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

A 16 year old child spent a night on a chair in an overcrowded acute adult mental health unit in Waterford.

The practice of placing children in adult mental health units has been described as inexcusable by the inspector of mental health services and the Mental Health Commission told the Government to end it six years ago. There is a Bill on the Order Paper, the Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016, which was introduced by Independent Senators Freeman, Craughwell and O'Donnell. Will the Government fast-track the Bill or introduce its own legislation immediately?

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