Mental Health Reform

Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Provide information to stengthen argument for the improvement of emergency mental health services

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Provide information regarding human rights issues.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Ian Power (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To breif public reps as a menas of ensuring legislative alignment with key human rights conventions: UNCRPD/UNCRC/OPCAT. Specifically: Statutory Right to Advocacy, Prohabition of Children to Adult Units, Timing related to Capacity Assessments, Specifics relating to Involuntary Treatment Crtiteria, Introduction of an Independant Complaints Mechanism

Methods: Phone callInformal communicationEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Providing information to furnish a parlimentary question parlimentary questions regarding staffing levels of community mental health teams

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marie Sherlock (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Build awareness of human rights based mental health policy/legislation

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Providing information to furnish a parlimentary question regarding the reporting of seclusion and restraint practices in approved mental health centres

Methods: MeetingEmail

Politician(s) lobbied: Dara Calleary (Minister), Department of Social Protection

Intent: Cost of disability payment in Budget 2027

Methods: Virtual Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Ian Power (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health

Intent: Meet with the Special Advisor for Minister Butler and the Minister to discuss the history and progress of the Bill and need for legislative alignment with key human rights conventions, the statutory right to advocacy and introduction of an independant complaints mechanism.

Methods: EmailInformal communicationMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Victor Boyhan (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Nicole Ryan (Senator), Seanad; Lynn Ruane (Senator), Seanad; Michael McDowell (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Alice-Mary Higgins (Senator), Seanad; Eileen Flynn (Senator), Seanad; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Gerard Craughwell (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad; Tom Clonan (Senator), Seanad; Sarah O'Reilly (Senator), Seanad; Rónán Mullen (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Joanne Collins (Senator), Seanad; Conor Murphy (Senator), Seanad; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Pauline Tully (Senator), Seanad; Maria McCormack (Senator), Seanad; Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ian Power (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (Senator), Seanad; Conor D McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Garrett Ahern (Senator), Seanad; Evanne Ní Chuilinn (Senator), Seanad; Imelda Goldsboro (Senator), Seanad; Teresa Costello (Senator), Seanad; Joe Conway (Senator), Seanad; Cathal Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Mary Butler (Minister of State), Department of Health

Intent: Adoption of human rights based legislative reforms, particularly in relation to MH Bill

Methods: Phone callEmailMeetingInformal communication

Politician(s) lobbied: Liam Quaide (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Providing information to furnish a parlimentary question parlimentary questions regarding Pilot taser project and provisions for vulnerable groups (intellectual diability, individuals who are pregnant, Mental helath crisis)

Methods: Email