Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 292:

In page 160, after line 13, to insert the following:

“Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

217. The Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 is amended—

(a) in section 86—

(i) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(ba) the Mental Health Act 2025, or”,

and

(ii) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “or the Mental Health Act 2025” after “the Mental Health Acts 1945 to 2001”,

and

(b) in section 249(1A), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) an involuntary admission order or renewal order made under the Mental Health Act 2025,”.”.

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