Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

The amendment does not speak to what the Deputy just spoke about. He is talking about somebody who has not been involuntarily detained and someone else believes that person should be, such as a family member. That is not what this amendment is about. I am speaking about somebody who is involuntarily detained and may not have had consent when being involuntarily detained but whose status then changes. That is separate from what this amendment is about. The Deputy is talking about somebody who may be very ill and a family member or whoever-----

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