I move: Tuesday's business shall be Statements on Disability (not to exceed 2 hrs 25 mins). Tuesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Driving Test Waiting Times, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be: - Statements on the Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine (not to exceed 2 hrs 25 mins) - Statements on the Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives (not to exceed 2 hrs 25 mins) Wednesday's private members' business shall be the Motion re Gender-Based Violence, selected by the Independent and Parties Technical Group. Thursday's business shall be Statements on the Housing Commission Report (to adjourn after 3 hrs 22 mins). Proposed Arrangements for this week’s business: In relation to Tuesday’s business, it is proposed that: 1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent: (i) the Dáil may sit later than 10.30 p.m.; and (ii) private members' business may be taken later than 6.12 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the conclusion of the Statements on Disability, with consequential effect on the commencement times for Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and topical issues; 2. the Statements on Disability shall not exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows: (i) the arrangements for the statements, not including the Ministerial response, shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down); (ii) following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes; and (iii) members may share time. In relation to Wednesday's business, it is proposed that: 1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent: (i) pursuant to Standing Order 48(1)(f), the only Parliamentary Questions to the Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) which may be answered shall be those under the aegis of the Government Chief Whip, with consequential effect on the time for commencement of the SOS pursuant to Standing Order 25(1); (ii) pursuant to an Order of the Dáil of 18th February, 2025, Parliamentary Questions to the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence shall be taken immediately following the SOS, with consequential effect on the commencement time for Government business; and (iii) the weekly division time shall be taken either at 8 p.m., or on the conclusion of the Statements on the Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives, whichever is the later, with consequential effect on the time for the adjournment of the Dáil; 2. the Statements on the Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine shall not exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows: (i) the arrangements for the statements, not including the Ministerial response, shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down); (ii) following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes; and (iii) members may share time; 3. the Statements on the Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives shall not exceed 2 hours and 25 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows: (i) the arrangements for the statements, not including the Ministerial response, shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down); (ii) following the statements, a Minister or Minister of State shall be called upon to make a statement in reply which shall not exceed 10 minutes; and (iii) members may share time. In relation to Thursday's business, it is proposed that: 1. the ordinary routine of business as contained in Schedule 3 to Standing Orders shall be modified to the following extent: (i) no motion for a Committee report pursuant to Standing Order 111 or private member's Bill pursuant to Standing Order 169 shall be taken; and (ii) the Dáil shall adjourn on the conclusion of topical issues which may be taken earlier than 7.24 p.m. and shall in any event be taken on the adjournment of the Statements on the Housing Commission Report; and 2. the Statements on the Housing Commission Report shall be interrupted and stand adjourned after 3 hours and 22 minutes and the order of speaking and allocation of time shall be as follows: (i) the arrangements for the statements shall be in accordance with the arrangements contained in the table immediately below (to be read across, not down); and (ii) members may share time.
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The Government remains firmly committed to enhancing specialist mental health services, including those relating to eating disorders. It is factually incorrect to say that nothing has happened. When I came into this role in 2020, we had three eating disorder teams - one in place. By the end of this year, 14 of the 16 eating disorder teams will be in place across the country-----
Sentiment score: -0.13
That is by the end of the year. Would the Deputy like me to answer or does she want to heckle me?
Sentiment score: 0.21
We have 14 teams funded. It takes a year and a half to set up a team. They are multidisciplinary teams. We have 100 clinicians and ten consultant psychiatrists working on eating disorder teams across the country. The Deputy is right in that we have not made progress in relation to the bed capacity, but 90% of those with an eating disorder are treated in the community. That is what we priorities in the first instance. We are reviewing the model of care and looking at all situations in relation to inpatient beds.
Sentiment score: -0.08