I move amendment No. 19: In page 17, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “(iv) psychologist; Amendments Nos. 19, 21 and 22 have slight variations but are all in the same vein. We know how medicalised the whole area of mental health has become and obviously we need medical input at various levels. However, it is not only medical input that is important. Amendment No. 19 seeks to explicitly include psychologists as well as psychiatrists in the list of professionals contained in the definition of "mental …

I welcome the Minister of State's comments and thank her for them. She triggered something in my mind regarding the CORU registration of members of the wider psychosocial care team. It probably will not always apply to psychologists, depending on their background. I am only remembering now, which I did not recall when I was writing my amendment, that in homeless services, for instance, there are people who are key workers, including community development workers and people working in various different ways across t…

I do not at all dispute that regulation, governance and oversight are required. I am saying that people should not be impacted unnecessarily by regulation. If a vetting procedure is introduced, there are people with a history that would place them under the category of being unable to work with vulnerable adults, but that is not the case for everyone. My concern is that there may be a lot of sectors that are working with people who will be impacted by this Bill because they have a conviction and that those sectors …

Will it apply to practising psychologists rather than academics?

Okay.

I move amendment No. 18: In page 16, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “34EA. (1) Where a defendant in defamation proceedings relating to his or her engagement in public participation makes an application referred to in section 34E(1), he or she may also make an application, on notice to the plaintiff in those proceedings, for a declaration by the court that the proceedings or part thereof amount to abusive court proceedings against public participation. (2) Unless a judge orders otherwise, the clai…

I move amendment No. 19: In page 17, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “(3) Where an application for declaration has been made before or during a trial of action and costs, a judge must not strike out a claim and appeal under section 34E if the claimant satisfies the judge that— (a) the claim is likely to prevail at trail, and (b) the harm suffered or likely to be suffered by the claimant as a result of the defendant’s expression is sufficiently serious that the public interest in permitting the pro…

According to the Standing Orders it is two and one.

We have now passed two and one.

We called two and one. We have been locked out of these rooms before when we do not come in on time. We called two and one.

We would like a commentary on what just happened. I am not going to a vote until we have a decision that is made that clearly says that Standing Orders - two and one does not matter anymore, so four and four. Are we saying we can knock on the door after eight minutes and demand that we are let in?

No.

No. I am sorry, this is absolutely outrageous.

I have never experienced this to happen and it is not okay.

What are you saying?

Yes, two and one.

Yes, the vote is two and one.

They called it from the Chair - two and one. The doors should be locked after two and one.

No, sorry. Hang on a minute. That was after the point.

No. No, it is not okay because if that was Opposition we would be locked out of the room-----