Month: September 2022

Mental Health Reform welcomes the Final Report and recommendations of the High Level Task Force to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of those who come into contact with the criminal justice sector. The report was published today by Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD and the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD. The … Read more

Mental Health and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Join Mental Health Reform (MHR) at an online webinar to learn about your rights under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The UNCRPD is a United Nations document that sets out a series of rights … Read more

27 September 2022 – Mental Health Reform welcomes the allocation of an additional €72.8M for mental health services in Budget 2023. This investment represents the largest ever single-year commitment to funding for mental health services in the history of the state.  The funding includes €44M to maintain existing levels of service and €14M for new … Read more

Mental Health Reform, the national coalition on mental health, is today reacting with concern to the imminent closure of the Sub-Acute Unit at St James’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit. According to the Psychiatric Nurses Association (PNA), the closure of the Sub-Acute Unit at St James’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit will leave just 22 acute admissions beds for … Read more

Mental Health Reform (MHR) warmly welcomes Minister O’Gorman’s announcement that provisions within the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022 will be extended to people involuntarily detained under Part 4 of the Mental Health Act 2001 by way of Government amendments. MHR would like to thank Minister O’Gorman, Minister Butler and Minister Rabbitte and all of … Read more