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Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 134: In page 57, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “(5) Each consent to or refusal of treatment under this Chapter shall be made in relation to the specific treatment proposed a person shall not make a decision that has the effect (whether intentional or otherwise) of providing general consent to or, as the case may be, general refusal to...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 135: In page 58, line 18, to delete “consent to, or to refuse, treatment, the consultant psychiatrist” and substitute “consent to or refuse treatment, the responsible consultant psychiatrist”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 136: In page 58, line 19, to delete “a second” and substitute “another”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 137: In page 58, line 29, after “of” to insert “a capacity assessment under subsection (1), or”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 138: In page 58, line 32, after “to” to insert “or refuse”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 139: In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following: “Treatment of persons lacking capacity to consent, or otherwise, under Chapter 3 (1) Where, prior to his or her involuntary admission or following an application under Section 48, an involuntarily admitted person is declared under Part 5 of the Act of 2015 to lack capacity to consent to or refuse a...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: This section has been deleted by way of Committee Stage amendment and instead has been placed into the new section 48.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I am sorry, but which section did the Deputy mention? We are on-----

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: We are only on section 46 now.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 140: In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following: “Administration of treatment following admission (1) Subject to subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (8), where, following the making of an involuntary admission order— (a) a person is assessed under Section 45 as lacking capacity to consent to or refuse treatment, or (b) a capacity assessment...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I am a little thrown. I believe we have already discussed amendment No. 140 under amendments Nos. 136 to 146. I stand open to correction. Perhaps we have not.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: We have already discussed amendment No. 140. We discussed amendments Nos. 131 to 134 and Nos. 136 to 146.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I will try to respond to the Deputy then. I am somewhat trí na chéile trying to find the right section.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 141: In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following: “Application to Circuit Court in certain circumstances 48. Where an involuntarily admitted person has been assessed as lacking capacity to consent to or refuse a proposed treatment under Section 45 and there is not— (a) a decision-making representative appointed under the Act of 2015 duly...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 142: In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following: “Treatment without consent pending Circuit Court determination 49. (1) Without prejudice to the generality of Section 43, treatment specified in subsection (2), may be given to the involuntarily admitted person concerned where— (a) an application has been made to the Circuit Court in relation...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 143: In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following: “Application to High Court for treatment order in certain circumstances* 50. (1) Where treatment cannot be administered to an involuntarily admitted person because the person— (a) has capacity to make decisions about his or her treatment but refuses to consent to the treatment concerned, or...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 144: In page 58, after line 40, to insert the following: “Electro-convulsive therapy (1) Subject to subsection (2), electro-convulsive therapy shall not be administered to a person unless he or she gives consent in writing to the administration of the therapy. (2) Where the person has been found to lack capacity to give consent to a proposed treatment under...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: Trumpian.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. ADHD has long been recognised as one of the most common psychiatric disorders in children and it is now known to persist into adulthood. Core symptoms include inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. Our current National Clinical Programme is based on multi-disciplinary community teams to diagnose and treat ADHD in adults. As...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: My priority, and that of Government, is to ensure that children who need services can access them and access them on time. This is in line with our national mental health policy Sharing the Vision, our suicide reduction strategy Connecting for Life, and the HSE Annual Service Plan 2025. Year-on-year funding for mental health services increased from €1.3 billion announced in Budget...