Seanad; Marie Sherlock (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Senator), Seanad; Manus Boyle (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Boylan (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Linda Nelson Murray (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Joe O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Joe Flaherty (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Gerry Horkan (Senator), Seanad; Gerard Craughwell (Senator), Seanad; Garret Kelleher (Senator), Seanad; Garret Ahearn (Senator), Seanad; Gareth Scahill (Senator), Seanad; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Fiona O'Loughlin (Senator), Seanad; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Erin McGreehan (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Lynch (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Diarmuid Wilson (Senator), Seanad; Dee Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Anne Rabbitte (Senator), Seanad; Alison Comyn (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Aidan Davitt (Senator), Seanad

Intent: Highlighting amendments still required to ensure safe timely treatment for severely unwell people; correcting misleading information on the Bill, and mental health treatment processes, in a public campaign - from specialist doctors who work at the front line and with the current mental health act daily.

Methods: Letter

Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown

Intent: Unknown

Methods: Unknown

Politician(s) lobbied: Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aidan Farrelly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aindrias Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aisling Dempsey (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Alan Dillon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Albert Dolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ann Graves (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brendan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Brennan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Carol Nolan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Ardagh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Catherine Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathy Bennett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charles Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charlie McConalogue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Christopher O’Sullivan (Minister of State), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Cian O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ciarán Ahern (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Claire Kerrane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Burke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Conor Sheehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cormac Devlin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dara Calleary (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Darren O'Rourke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Maxwell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Denise Mitchell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Dessie Ellis (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donna McGettigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Duncan Smith (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Edward Timmins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Currie (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Emer Higgins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoghan Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Hayes (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eoin Ó Broin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frank Feighan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gary Gannon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; George Lawlor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ged Nash (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Grace Boland (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Geoghegan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jerry Buttimer (Senator), Seanad; Jim O'Callaghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joanna Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Cooney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Neville (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Brady (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Clendennen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Connolly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Guirke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Johnny Mythen (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ken O'Flynn (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kevin Boxer Moran (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kieran O'Donnell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louis O'Hara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Louise O'Reilly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Maeve O'Connell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Máire Devine (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mairéad Farrell (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Byrne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Daly (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Lowry (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Michael Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neale Richmond (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Niamh Smyth (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Noel Grealish (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pádraig Rice (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Patrick O'Donovan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Pearse Doherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Peter 'Chap' Cleere (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Richard Boyd Barrett (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Rory Hearne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ryan O'Meara (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Canney (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Seán Fleming (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shane Moynihan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Thomas Gould (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tom Brabazon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Tony McCormack (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Verona Murphy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; William Aird (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Willie O'Dea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To provide an understanding (for TDs) of being severely unwell with psychosis and severe depression from people with lived experience and how that manifested for them. To give lived experience insight into how necessary, and importantly helpful to recovery, it was to receive timely and urgent treatment as a patient under the current Mental Health Act and whom were not at immediate risk of harm or harming.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Minister), Department of Health

Intent: That the recommendations in the paper are implemented with the ultimate aim of delivering an evidenced best standards service that benefits children and their families.

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health

Intent: To ascertain the stage of potential amendments preparation and when the Bill may begin Committee Stage with new Oireachtas Health Committee. ::Raising concerns and unworkable sections for children requiring treatment under the future Mental Health Act (many did not feature in the general scheme of the Bill) as well as highlighting positive aspects of the section.

Methods: EmailSubmission