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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 173: In page 78, to delete lines 26 to 30.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 175: In page 78, line 38, to delete “view” and substitute “opinion”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 176: In page 78, lines 39 and 40, to delete “it is unsafe or not in the best interests of the child to release the child into the care of that person or persons” and substitute the following: “there is an immediate and serious risk to the health or welfare of the child by releasing the child into the care of that person or persons”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 177: In page 78, line 41, to delete “shall arrange for the child to be released” and substitute “may request that the child be released”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 178: In page 79, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(7) Where the member or members of An Garda Síochána make a request to the Executive under subsection (6), the Executive shall comply with the request as soon as practicable.”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 179: In page 79, line 7, to delete “view” and substitute “opinion”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 180: In page 79, lines 8 and 9, to delete “it is unsafe or it is not in the best interests of the child to do so” and substitute the following: “there is an immediate and serious risk to the health or welfare of the child by releasing the child into the care of that person or persons”. This amendment was drafted following consultation...

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 182: In page 79, line 21, to delete “view” and substitute “opinion”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 184: In page 79, line 26, to delete “view” and substitute “opinion”.

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

Mary Butler: We are discussing that now.

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

Mary Butler: Would Deputy Quaide like to speak to it and then I can come in?

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

Mary Butler: Okay. I have heard Deputy Clarke and I have read what the other Deputies have sent in. I do not have a prepared speaking note because I want to work with both Deputies on getting this right for Report Stage. We know that in the past ten years there have been no cases where ECT has been used on 16- or 17-year-olds. We also know it is necessary to go to the High Court to get approval. I...

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 187: In page 89, to delete lines 15 and 16 and substitute the following: “(c) the interaction of the administration of electro-convulsive therapy and the guiding principles;”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 188: In page 89, between lines 29 and 30, to insert: “(i) the provision of informed consent from a person to whom ECT shall be administered;”.

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

Mary Butler: I am agreeable to deleting section 83 with the opportunity to reintroduce a section 83 along the lines of what we have discussed. There may be no need for it but I must keep the opportunity open in case wording is required. However, its purpose will be that we will not be legislating for 16- and 17-year-olds to have access to ECT.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 190: In page 90, lines 1 and 2, to delete “after such application, but no later than 24 hours after the application concerned” and substitute “, but no later than 24 hours after the initiation of the application”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 191: In page 91, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(c) where it is the least restrictive practice possible in the circumstances,”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 192: In page 91, line 20, to delete “view” and substitute “opinion”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 193: In page 91, line 22, to delete “registered acute mental health centre” and substitute “registered proprietor”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 194: In page 91, after line 37, to insert the following: “(5) A registered proprietor of a registered acute mental health centre shall notify the Commission, in the form and manner specified by the Commission and within the period specified by the Commission, of each application of a restrictive practice in respect of a child in that registered acute mental...