Michael Colreavy (Sligo-North Leitrim, Sinn Fein)

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 11, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following:

"15.--The Minister shall, not later than 5 years after the establishment day, carry out a review of the operation of this Act and shall make a report to each House of the Oireachtas of his or her findings and conclusions resulting from the review.".

This is a reasonable amendment. The Bill has been widely welcomed but, in many ways, it is new legal territory and the question of how enforcement will operate is a little unclear. Therefore, it is important that we review the operation of the Act. The Mental Health Act 2001 contains such a provision and there is no reason that the same should not apply in this instance. There seems to be no good reason to prevent the amendment from being made and I urge the Minister to accept it.

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