Posts Tagged ‘ Mental Health ’

FG’s Deputy Spokespersons

October 5, 2010
By Stephen
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Enda Kenny yesterday announced his list of Deputy spokespersons. They are as follows: Special Responsibilities Name Food & Fisheries Shane McEntee TD CAP Reform Noel Coonan TD Forestry Tom Sheahan TD Telecommunications Michael D’Arcy TD Competition and Consumer Olivia Mitchell TD Protection Gaeltacht Dinny McGinley TD Lifelong Learning Ulick Burke TD & School Transport Enterprise & Employment Kieran O’Donnell TD Local & Community Development James Bannon TD Housing Terence Flanagan TD Public Expenditure Brian Hayes TD Banking & Credit...

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World Suicide Prevention Day

September 10, 2010
By Stephen
World Suicide Prevention Day

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. According to the World Health Organisation 1 million people commit suicide every year. That makes 60 deaths per 100,000 a suicide. Or another way to put it, one death every 40 seconds. This years theme is “Many Faces, Many Places: Suicide Prevention across the World”. This is to highlight the growing problem of Suicide in the Developing World. Here in Ireland 527 people committed suicide in 2009. This could be increased by the...

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OpenFM

May 27, 2010
By Stephen
OpenFM

Yesterday I met with Sam Lyons and Emma Carroll of OpenFM a temporary station that will be broadcast in Dublin over the pride season and will also be online. The idea behind the station is to create an open space for discussion on LGBT issues, mental health issues and anything else. It wants to create a community space. It wants every one to be open. This is a laudable goal. They have managed to recruit 72 volunteers who have...

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I am annoyed! – Gov’t to cut Sucide Funds

March 6, 2009
By Stephen
I am annoyed! – Gov’t to cut Sucide Funds

I just read a piece on Irishhealth.com that points out the the Government are to cut funds to the National Office for Suicide Prevention by 12.5%. The cuts will come to funds availible to mental health support groups. This is a terrible time for this. Mental Health is underfunded in this country and the fact that the government is to do this is highly annoying. This is aswell a highly stressful time for people with job losses and wage...

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A Vision For Change – Ministers Response

March 31, 2008
By Stephen

Well I got a response last week from Minister Harney’s Private Secretary about my enquiry on funding for Vision for Change. I was basically sent a rewritten press release with my name on the top of it. The part they really want to ram home is this I think In view of the significant additional investment in 2006 and 2007, it is appropriate, in 2008, to pause and review the situation to ensure consolidation of the investment to date....

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"A Vision For Change" Budget not spent on Mental Health!

March 25, 2008
By Stephen

From my resaerch on the internet I came across this on the Schizophrenia Ireland Website. It turns out that the budget allocated to A Vision for Change was spent on other areas Almost half of the budget allocated to the HSE in 2006 and 2007 to implement the mental health policy, A Vision for Change, has been spent on deficits in other areas, according to the Irish Mental Health Coalition (IMHC). The HSE did set aside the €25 million...

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Last post, actions to follow up

March 22, 2008
By Stephen

While writing my last post, I decided whats the point it just writing the post if I dont do anything about it. So what will I do. 1. Email both the Minister for Health and Children (Mary Harney TD) and Minister of State with responsibility for Disability and Mental Health (Dr. Jimmy Devins TD). When and if I get a response, I will post them. 2. Email my local TD’s and Senators Cork South Central TDs: Micheál Martin FF,...

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Government set to abandon "A Vision for Change"

March 22, 2008
By Stephen

Yet another example of Bertie and crew changing their tune. This time its on Mental health policy. I received this from the Fine Gael Spokesman on Mental Health, Dan Neville TD. It says and I quote “This report (A Vision for Change) states explicitly that a minimum of an additional €25 million is required annually for a six-year period to allow implementation of the mental health service expansion and improvement objectives outlined in the policy. “In 2006, €17 million...

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Anti-Depressents: My Views and Experience

February 27, 2008
By Stephen
Anti-Depressents: My Views and Experience

Yesterday one of the BBC’s top stories was of a report from the University of Hull researchers the popular brands of Anti-depressents (Prozac and Seroxat, among the four studied) are no better then “dummy pills” or placebos. Now in the past (until November 2007) I was taken an anti depressents for an associated condition (panic attacks). When I first went to my doctor I was but on Seroxat, which I personally hated. It allows feel nothing normally, and when...

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Morning Briefing, 5th March

March 5, 2007
By Stephen

Good Morning,I hope no one is suffering from ill effects of superstitions linked to lunar eclipses!!! (or still suffering from hangovers from the Irish Blog Awards or whatever they got up to at the weekend!!) An Nuachtr ar an maidin seo! Fine Gael are to introduce a bill into the Dáil this week to outlaw the sexual “grooming” of children on the Internet. (Breakingnews) This is well overdue having been on the order paper since 2004! A new poll...

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