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Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: It is not being deleted now, but yes.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: On a point of order, I wish to explain my confusion at the start of the debate. The list we were given by the Seanad Office indicated that amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, would be discussed together.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: We can.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: Yes.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I am afraid it does not do so.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I will argue against it.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I thank all the Members for their detailed contributions. This is not a Bill about prohibiting ECT, which will continue in existence regardless of what the House decides today. In making any decision this House will be keeping a particular aspect of the debate alive as it relates to the involuntary use of the treatment for people who have not given informed consent. That will only mark the...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I have seen it in practice and I do not believe it works in theory. As one of the last acts of the 23rd Seanad, we have the opportunity to make a clear statement that the other House needs to address a particular aspect of mental health reform, which is the only effect of passing this legislation. Nothing will change about the use of ECT or even its involuntary use, but importantly the...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: The debate started ten minutes late. Can I ask that it be extended for 15 minutes?

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: Can I move that the debate be extended by 15 minutes and explain why?

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: Our substantive debate is on amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 3. There is a fourth amendment that as a sponsor of the Bill I am not going to oppose. Everyone has spoken at great length today. I have had an opportunity, as the person who moved the Bill, to speak. I am asking that the House sit for an extra 15 minutes to allow this to happen.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: Can I ask that the debate be adjourned until tomorrow?

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: Can I table a motion that extra time be given and that Members be given the right to consider it?

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I will report progress and ask that the debate resumed tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I congratulate Senator Cummins on his elevation to the position of Leader of the House and wish him well. He can be assured of my party's co-operation in the time available to us. I seek mutual co-operation along the lines I hope I offered when Deputy Leader of the House. In that spirit, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that after No. 1, 30 minutes be provided to complete...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: It is far more comfortable.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters: Motion (24 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I support the motion and I support the Government's attempt to exercise the option prior to 4 April. It is important to enter the necessary negotiations to ensure the instrument is as effective as possible. There are two areas in particular where we need to take care that what is eventually agreed is in our national interest and works in the interest of all members of the European Union....

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I wish to finish my brief comments before we make decisions on the amendments being discussed. The effect of the Bill is not to change the use of electroconvulsive therapy or even the law as it results in involuntary treatment but to pass a Bill in this House that needs further consideration in the other House. Reconsideration will also give the Minister of State time to come up with...

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, lines 12 to 21, to delete all words from and including "and" in line 12 down to and including "rules" in line 21.

Seanad: Mental Health (Involuntary Procedures) (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Mar 2011)

Dan Boyle: I am happy to do so.