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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) data source Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS) is a survey that collects earnings, labour costs, hours and employment data from enterprises each quarter. The estimates from EHECS are restricted to employments in enterprises with at least 3 employees in NACE Rev. 2 sectors B-S. The figures for this response use Q4 as the reference period for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: It is a priority for me, and for Government, to ensure that all those 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...

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

Mary Butler: Trumpian.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 132: In page 57, lines 17 and 18, to delete “ (in this Chapter referred to as “information relevant to the decision”)”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 133: In page 57, to delete line 21 and substitute the following: “(2) Subject to Sections 47, 49 and 50, a person may, at any time do either or both of the following: (a) refuse any treatment proposed to him or her; (b) withdraw his or her consent to any treatment.”.

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...