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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 64: In page 30, line 26, to delete "the" and substitute "An".

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 65: In page 30, line 28, to delete "the" where it firstly occurs and substitute "An".

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 66: In page 30, line 29, after "centre" to insert "or a consultant psychiatrist acting on that clinical director’s behalf".

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 67: In page 30, lines 34 and 35, to delete "when a person is taken into custody under this section" and substitute the following: "when a member or members of An Garda Síochána perform functions under this section or under section 19, 39, 71, 77 or 131".

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 68: In page 30, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(10) Where a recommendation for involuntary admission is made by a registered medical practitioner under this section, a copy of the recommendation shall be provided by the registered medical practitioner to the member of An Garda Síochána who is responsible for the person who is taken into...

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 69: In page 30, line 41, to delete “but not later than 12 hours”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 70: In page 31, line 25, after "request" to insert "as soon as practicable".

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 71: In page 31, line 35, to delete "view" and substitute "opinion".

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 72: In page 32, to delete line 38 and substitute the following: "(3) If, upon the proposed discharging from hospital of a person the subject of a recommendation for involuntary admission—". I will speak first to amendment No. 93. This amendment provides for a stand-alone section relating to psychosocial assessments to be carried out within two working...

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

Mary Butler: I agree wholeheartedly. As I said, 174 is the most recent figure I received. In order for this important aspect of the Bill to work, we need sufficient authorised officers. It is hard to judge how many will be needed. Authorised officers made 16% of applications in 2023, while gardaí made 32%. This means that one sixth of applications were made by authorised officers. I agree that...

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

Mary Butler: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 did not come into place until 2023. We are looking at 2028. We have to be realistic. There are certain facets of it we want to see being implemented very quickly. There will be a formal implementation plan for the Act. It will set out timelines, the resources needed, etc. I am keen that we would start straight away. I have already...

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

Mary Butler: Agreed.

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

Mary Butler: I thank the Deputies for their appropriate questions. In 2023, 16% of applications were made by authorised officers and 32% by gardaí. That is to put it into context. The Department and the HSE recognise that for the authorised officer system to work effectively, officers must be available nationwide on a 24-7 basis. I am in 100% and total agreement. The expectation is not that an...

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 43: In page 23, lines 36 and 37, to delete “recommendation for in4 voluntary admission for the person, the subject of the request,” and substitute “recommendation for the person the subject of the request”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 44: In page 24, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(d) is a spouse of the person, the subject of the application, who is living separately and apart from the person concerned or a spouse in respect of whom— (i) an application for an order has been made but not yet determined under the Act of 2018, or (ii) an order has been made...

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 45: In page 24, lines 8 and 9, to delete “(c). , or” and substitute “(c).”.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 46: In page 24, to delete line 10.

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 49: In page 26, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “(14) In subsection (1), “spouse”, in relation to a person, does not include a spouse who is living separately and apart from the person, or a spouse in respect of whom— (a) an application for an order has been made but not yet determined under the Act of 2018, or (b) an...

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 51: In page 26, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: “(d) is a spouse of the person, the subject of the application, who is living separately and apart from the person concerned or a spouse in respect of whom— (i) an application for an order has been made but not yet determined under the Act of 2018, or (ii) an order has been made...

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

Mary Butler: I move amendment No. 53: In page 26, to delete lines 39 and 40 and substitute the following: “(5) A direct application for a recommendation for involuntary admission shall be made in the form and manner specified by the Commission.”. This amendment provides for a new subsection (5) to ensure that direct applications are made in a form specified by the Mental Health...