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Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: The threshold has not been lowered; it has been strengthened.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I will make a couple of points about what was raised. To be clear, as regards the amendment that was proposed, sections 2 and 3 of this amendment are already in this section of the Bill. That part of it is already in place. My understanding is that sections 2 and 3 will be agreed. The Mental Health Bill extends the ability of anyone detained under the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity)...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I will touch on what Deputy Quinlivan said about CAST. I acknowledge the Deputy has been very supportive of this from the start. I went to Limerick last October to launch it during Mental Health Week. We often use the word "game-changer" in the Dáil but this is one of the ones that has really made a significant difference. I visited Limerick a couple of weeks ago to meet some of the...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 34: In page 22, to delete lines 18 to 21 and substitute the following: “ “relevant person” has the meaning assigned to it in section 15;”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 35: In page 22, line 24, to delete “section 13;” and substitute “section 13.”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 36: In page 22, to delete line 25.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I agree.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: So that the Deputy knows, I did not disallow the amendments. They do not come to me.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I know she did not. I am saying it just so she knows. I said I would speak to it because it is an important facet. It is fully accepted that admission to an age-appropriate facility is in the best interests of the child. Section 10 of the Bill, as initiated, states: in so far as is practicable, that care and treatment shall be provided— (i) in an age-appropriate environment [we...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 31: In page 21, line 1, to delete “the age of 16 years” and substitute “16 years of age”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 29: On page 18, line 34, to delete “10 years” and substitute “5 years”. Section 75 of the Mental Health Act 2001 provided for a review of the operation of the Act to take place five years after the full commencement of that Act. The initial review began in 2011 and eventually led to the formation of an expert group review of the Act....

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 30: In page 20, to delete lines 34 to 38 and substitute the following: “(i) is aged 16 years or older— (I) it shall be presumed that the child has the necessary maturity and capacity to make decisions affecting himself or herself in relation to his or her admission, care and treatment under this Act, and (II) the views and the will and preferences...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: The Bill proposes to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to consent to or refuse admission to approved centres and to consent to or refuse treatment. The Bill presumes that all 16- and 17-year-olds have the capacity to make decisions about themselves. Where a child has capacity, his or her consent is required for admission and treatment. That is really important. However, if the child lacks...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 18: In page 15, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “ “practising barrister” has the same meaning as it has in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; “practising solicitor” has the same meaning as it has in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015;”.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 19: In page 15, to delete lines 34 to 37 and substitute the following: “ “registered community mental health centre” means any community-based residential centre (other than a registered acute mental health centre) registered by the Commission in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 6 which— (a) provides specialist mental health care...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 22: In page 16, to delete lines 12 and 13 and substitute the following: “ “relative” means, in relation to a person, a parent, grandparent, son, daughter, grandchild, sibling, aunt or uncle of the person by blood, adoption, marriage or civil partnership;”. This amendment changes the definition of "relative" by taking first...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 23: In page 16, line 26, to delete “the consultant” and substitute “a consultant”. These are technical amendments to correct various typographical errors in the Bill as initiated.

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 24: In page 16, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: “ “responsible person” has the meaning assigned to it in section 164;”. Amendment No. 24 inserts a definition of "responsible person" in section 2, stating that "responsible person" has the definition assigned to it in section 164. Amendment No. 229 provides for...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 25: In page 16, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “ “service provider” has the meaning assigned to it in section 20;”. These amendments relate to the definition of a "service provider". Amendment No. 25 inserts the definition in section 2. Amendment No. 35 corrects a typographical error. Amendment No. 36...

Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 27: In page 17, line 17, to delete “, in the case of an adult, a person” and substitute “an adult”.