Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If I recall correctly, it is in the list of expert group recommendations. It is in recommendations Nos. 126 and 127, under the heading "Advance Healthcare Directives". The Act is there already, it would just be a matter of reintroducing it. It would complement the proposed Bill.

I also wish to flag up a huge problem in Ireland regarding mental health and disability. If a child, a teenager or any person has a form of autism and has mental health issues, we do not have a service for them in the Thirty-two Counties, never mind Twenty-six Counties. I just want to flag this up today because we are getting a lot of this in our offices. It is an awful thing to have to say to a parent that they would have to go to England before they get anything for their child. I just want to share that with the committee.