Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I again thank the Deputy. We are completely in agreement with the principles he established here tonight. I thank my official, James Kelly, who has been working non-stop on this Bill for the past two years. There are 120 heads. It is complicated and much legal advice had to be sought. As I said, it is at the drafting stage and it will be priority legislation. I look forward to the Deputies' co-operation. I thank the Members for the good work that was done in the pre-legislative scrutiny stage as well.

Obviously, we all want this mental health Bill to be the best it can possibly be to support people who have mental illness. There is not a family in Ireland that has not been touched with mental illness. Having the conversation tonight was important. The more we talk about mental health, the more it lessens the stigma. I thank the Deputies and the Acting Chairman for their time.

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